The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - One of these conditions was to make progress in line with the current project schedule without removing planned functionalities. July 30, 2024 —Initial Submission of FFY 2025 APDU to ACF. The project initially submitted its FFY 2025 APDU without some of the information requested to address the seven conditions in ACF ’s FFY 2024 APDU approval, including updates on the project ’s progress in line with the current project schedule.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - This growth assumption is roughly in line with pre-pandemic trends (the pandemic produced a seemingly temporary decrease in new entrants to DDS). The spending plan assumes that state-operated residential and community facilities will serve 302 individuals in 2024-25, the same number served in 2023-24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/1

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

Mar 5, 2024 - FRA Set New Rules for Benefits Like WINS. Beginning October 1, 2025, working families enrolled in other programs like CalFresh must receive at least $35 in monthly MOE-funded benefits to be included in state WPR calculations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4877

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

Feb 21, 2025 - The pilot will be in effect for six federal fiscal years, beginning October 1, 2024. Figure  3 describes the administration ’s anticipated time line for year one (October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025), as we understand it.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - Requires Updates on Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Card Replacement Time Line. The spending plan includes supplemental reporting language requiring CDSS to provide updates to the Legislature on the schedule for EBT card replacement, how the implementation is minimizing risk for consumers, and the interaction of state and federal funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/2

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - Although the administration has voiced confidence in the workgroup ’s ability to meet the time line to develop the incentive structure, we have heard concerns from stakeholders that meeting the time line (which has been accelerated by one year relative to the initial rate study implementation plan) will prove difficult.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683

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

Mar 7, 2025 - Based on experience with other IT projects with statewide impacts, it is likely these costs will total tens of millions of dollars. Funding for these costs would be individually requested by departments alongside the annual development and implementation funding request from SCO and CalHR for the project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2024-25 Budget: CalWORKs

Mar 4, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: CalWORKs $12 0.2% a TANF carryforward is a non ‑add line item for display purposes only. This amount is included in federal TANF block grant funds. TANF = Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4872

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Specifically, including EBPs federally rated as supported or promising (rather than well ‑supported) likely would require the state and counties to take on new costs to meet federal monitoring and evaluation requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - Nonetheless, foster youth likely will benefit from some of these broader initiatives. Most notably: Transitional Rent Benefit. Youth transitioning out of foster care are one target population who may be able to receive up to six months of rental assistance, provided through Medi-Cal managed care plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962