The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Historically, counties paid 35  percent of the nonfederal share of IHSS service costs and 30  percent of the nonfederal share of IHSS administrative costs. In the early 2010s, this share of cost model was replaced with an IHSS MOE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - In addition to restructuring foster care maintenance payments, the 2024-25 statutory changes also added two new foster care programs and corresponding rate components: (1)  Strengths Building and Child and Family Determination Program, and (2)  Immediate Needs Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - As part of a special legislative session held in January 2025, the Legislature added Control Section 5.26 to the 2024-25 Budget Act, providing an additional one-time allocation of $10  million to support immigration related services, including removal defense.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/8

The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation

Mar 5, 2026 - Additionally, in taking this task on, the administration will be adding to the many competing priorities that are underway. This means that temporary funding may need to be in place until ongoing methodologies can be  established.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - Although CalFresh benefits are paid by the federal government, costs to administer the program are shared by state, county, and federal governments. Currently, 50  percent of administrative costs are covered by the federal government, 35  percent by the state, and 15  percent by counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

Considering Options to Expand Paid Family Leave in California [Publication Details]

Mar 7, 2019 - Considering Options to Expand Paid Family Leave in California [Publication Details] Considering Options to Expand Paid Family Leave in California Format: PDF Description: California's current paid family leave program, implemented in 2004, provides up to six weeks of partial wage replacement to workers who take time off to bond with a new child or care for an ill family member.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3969

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - In addition to rejecting this cap on overtime, as part of the final budget package, the Legislature adopted budget-related legislation that states t hat any hours worked that exceed 40 hours in a workweek will continue to be paid overtime rates even in the event that the federal government makes a future decision to no longer require overtime, or pay a share of the cost of overtime.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/4

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Namely, for any new services added to the plan that are rated as supported or promising, DSS would need to ensure that at least 50  percent of Title IV ‑E dollars are claimed for well ‑supported services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - This means that these providers have been given a transitionary period in which they can continue to be paid their historical rates, even if these historical rates exceed the new models used for other providers within the same service category and region.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/1

The 2024-25 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 29, 2024 - Additionally, this meant that those who may have lost full-scope Medi-Cal coverage were no longer being placed into the IHSS Residual program (the state funded program that some IHSS recipients are added to if they lose their Medi-Cal eligibility or are deemed ineligible for Medi-Cal due to not meeting the Medi-Cal immigration requirements), resulting in General Fund sav ings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4868