The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Figure  3 shows the 3.6  percent increase will raise grants for all AU sizes in high-cost counties to between 45  percent and 49  percent of the FPL for a family one person larger than the AU size, and to slightly lower levels for families in lower-cost counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/2

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - However, across counties, county ‑level CalWORKs participation rates (among families with children) varied from under 3  percent in certain counties (such as San Mateo, Placer, and Marin Counties) to over 20  percent in other counties (such as Del Norte and Imperial  Counties).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 26, 2024 - Administration ’s New Proposed Framework Makes Key Changes to Current Rates Structure. At a high level, the proposed structure aims to align rates to a youth ’s assessed level of strengths and needs, and would not be tied to a specific placement type.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4855

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - Funds must be used for services/items that meet an assessed need and must (1)  promote inclusion in the community, (2)  increase safety in the home environment, and/or (3)  facilitate age-appropriate participation or autonomy in making decisions that improve physical or behavioral health outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for Child Welfare

May 24, 2024 - Subtotals Augmentations Based on Current Law and Policy CWS ‑CARES project increase $45 $23 This amount reflects updated project cost estimates according to Special Project Report 6, which was approved by the California Department of Technology in May 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4909

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

Apr 29, 2025 - While the process currently only applies to GenAI projects, the administration expects to add additional technology projects (including state IT projects) to PDL in the future. Figure  3 provides a high-level graphical representation of the new PDL process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

Evaluation of the Statewide Project Management Office

Dec 7, 2017 - Reportable State Information Technology Projects Reportable projects generally face a higher level of scrutiny, as they are approved by and under the oversight of the California Department of Technology (CDT), whereas non ‑reportable projects are completely within the authority of sponsoring departments to manage.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3723

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - Consequently, whether recruiting and retaining IS professionals is more challenging than other state positions (at least for entry ‑level IT specialist staff) is somewhat unclear. However, since March  2021, when these data were collected and published, the state ’s labor market has improved dramatically, making it more difficult to attract and retain qualified IS staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756

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

Mar 17, 2023 - The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Technology Project Proposals Overview of Information Technology Project Proposals Introduction This post provides an overview of the information technology (IT) projects in the Governor ’s proposed 2023-24 budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - The project ’s transition to its holistic design approach does not delay the expected CWS-CARES V1 completion in October 2026, but does (1)  shift milestones from EUST 2 to EUST 3; (2)  extend EUST 3 from four to six weeks (given the significant number of milestones in the EUST); and (3)  require EUST 4 validation and training activities to occur at the same time, compressing the project time line.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006