The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Specifically, total IHSS county costs increased by about $630  million in 2017 ‑18 relative to 2016 ‑17. The 2017 IHSS MOE also increased annually by (1)  the counties ’ share of costs from locally negotiated wage increases and (2)  an annual adjustment factor (of as high as 7  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - Applying it to adults caring for dependents aged 14 and older, rather than 18 and older. Eliminating exemptions for former foster youth, veterans, and homeless individuals. (These exemptions were already scheduled to sunset in 2030.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - Households With Children Under 18 Decreased. As shown in Figure  1, households with children (under age 18) in California decreased from about 4  million households in 2000 to about 3.8  million in 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Of these savings, the spending plan reinvests about $4.6  million in 2025-26 and $14  million in 2025-26 and ongoing into the CalWORKs single allocation, resulting in General Fund savings of about $16  million in 2025-26 and $18  million in 2026-27 and ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Human Services Budget

Feb 28, 2017 - To the extent that 2016-17 and 2017-18 experience growth in the average hours per case similar to prior years (average growth of 2  percent annually), General Fund costs for IHSS in 2017-18 would be about $100  million higher than estimated in the Governor ’s budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3576/2

Fiscal Outlook: Developmental Services

Nov 15, 2017 - DDS Budget Projected to Grow Significantly During the Outlook Period We project General Fund expenditures for DDS to grow from $4.2  billion in 2017-18 to about $4.4  billion in 2018-19 and increase even more rapidly over the remainder of the outlook period, which extends from 2017-18 to 2021-22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3717

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - Utilization rates for the most recent expansion groups —the 26-49 and 50 and above age groups (currently, there is no readily available utilization rate data for the age 18 and under or age 19-25 expansion groups) —have lagged behind these historical utilization rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - The proposed $18  million for CSU and UC would provide similar support for foster youth programs across CSU and UC campuses. Creates Foster Youth Tax Credit. Creates refundable $1,000 tax credit for young adults aged 18 through 25 who were foster youth at age 13 or older and are otherwise eligible for the California Earned Income Tax Credit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/4

Recent Congressional Action on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

Jan 23, 2018 - Specifically, for the last half of 2017 ‑18 and all of 2018 ‑19, the state will pay 12  percent of program costs, rather than the 35  percent assumed in the Governor ’s budget. The administration estimates that these actions reduce estimated General Fund Medi-Cal costs by about $300  million in 2017 ‑18 and about $600  million in 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3734

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Human Services Budget

Feb 28, 2017 - More Actions May Be Needed to Align Spending With Budget in 2017 ‑18. The proposed 2017 ‑18 single allocation, about $1.7  billion, is less than both the amount spent in 2015 ‑16 and the amount likely to be spent in 2016 ‑17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3576/1