The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Some questions for the Legislature to consider as it oversees these programs include: What are the major outputs, outcomes, and impacts of the funding to date? What do youth and families view as the most notable results or effects of the funding?
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

FI$Cal IT Project Update—Special Project Report 8

Jan 8, 2020 - These 15,000 hours may therefore be viewed as additional hours being added to the overall number of hours connected with the project (before and after deemed completion). The project expects to implement Milestone  5, Priority   3 i tems by June 2021 —after the project end date.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4132

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

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - FFPSA requires states to provide training and support for caseworkers in assessing what children and their families need, connecting to the families served, knowing how to access and deliver the needed trauma ‑informed and evidence ‑based services, and overseeing and evaluating the continuing appropriateness of the services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Statute specifies which accounts (and therefore programs) should be prioritized for growth in realignment revenues and in what order. For Realignments to Work Well, Several Principles Need to Be Met.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Technology Project Proposals

Mar 17, 2023 - Knowing how much a complex, large modernization effort will cost and over what time frame also is difficult for the Legislature to oversee as the scope of the effort is not always known at the outset.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746

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

Mar 7, 2025 - When will the Legislature know the final composition of the onboarding department waves and their onboarding schedule? Impacts of Collective Bargaining on Project Activities Needs to Be Well Understood.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - Moreover, the use of POCs might mean a project goes into confidential procurement sooner than previous state IT projects, limiting what information is available for the Legislature to review ahead of funding requests through the annual budget process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

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 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - 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/4962