Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - As shown in Figure   14 , almost 90   percent of CalWORKs heads of household were women in 2022. Among cases with two eligible parents, a smaller proportion of heads of household were women (73   percent), as compared to all cases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

Estimating the CalWORKs Take-Up Rate

Feb 2, 2021 - We assume no Pregnant Women-Only (PWO) CalWORKs cases. CalWORKs allows pregnant women to receive CalWORKs even if their only eligible child is unborn, but the ACS does not record whether female respondents are pregnant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4340

The 2023-24 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 22, 2023 - Increasing the additional monthly stipend provided to pregnant women on CalWORKs from $47 to $100, and allowing women to become immediately eligible upon verification of their pregnancies (as opposed to waiting until the second trimester).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4699

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

Feb 11, 2022 - Increased the additional monthly stipend provided to pregnant women on CalWORKs from $47 to $100, and also allowed women to become immediately eligible upon verification of their pregnancies (as opposed to waiting until the second trimester).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4530

Comparing CalWORKs Take-Up Rates Across Demographic Groups

Feb 14, 2023 - For  example, we estimate women have a much higher take ‑up rate than men. When comparing Figure  6 to Figure  5 (showing relative eligibility rates) above, we find groups with relatively higher eligibility rates also tend to have higher take ‑up rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4678

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 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - Increases Benefits for Pregnant Women Receiving CalWORKs. Under prior state law, pregnant women who otherwise qualify for CalWORKs could receive a monthly supplemental aid payment of $47 beginning in their second trimester.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/2

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 2022-23 Budget: CalHR California Leads Proposal

Feb 28, 2022 - Specifically, certain classifications are more or less likely to be filled by men or women. For example, in 2021, 75  percent of the 31,347  sstate jobs that were considered to be office and administrative support occupations were filled by women while 86  percent of the 43,980 state jobs that were considered to be protective service occupations were filled by men.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4564

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - More specifically, those 65 and over with a disability impacting independent living has increased by 17  percent. The share of IHSS recipients over age 65, however, has remained a relatively consistent share of the overall IHSS population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166