The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Continuum of Care Reform (CCR) is a series of state legislation enacted over the past decade making fundamental changes to the way the state cares for youth in the foster care system. As part of implementing CCR, the state developed a new foster care maintenance payment rate structure to replace the previous age-based and group home rate structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - Each part of the series focuses on an area of the program, beginning with this report on participant characteristics, followed by reports on participant experiences and program funding. The series provides an overview of the major changes to CalWORKs in recent decades and highlights key issues for the Legislature to consider when making CalWORKs policy and budget decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions [Publication Details]

Oct 16, 2025 - This post discusses features of the state's spending plan that were not covered elsewhere in the 2025-26 Spending Plan series.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5081

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This post discusses features of the state's spending plan that were not covered elsewhere in the 2025-26 Spending Plan series.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics [Publication Details]

Jun 16, 2025 - This report is the first of a three-part series focused on trends in the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program. Each part of the series focuses on an area of the program, beginning with this report on participant characteristics.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5057

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - In the State Prevention Plan, DSS describes a three ‑tiered training approach to ensure child welfare staff and community providers are prepared to implement prevention services: Tier 1 focuses on prevention principles and consists of a series of webinars for county staff, community ‑based organization staff, and tribal staff at all levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - (Other CalSAWS-related funding, such as funding for the interface between CalSAWS and the Child Welfare Services - California Automated Response and Engagement System , is covered in other sections of our spendi ng plan series.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/5

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 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - Continuum of Care Reform (CCR) is a series of state legislation enacted over the past decade making fundamental changes to the way the state cares for youth in the foster care system. As part of implementing CCR, the state developed a new foster care maintenance payment rate structure to replace the previous age-based and group home rate structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962

The 2023-24 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 22, 2023 - Following a major realignment of state and local responsibilities in 1991, some funds generated by the state sales tax and vehicle license fee accrue to a special fund with a series of subaccounts which pay for a variety of health and human services programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4699