The 2023-24 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 22, 2023 - Figure 2 All Funds (Dollars in Millions) 2022 ‑23 Revised
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4699

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

Feb 11, 2022 - Figure 2 All Funds (Dollars in Millions) 2021 ‑22 Revised
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4530

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

Feb 21, 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 (when the most recent analysis was conducted), about 40  percent of CalWORKs cases included everyone in the family (and thus the AU size and the family size were the same).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - Chapter  309 of 2023 (SB  616, Gonzalez) increases the required amount of paid sick leave for California employees, including IHSS providers, from no less than 24 hours or three days to no less than 40 hours or five days in each year of employment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/4

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Maintains State Funding for Emergency Placements Beyond 90 Days. In addition to the funding amount described in Figure  2, the budget package includes legislation making a permanent change to the maximum funding duration for placement prior to approval.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/4

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Eliminates the Half-Day Billing Option. Prior law required day programs (and other, similar programs) to bill DDS in increments of full days or half days, with these programs receiving a half-day rate when consumers attended for less than 65  percent of the approved full-day schedule.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/1

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals and Program Implementation Updates

Feb 22, 2022 - Statute specifies that the maximum duration of PPA will decrease from 120 days (with possible extension up to 365 days) in 2021 ‑22 to 90 days (no extension possible) in 2022 ‑23. As of the third quarter of 2021, median approval time was 120 days overall, and 109 days for PPA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4558

The 2022-23 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 2, 2022 - In order to qualify for IHSS, a recipient must be aged, blind, or disabled and in most cases have income below the level necessary to qualify for the Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment cash assistance program (for example, about $1,040 a month for an aged and/or disabled ind ividual living independently in 2021 ‑22).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4512

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Specifically, the Governor ’s budget assumes (1)  a $620  million ($230  million General Fund) reduction through the permanent elimination of 6,500 vacant positions and associated funding and (2)  a $1.5  billion ($820  million General Fund) in 2024 ‑25 and $2  billion ($1.2  billion General Fund) in 2025 ‑26 and ongoing reduction to state operations expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Provide local grants to develop integrated community ‑based social recreational activities for children with and without developmental disabilities. 12.5 Alzheimer ’s Day Care and Resource Center. Provide dementia ‑capable services at licensed Adult Day and Adult Day Health centers. 5.0 Home and Community ‑Based Services Infrastructure and Support Access to Technology for Seniors and Persons with Disabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/6