The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Federal CalWORKs Pilot

Feb 21, 2025 - Generally, if an individual is ineligible for CalWORKs, other members of his or her family (including children) who themselves meet eligibility requirements can receive aid. Grants Based on Number of Eligible Family Members, Not Overall Family Size.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - (We discuss this in prior posts , in which we conclude the decrease likely was related to extraordinary federal and state aid offered to low-income individuals in response to the pandemic.) This decline continued until September 2021, the month during which a federal bonus for Unemployment Insurance benefits expired.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969