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

Mar 5, 2024 - MOE Funds and the Work Incentive Nutrition Supplement (WINS) Program California Uses MOE Funds for the WINS Program. WINS, introduced in 2014, provides specific CalFresh households with additional CalWORKs-funded monthly food benefits of $10.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4877

The 2024-25 Budget: CalWORKs

Mar 4, 2024 - Currently, WINS costs roughly $25 million annually. Because WINS is an MOE‑funded program, WINS households help California meet its WPR requirements. However, the FRA set new rules for programs like WINS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4872

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

Feb 21, 2025 - The Legislature could ask for more information on WINS from the administration, such as: In recent years, what percentage of total food benefits received by WINS participants were WINS benefits? Would there be anticipated costs associated with pausing (or subsequently restarting) the WINS program in the future?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - CDSS = California Department of Social Services; CACFP = Child and Adult Care Food Program; EBT = Electronic Benefit Transfer; TEFAP = The Emergency Food Assistance Program; SNB = Supplemental Nutrition Benefit Program; TNB = Transitional Nutrition Benefit Program; SSI/SSP = Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment; and WINS = Work Incentive Nutritional Suppleme nt.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/3

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - EBT = Electronic Benefit Transfer; CDSS = California Department of Social Services; CACFP = Child and Adult Care Food Program; TEFAP = The Emergency Food Assistance Program; SNB = Supplemental Nutrition Benefit Program; TNB = Transitional Nutrition Benefit Program; SSI/SSP = Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment; and WINS = Work Incentive Nutritional Suppleme nt.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/3

The 2023-24 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 2, 2023 - In 2023-24, when the asset limit is expected to be fully eliminated, the administration estimates nearly 8,000 seniors and persons with disabilities will become eligible —increasing costs by about $88  million in 2023-24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4729

The 2022-23 Budget: CalHR California Leads Proposal

Feb 28, 2022 - Existing Data Are Problematic … Federal law (Public Law 88 ‑352, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) requires each state and local government to maintain specific demographic data on its workforce to report these data to the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4564

The 2024-25 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 29, 2024 - Figure  1 shows that the average share of authorized cases that are paid every month slightly decreased from 91  percent to 88  percent from January 2019 through December 2023. This translates to roughly 22,000 fewer paid cases every month relative to pre-COVID-19 levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4868

The 2022-23 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 2, 2022 - Figure  2 shows that the average share of authorized cases that are paid every month slightly decreased from 90  percent to 88  percent since March  2020. This translates to roughly 14,000 fewer paid cases every month relative to pre ‑COVID ‑19 levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4512