Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - “Rising Morbidity and Mortality in Midlife Among White Non ‑Hispanic Americans in the 21st Century. ” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112(49):15078 ‑15083. Fowle, Matthew and Giselle Routhier (2024).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

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

May 24, 2024 - The administration frames this proposed reduction as “rightsizing ” funding for the Emergency Child Care Bridge program, rather than being a reduction to current service levels. Based on data shared by DSS, the proposed reduction does appear to be in line with recent expenditure trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4909

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 26, 2024 - There are four levels of care and corresponding rates for foster youth placed with resource families: the basic rate (LOC 1), LOC 2, LOC 3, and LOC 4. If youth are assessed as having certain care needs requiring higher levels of support, they may be categorically eligible to receive the ISFC rate or rates for other specialized models of care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4855

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - Figure 3 2025 ‑26 Funding for Other CDSS ‑Administered State and Federal Food Assistance Programs (In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2025-26 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 13, 2025 - Figure 3 SSI/SSP Monthly Maximum Grant Levels a 2023 ‑24 (Actual)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

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

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for Child Welfare [Publication Details]

May 24, 2024 - This post provides initial high-level takeaways and comments regarding May Revision proposals for child welfare programs. Includes comments on the overall child welfare budget—focusing on new proposals at the time of the administration’s May Revision—as well as comments and questions related to the updated proposal for statutorily required permanent foster care rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4909

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - 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 prog ram (for example, about $1,207 a month for an aged and/or disabled individual living independently in 2024-25).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

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

Mar 5, 2024 - Based on our understanding from the administration, Cal-OAR collects county-level data on job entry, job retention, and median earnings of CalWORKs participants after program exit. DSS indicated it plans to work with the California Department of Education to meet the reporting requirement on high school diploma attainment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4877

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Welfare [Publication Details]

Feb 26, 2024 - In this post, we analyze the Governor’s budget proposals relating to child welfare and foster care programs, which include a number of budget solutions. In addition, the post provides comments and questions to help the Legislature weigh in regarding the administration’s proposal for the statutorily required new foster care rates structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4855