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

Apr 29, 2025 - Under PDL, state entities would begin by (1)  identifying and refining a business problem to be solved by GenAI technology, (2)  using an RFI 2 or comparable procurement method to solicit and select one or more vendors for a POC, and (3)  analyzing the POC results to select one or more vendors for a “minimum viable product ” (or MVP).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - As shown in Figure  2 , California ’s official individual and family (with children under age 18) poverty rates fluctuated over the last two decades. Official poverty rates are based on federal poverty levels (FPL), which are income thresholds under which a family is considered to be in poverty.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - Tiered Rate Structure: CWS ‑CARES 4 2 Continued automation funding to prepare the new state child welfare case managment system for implementation of the permanent foster care rate structure. Initial funds are provided in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962

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

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

Mar 7, 2025 - Stage 2 Alternatives Analysis. The project evaluates a number of solutions using market research, and then identifies a recommended solution with a preliminary baseline project cost, schedule, and scope.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Specifically, the Governor ’s budget assumes (1)  a $620  million ($230  million General Fund) reduction through the permanent elimination of 6,500 vacant positions and associated funding and (2)  a $1.5  billion ($820  million General Fund) in 2024 ‑25 and $2  billion ($1.2  billion General Fund) in 2025 ‑26 and ongoing reduction to state operations expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - This was an average annual increa se of about 2  percent. We are working with the administration to better understand the reason for assuming the average hours per case will not increase in the budget year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - Tiered rates for these programs are shown in Figure  2. Figure 2 New Permanent Foster Care Rate Structure: Rate Components Vary Across Tiers Overall Profile of Youth Estimated Proportion of Foster Youth a Care and Supervision Funding b,c Strength Building and Maintenance Funding d Immediate Needs Funding e
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/6

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

Feb 13, 2025 - As shown in Figure  2, the Governor ’s budget projects that caseload will decrease by 1.3  percent in 2024-25 and 0.7  percent in 2025-26. The Department of Social Services (DSS) has recently noted that a potential driver of this steady caseload decline may be attributable to fewer individuals meeting income and asset eligibility thresholds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - Some of the year-over-year changes in CalWORKs General Fund and TANF funds (shown above in Figure  2) are due to these adjustments. Availability of TANF Carry Forward Impacts General Fund in CalWORKs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969