The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 16, 2024 - The California Fruit and Vegetable EBT Pilot provides CalFresh recipients in pilot counties with a dolla r-for-dollar benefit match when they purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at select farmers ’ markets and grocery stores.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4845

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - CalFresh benefits can be used to buy most groceries and some prepared food at participating vendors, which include most grocery and convenience stores. Benefit amounts vary by household and depend on various factors including household size, income, and costs for housing and utilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - The federal government helps manage an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) system which deposits monthly benefits for CalFresh and other human services pr ograms onto cards to be used at grocery and convenience store checkout counters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - Beginning April 2020, counties were temporarily allowed to conduct initial assessments using video-conferencing. However, from August 4, 2020 until the end of the state of emergency in California, the use of video-conferencing for initial assessment is limited to and allowed only to the extent that an applicant or someone in the applicant ’s household has been
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/4

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes CalHHS Language Access CalHHS proposes to use GenAI technology to translate their departments ’ content into multiple languages to improve language access for state residents. 1 Caltrans Traffic Mobility Insights Caltrans proposes to use GenAI technology to analyze significant amounts of
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

The 2022-23 Budget: California Food Assistance Program

Feb 11, 2022 - Second, the federal government manages an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) system which depo sits monthly benefits for CalFresh and other human services programs onto cards that can be used at grocery and convenience store checkout counters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4532

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The CalFood program provides funding to a network of food banks statewide to purchase, store, and transport food grown or produced in California. A similar one-time augmentation of $112  million General Fund was made in 2022-23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/3

The 2022-23 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 2, 2022 - End of the state of emergency in California Quality Assurance and Program Integrity Counties may perform home visits for purposes of quality assurance and program integrity remotely using telehealth, including video ‑conferencing and telephone.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4512

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Technology Project Proposals

Mar 17, 2023 - Figure 2 Governor ’s 2023 ‑24 Budget IT Project Proposals a (In Millions) Enterprise Data to Revenue Project 2 135.0 Statewide Correctional Video Surveillance Continuation 87.7 Electronic Adjudication Management System Modernization 21.1 Heavy ‑Duty Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program Per SB 210 14.1 Uniform Fiscal System Modernization and the Consumer Electronic Records
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746