Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - One of the major factors driving the overdose trend has been the growing presence of fentanyl in California ’s illicit opioid  markets. Extreme speeding and other risky driving behaviors likely have played significant roles in the trend in motor vehicle deaths.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Would these positions still be needed? What about the contract for the Financial Management Coordinator, and any other externally contracted parties? Would DSS be able to cancel these contracts? The most recent cost estimates we have seen assume a phased implementation approach over three years (2027-28 to 2029-30).
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Mar 3, 2026 - DSS has recently compared maximum grant amounts for individuals and couples to county-level fair market rents (FMR). Specifically, at the county level, DSS compares the maximum SSI/SSP grant amount for individuals to the FMR of an efficiency unit (an apartment unit with no separately enclosed bedroom, similar to a studio apartment) and the maximum SSI/SSP grant amount for couples to the FMR of a one-bedroom unit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - Grants Still Not Estimated to Meet Legislature ’s Goal for All Recipients. As part of the 2018-19 Budget Act , the Legislature set a goal to increase CalWORKs grants to 50  percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) for a family that is one person larger than the number of people in the family for which the grant amount is calculated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

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

Mar 5, 2026 - The value of lost eligibility and benefits to Medi ‑Cal and CalFresh enrollees is larger still. Addressing the structural budget problem will require difficult trade ‑offs. Backfilling lost federal benefits under H.R.  1 would require billions of dollars in additional budget solutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - The  local child welfare agency still will need to be involved tangentially in the family ’s case in that the agency will be responsible for confirming the child/family is an eligible candidate for Title IV ‑E prevention services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Instead, the gains appear largely tied to the booming stock market, a situation which can change rapidly and without warning. The  administration appears to share some of these concerns, noting recent job losses among high ‑wage workers and the risks posed by the inherent volatility of tax receipts tied to stock market gains.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - We note that we are still working with the administration to better understand key aspects of the Governor ’s budget proposals for IHSS. As such, this brief includes our best understanding of the proposals as of March  16,  2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Specifically, local child support agencies shall presume income to be state minimum wage at 35 hours per week, adjusted downwards to reflect the conditio ns of the labor market where the support obligor lives, with further adjustments based on other factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/6

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

Feb 11, 2022 - Consequently, additional months on aid during the COVID ‑19 pandemic do not count against an adult ’s 48 ‑month lifetime limit, though they do still count against the 60 ‑month maximum set by federal law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4530