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

Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - Motorcyclists, pedestrians, and pedal cyclists account for 19  percent, 23  percent, and 3  percent respectively. Growth in Motorist Deaths and Growth in Pedestrian Deaths Have Occurred Under Different Light Conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - Figure  4 shows how CalWORKs caseload has changed since 2019-20. Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020, CalWORKs caseload began what was a historically anomalous decrease given high unemployment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The spending plan includes $373.9  million General Fund ($1.183  billion total funds) for DCSS in 2024-25, a decrease of less than $1  million General Fund (around $3  million total funds) relative to revised estimates for 2023-24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/7

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 2024-25 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 26, 2024 - The new structure would classify children into Tiers 1, 2, 3, and 3+ (with tier three divided into two sub-tiers based on a child ’s age). Children with higher-acuity needs would be classified into higher tiers, while children with relatively less-intensive needs would be classified into lower tiers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4855

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

Mar 7, 2025 - Provide each processing department with a set number of DART FTEs based on their classifications: (1)  0.5 FTEs for “micro, ” (2)  1 FTE for “small, ” (3)  3 FTEs for “medium, ” (4)  6 FTEs for “large, ” and (5)  10 FTEs for “mega. ” Propose annual funding allocations by processing department to the Department of Finance (DOF), as well as criteria for funding the allocations based on, for example, the department ’s participation in project activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - As shown in Figure  3, the majority of the caseload and cost increases associated with the Medi-Cal expansion to individuals regardless of immigration status, is attributable to the 50 and above age group.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

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)
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The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - Figure  3 provides an overview of child welfare programs that have been newly implemented or significantly augmented in recent years. Figure 3 Summary of Implementation Status of Recent Programs New Augmentations Provided Since 2021 ‑22 and Continuing Implementation Program
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