Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - The  adult lifetime aid limit changed twice between 2010 and 2024. In 2011, it was reduced from 60 months to 48 months (in an effort to reduce costs). In 2022, the limit increased from 48  months to 60 months.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

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

Feb 13, 2025 - In years that the CPI-W is negative (as was the case in 2010, 2011, and 2016), the federal government does not decrease SSI grants, but instead holds them flat. …While State Has Option to Provide Annual COLA to SSP Grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

The 2024-25 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 8, 2024 - In years that the CPI-W is negative (as was the case in 2010, 2011, and 2016), the federal government does not decrease SSI grants, but instead holds them flat. …While State Has Option to Provide Annual COLA to SSP Grants.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4832

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - During the first year of FFPSA implementation, a county may elect to begin providing prevention services by providing written notice to DSS prior to fully completing its com prehensive prevention plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/3

The 2023-24 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 24, 2023 - In years that the CPI-W is negative (as was the case in 2010, 2011, and 2016), the federal government does not decrease SSI gran ts, but instead holds them flat. The state has full discretion over whether and how to provide increases to the SSP portion of the grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4707

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - Because grant levels are higher now than during the previous recession, total CalWORKs costs are projected to reach a new all-time high of $7.8  billion (as compared to about $6.3  billion in 2010 ‑11).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/2

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - This report examines disproportionalities and disparities across California’s child welfare system in terms of income and race/ethnicity. The report provides background on the child welfare system, describes child welfare system disproportionalities and disparities, and lays out potential drivers of these inequities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

The 2023-24 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals and Implementation Updates

Feb 22, 2023 - At around the same time as 2011 realignment, the state also implemented the California Fostering Connections to Success Act (Chapter  559 of 2010 [A B  12 , Beall]), which extended foster care services and supports to youth from age 18 up to age 21, beginning in 2012.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4698

The 2021-22 Budget: Medi-Cal Enterprise System Modernization Effort

Feb 17, 2021 - To better align some Medi ‑Cal IT systems with MITA and benefit from the available enhanced federal funding, DHCS started a number of Medi ‑Cal IT system modernization initiatives, including CA ‑MMIS Modernization in 2010, the Comprehensive Behavioral Health Data System in 2015, and MEDS Modernization in 2016.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4375

The 2022-23 Budget: California Food Assistance Program

Feb 11, 2022 - DSS  estimates about 70  percent of CalFresh ‑eligible individuals actually enrolled in the program in 2019, up from about 50  percent in 2010. There is no direct estimate of CFAP take ‑up rates (which are more difficult to calculate due to the program ’s small size), although some research suggests that participation in food assistance programs is lower among immigrants than among naturalized citizens.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4532