The 2023-24 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 22, 2023 - The 2023-24 Budget: CalWORKs The 2023-24 Budget CalWORKs Summary. In this post, we provide some basic background on the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program followed by an overview and assessment of the Governor ’s CalWORKs budget proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4699

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

Feb 11, 2022 - Undocumented immigrants, as well as most immigrants with legal status who have lived in the United States for fewer than five years, are ine ligible for CalWORKs. Federal, State, and County Governments Share CalWORKs Costs.
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 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Mar 3, 2026 - Federal Government Required to Provide Annual Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) to SSI Grants … The federal government is required to provide an annual COLA each January to the SSI portion of the grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The spending plan corrects this assumption, providing $15  million ($8.5  million General Fund) in 2023-24 and $60  million ($34  million General Fund) ongoing to increase service provider rates for independent living services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/1

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - The former is a pilot program to increase support —such as through the provision of services similar to “supported living services ” which currently are available only to individuals living outside the family home —for consumers who live with their families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/1

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - (Four of the six milestones are now expected to be tested in EUST 2, and the remaining two milestones are expected to be tested in EUST 3.) During the four-week EUST session, participants identified a significant amount of required rework prior to implementation of the three (and several other related) milestones.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 16, 2024 - This overall increase is the effect of higher underlying costs from growing caseload and increased maximum benefit allotments (after implementation of a federal cost-of-living adjustment on October 1, 2023) partially offset by a decrease in CalFresh intake and administrative costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4845

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services 117.30% 118.49% a The maximum monthly grants displayed refer to those for aged and disabled individuals and couples living in their own households, effective as of January 1 of the respective calendar year. b Compares grant level to federal poverty guidelines from the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/6