The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - For example, it is possible that higher IHSS wages increase IHSS program awareness and therefore contribute to higher caseloads. IHSS MOE Structure The factors outlined above account for much of the growth in the overall costs of IHSS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

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

Mar 5, 2026 - For  example, the CalWORKs methodology puts some limits on the magnitude of year ‑to ‑year, caseload ‑driven adjustments to administrative funding to minimize volatility that can be disruptive to counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System

Mar 6, 2026 - Were a large statewide general obligation bond to pass, for example, state funding for MHP (and likely other gap funding programs) would increase. As a result, many projects would receive an HDFC award, and thus there would be an increase in calls on the proposed set ‑aside pool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - For example, some important types of prevention programs for at ‑risk families —such as concrete supports and domestic violence intervention —are not currently eligible for Title IV ‑E financial  participation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - For example, in the current year, DSS is working to build the capacity of local child welfare agencies to conduct timely CANS assessments and Child and Family Team meetings, in alignment with specified criteria for fidelity.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - For example, expenditures for the home-based family care rate —namely the monthly care and supervision payments made to foster caregivers and for kinship and adoptive placements —are budgeted to increase by around $20  million General Fund ($33  million total funds) in 2025-26 (9  percent increase relative to 2024-25), due largely to the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/6

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Not all providers will be subject to all three requirements (for example, the HCBS rules only apply to providers of certain service types, while the audit requirement only applies to providers that receive a certain amount of federal funding per year).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/1

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The state ’s TANF grant amount generally does not change year over year, with some exceptions (for example, if a federal penalty is imposed, as described further below). Over $2  billion of California ’s annual TANF grant is generally spent on CalWORKs (the remainder helps fund aid for some low-income college students and various, small human services programs).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - Caseload Trends and Characteristics In the following sections, we describe trends in the CalWORKs caseload, including across geographies and participant characteristics (for example, children versus adults).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

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

Mar 7, 2025 - Past examples of such projects include the Financial Information System for California and underscore the need for signific ant and thorough planning and execution of change management activities from the outset of the project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011