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

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - Nationally, researchers estimate around 85  percent of families involved with the child welfare system have incomes below 200  percent of the federal poverty level, which is around $5,000 per month for a family of four in 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

The 2022-23 Budget: CalHR California Leads Proposal

Feb 28, 2022 - In an effort to remove implicit bias from the hiring decision ‑making process, the administration proposes adopting an anonymous hiring process whereby certain personal information from job applicants ’ resumes or applications would be redacted prior to hiring managers viewing the documents  Implementing this policy would require updates to the Examination and Certification Online System.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4564

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - The funds may be used for physical wellness activities and goods that promote a healthy lifestyle (suc h as sports club fees and gym memberships, bicycles, and related safety equipment) as well as for strengths-developing activities (such as music lessons, art lessons, and therapeutic summer camps).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - 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. Nationally, businesses and governments today are only able to fill about half of the needed technology job openings, whereas they could regularly fill most positions prior to the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - This program will afford foster youth a monthly allocation to participate in activities, such as sports or academic enrichment. A youth ’s individual budget will depend on their assessed tier (as shown in Figure  2 below).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/6

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

Apr 29, 2025 - The New PDL Process for GenAI Projects Consistent with the requirements of the EO, the most recent deliverable completed in February 2025 makes changes to the state ’s technology project procurement and approval processes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Other Policy Changes Changes to Administrator Certification Training Requirements. Individuals licensed as administrators, who oversee CCL-licensed facilities, are required to complete a department-approved certification program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/8

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - Over the past year, however, ACF determined that the project is no longer eligible for CCWIS claiming status primarily because of its failure to make progress according to the schedule it submitted to ACF.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - These aging systems make it difficult for the state to, for example, change how state employee payroll is calculated and disbursed based on updates to federal and state law. For over two decades, SCO —which is responsible for issuing pay to the state workforce —has led state efforts to plan, develop, and implement a new state payroll system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011