The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - Due to this policy change, and a decades-long effort to increase CalFresh en rollment, CalFresh caseload was at a then historic high prior to the COVID-19 public health crisis (about 2.2  million households in February 2020).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Housing stabilization and relocation efforts also include outreach and engagement, landlord recruitment, case management, housing search and placement, legal se rvices, and credit repair. Bringing Families Home Program (BFH).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/7

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - However, since the se programs are locally implemented, some counties may have preemptively reduced services due to concerns over the funding reductions, resulting in varying service levels from county to county.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for CalWORKs

May 29, 2024 - Since many administrative activities are statutorily required, some counties regularly use other single allocation funds, especially from the employment services component, to cover necessary administrative costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4911

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Around 20 counties (especially smaller and more rural counties) also noted an overall shortage of service providers, in particular providers possessing the resources to deliver EBPs to model fidelity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This amount includes $10  million for Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup security costs, $10  million for Family Justice Centers, and $8  million to the City of Los Angeles for fire engine purchases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - Some Evidence for Existing Shortage of Certain Care Economy Providers, Especially Within Certain Geographic Regions. There is some evidence that California is experiencing a shortage of certain care economy providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Expands Safety Net Services for Individuals With Especially Complex Needs. The spending plan includes a total of $28.7  million total funds ($22.1  million General Fund) to expand services for individuals with especially complex needs, such as co-occurring diagnoses of developmental disabilities and mental health disorders.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/1

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - This was an average annual increa se of about 2  percent. We are working with the administration to better understand the reason for assuming the average hours per case will not increase in the budget year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - Visibility is a key issue in transportation safety, especially in relation to walking and biking. For this reason, we further examine mode ‑specific mortality trends under various light conditions. The results appear in Figure  20 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945