The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for Child Welfare

May 24, 2024 - Figure 1 Changes in Local Assistance Funding for Child Welfare Includes Child Welfare Services, Foster Care, AAP, KinGAP, and ARC (In Millions) Total Change From 2023 ‑24 to 2024 ‑25 $173 Note: Includes associated automation costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4909

Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality Trend in Young Adult Motor Vehicle Deaths Age 15 to 44 Deaths in Motor Vehicle Crashes Increased in 2020. Figure  16 displays total quarterly motor vehicle crash deaths among Californians age 15 to 44 over the last six years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

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

Feb 13, 2025 - The SSI/SSP caseload grew at a rate of less than 1  percent each year between 2011-12 and 2014-15. Beginning in 2015-16, however, SSI/SSP caseload began to decline slowly at an average rate of 1.8  percent each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - March  15, 2024 —Resubmitted Advanced Planning Document Update (APDU) for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2024 Approved by ACF With Seven Conditions. ACF approved a resubmitted version of the FFY 2024 APDU for the project with seven conditions that, if not resolved by August 1, 2024, would result in a non-CCWIS claiming status determination.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality [Publication Details]

Dec 10, 2024 - This report examines recent trends in age 15 to 44 mortality and breaks out this growth by underlying causes of death. It also takes a closer look at some of the major causes of death and notes some key issues for legislative consideration.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4945

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

Mar 7, 2025 - (For more information about the TFC/MyCalPAYS project, please see the appendix to our March  19, 2014 report — The 2014-15 Budget: 21st Century Project Update .) In 2016, SCO—together with CalHR, which supports state human resources (HR) and labor relations policies and practices—started planning the current effort, the CSPS IT project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - Budget Overview and Assessment: Caseload, Cost Per Hour, and Hours Per Case Update Caseloads Are Growing at an Increasing Rate … Figure  1 shows the growth rate and key policy changes in IHSS since 2014-15.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - From 2021-22 to 2023-24, over $300  million in unspent single allocation funds naturally reverted to the General Fund each year (over 15  percent of total single allocation funds annually). Given counties consistently underspent total single allocation funds in recent years, along with the fungibility of single allocation funds between the components, counties may be able to
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Federal Fiscal Responsibility Act's Impacts on CalWORKs

Mar 5, 2024 - Caseload Reduction Credit and WPR California ’s Caseload Has Declined Relative to 2014 ‑15. In federal fiscal year 2014 ‑15, California ’s average monthly CalWORKs caseload (excluding cases not receiving TANF or MOE funds) was about 446,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4877

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The 2024-25 spending plan includes $15  million General Fund on a one-time basis for the implementation of the pilot program, which will begin in 2024-25. According to the administration, CDSS is in the process of determining the pilot area or population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/3