Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - The two departments plan to provide additional guidance on model fidelity standards for the EBPs, Title IV‑E prevention services that intersect with Medi‑Cal services, and a model joint written protocol related to payor of last resort.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - As part of service provider rate reform, statute requires that provider rates consist of two components beginning in January 2025: (1)  a base rate equal to 90  percent of the rate model, and (2)  a quality incentive payment equal to 10  percent of the rate model.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/1

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - In the early 2010s, this share of cost model was replaced with an IHSS MOE. Under the MOE, county costs are adjusted annually by a fixed growth factor and a portion of locally negotiated wage increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Since 2017, the state has been implementing interim LOC rates for resource families, Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Programs (STRTPs), Foster Family Agencies, Intensive Services Foster Care, and other specialized models of foster care.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - CalWORKs HSP services are intended to utilize evidence-based models including those established in the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development ’s Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/7

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - As part of the 2025-26 spending plan, trailer bill language (Chapter 79 of 2025 [SB 119, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review]) making some amendments to the Tiered Rate Structure specifies that the new rates will begin implementation in 2027-28 provided the Legislature makes the necessary budget appropriation at that time Funding for Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Model Fidelity and Training ($2.1  Million General Fund, $2.9  Million Total Funds).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/6

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - To implement this new funding component, DSS will establish model standards (modeled after California Wraparound Standards ) for each tier, along with contract requirements for counties to contract with service providers such as FFAs, STRTPs, county Mental Health Plans, and community-based organizations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/6

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - To assess the level of need, permanent rates will use the Integrated Practice Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (IP-CANS) assessment tool, together with a classification model, to place youth into one of four tiers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - The 2023-24 Budget Act provided DSS with $1.5  million to analyze the costs and benefits of transitioning the IHSS program from the current county level collective bargaining model to a statewide or regional collective bargaining model.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The 2021-22 spending plan initiated a multiyear plan to phase in a new provider rate model based on a 2020 state-commissioned study. Under this study, independent living services were assumed to have staffing costs equivalent to supported living services, despite the former being a much more intensive service model.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/1