The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - The state has funded the restoration of IHSS service hours with General Fund since 2016 ‑17 so long as the managed care organization (MCO) tax established in 2016 was in place. While the 2016 MCO tax expired at the end of 2018 ‑19, the 2019 ‑20 budget continued the use of General Fund to restore IHSS service hours, subject to potential suspension on December 31, 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/4

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals and Program Implementation Updates

Feb 22, 2022 - Tax Credit for Former Foster Youth: $20  million estimated reduction in revenue to provide fully refundable tax credits of around $1,000 to former foster youth age 18  through  25 who are eligible for the California Earned Income Tax Credit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4558

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

Feb 22, 2023 - Until 2011 ‑12, the state General Fund and counties shared significant portions of the nonfederal costs of administering CWS. In 2011, the state enacted legislation known as 2011 realignment, which dedicated a portion of the state ’s sales and use tax and vehicle license fee revenues to counties to administer child welfare and foster care programs (along with some public safety, behavioral health, and adult protective services programs).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4698

The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 16, 2024 - CalFresh Administration Is Funded by the State, Counties, and Federal Government. CalFresh is overseen at the state level by the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) and administered locally by county human services departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4845

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) used data from 50 counties to inform a new methodology for determining annual county CalFresh administration funding. The new methodology includes updated assumptions and variables such as application volume, case types, and current eligibili ty worker costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/3

The 2024-25 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 29, 2024 - Beginning in 2012-13, however, the historical county share-of-cost model was replaced with an IHSS county maintenance-of-effort (MOE), meaning county costs reflect a set amount of nonfederal IHSS costs as opposed to a certain percent of nonfederal IHSS costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4868

The 2019-20 Budget: Assessing the Governor's 1991 Realignment Proposals

Mar 8, 2019 - Rather than reimburse counties based on their actual costs, the state typically provides counties specific revenue sources —like a portion of the sales tax —to pay for their increased fiscal responsibilities (share of cost) under realignment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3962

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Specifically, AB  1051 requires the placing county to retain responsibility for providing specialty mental health services to the youth —rather than transferring that responsibility to the county where the youth is placed —for out-of-county placements, with limited exceptions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/4

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Social Services Budget

Feb 22, 2019 - Under current law, the General Fund has supported the restoration of IHSS service hours, which were previously reduced by 7   p ercent, so long as the MCO tax is in place. (Additional information on the MCO tax can be found in our report, The 2019‑20 Budget: Analysis of the Medi‑Cal Budget .)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3947

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s CalWORKs Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - Following a major realignment of state and local responsibilities in 1991, some funds generated by the state sales tax and vehicle license fee accrue to a special fund with a series of subaccounts which pay for a variety of health and human services programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4530