The 2024-25 Budget: Child Support

Feb 27, 2024 - As a result of implementing the state ’s new policy around foster care case referrals to LCSAs, DCSS estimates that LCSAs should receive far fewer new foster care referrals going forward. Ultimately, this could contribute to overall lower caseloads, meaning LCSAs would need fewer staff to reach the target staffing ratios.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4861

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - The program provides a broad range of services to current and former foster youth, including outreach and recruitment, academic counseling, tutoring, book and supply grants, and referrals to health and mental health services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/4

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The spending plan reflects an additional set of requirements that providers will need to satisfy in order to be eligible to earn the quality incentive portion of rate models beginning in July 2026. Specifically, providers will need to comply with Electronic Visit Verification, federal Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS), and independent audit and fiscal review requirement s.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/1

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - To be eligible, households generally must earn less than 200  percent of the federal poverty level. CalFresh benefits can be used to buy most groceries and some prepared food at participating vendors, which include most grocery and convenience stores.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

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

Feb 21, 2025 - The earning levels of those individuals six and 12 months after program exit. Whole family income levels during and after program participation, including employment earnings; tax credits; child support payments; and other income supports or benefits, including SSI/SSP and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program assistance (CalFresh in California).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Federal Fiscal Responsibility Act's Impacts on CalWORKs

Mar 5, 2024 - Cal-OAR also captures information on participating households ’ stability and well-being, such as access to supportive services like child care, educational attainment, wage progression, and rate of program exits with earnings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4877

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - This roughly equates to earnings of under $1,000 per month for a family of four. Nationally, researchers estimate around 85  percent of families involved with the child welfare system have incomes below 200  percent of the federal poverty level, which is around $5,000 per month for a family of four in 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Adopted in 2022 ‑23 budget Court ability to establish earning capacity Codify courts ’ ability to impute income based on earning capacity. Also codifies requirement for courts to consider specific circumstances of the parent, including the parent ’s assets, educational attainment, and health when determining earning capacity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/6

The 2023-24 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 22, 2023 - Increasing the earned income disregard for applicants (or the amount CalWORKs applicants can earn before further income effects their eligibility for the program) from $90 to $450 per month. (The 2022-23 budget includes $79.5  million General Fund to implement this change starting in March  2023.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4699

Estimating the CalWORKs Take-Up Rate

Feb 2, 2021 - Families may earn non-CalWORKs income of up to $500 a month without affecting their grant, but for each additional dollar they earn above $500 their grant is reduced by 50 cents. In 2019 ‑20. the maximum family grant for a family of three was $785.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4340