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

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

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

Feb 13, 2025 - The Governor ’s budget does not propose any change in the maximum SSP grants for 2026. Figure 3 SSI/SSP Monthly Maximum Grant Levels a 2023 ‑24 (Actual)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - To address the rework identified in EUST 1, reduce possible rework in future EUST sessions, and mitigate other potential risks to CWS-CARES V1 completion by October 2026, the project transitioned to a new project development and implementation approach —the holistic design approach.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - (However, California was notified in January 2025 that its 2026 TANF grant would be reduced by about $20 million as the state’s final WPR penalty for failing to meet the two‑parent WPR requirements in 2012 through 2014.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - Is the project on track for the anticipated statewide launch of Version 1 in October 2026? What are the risk factors that could delay implementation? What would be the impacts of delayed implementation?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - Automation for the expansion is now expected to begin in 2026-27, with benefit distribution to begin in 2027-28 (for newly eligible recipients). Other Programs and Pilots Provide Supplemental Benefits and Emergency Food Support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

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

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The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

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The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

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