The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Federal CalWORKs Pilot

Feb 21, 2025 - How would the administration recommend the Legislature prioritize the various policy options highlighted in the state ’s pilot application and in the January 2025 report from CDSS (especially given the budget constraints mentioned above)?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - This level of rework highlighted the need for the project to incor porate user feedback earlier and more frequently in milestone design and development, and to plan milestones based on analysis of business processes and requirements across child welfare service areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation [Publication Details] Description: In this brief, we assess the Governor's proposed funding for county administration of Medi-Cal and CalFresh in response to H.R. 1 and provide related recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5149

The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation

Mar 5, 2026 - Backfilling lost federal benefits under H.R.  1 would require billions of dollars in additional budget solutions. …While Counties Face Multiple Cost Pressures. H.R.  1 also puts strain on county finances.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2023-24 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 22, 2023 - The eligibility change occurred on July 1, 2021, and the enhanced stiped began May 1, 2022. Caseload Has Resumed Growing After Extended Period of Decline. Figure  1 shows how CalWORKs caseload has changed since 2019-20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4699

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - Highlights of the five-year plan include: Year 1. In 2021 ‑22, $89.9  million General Fund is provided to increase service provider rates beginning April 1, 2022. Rate increases will equal one-quarter of the difference between a provider ’s current rate and what the fully funded rate model (as of 2021 ‑22) would be according to the rate study.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/1

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Without this statutory change, the maximum duration for state funding would have decreased to 90 days beginning July 1, 2022. Adds Community Treatment Facilities as Federally Eligible Placement Option Under FFPSA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/4

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s CalWORKs Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - Grant amounts are adjusted based on AU size —larger AUs are eligible to receive a larger grant amount —to account for the increased financial needs of larger families. In  about 35  percent of CalWORKs cases, everyone in the family is eligible for CalWORKs and therefore the AU size and the family size are the same.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4530

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - Grant amounts are adjusted based on AU   size —larger  AUs are eligible to receive a larger grant   amount —to  account for the increased financial needs of larger families. As of December 2023, about 40  percent of CalWORKs cases included everyone in the family, making the AU size and the family size the same.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - Some of these conditions attempt to align the forthcoming May Revision budget proposal (which we discuss later) with the project cost documents o r incorporate additional information that is only available once the primary vendor contract is awarded (such as updated project management and testing plans).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011