The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - In January 2017, CCI was ended, effectively eliminating the 2012 MOE. In response to this elimination, a new county IHSS MOE was  established in July 2017 —referred  to as the 2017 IHSS MOE. Under the new 2017 IHSS MOE, the counties ’ share of IHSS costs were reset to roughly reflect the counties ’ share of estimated
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 - Since 2017, the cost of this lost 6  percent FMAP (also referred to as the CFCO late penalty) has been paid for with the General Fund and has grown over time —totaling $63.2  million in 2023-24. In an effort to assist in addressing the state ’s budget problem, as part of the May Revision, the administration proposed to require counties to cover the full cost of the CFCO late penalty beginning in 2025-26 (estimated to save $81  million General Fund in 2025-26).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/4

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - Additionally, until 2017, a family generally could not receive an increase to its monthly grant after the birth of a new child (with some exceptions) under the maximum family grant (MFG) policy. This policy was repealed in the 2016 ‑17 Budget Act.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The Safe Drinking Water Pilot was established through the 2017-18 Budget Act , which appropriated about $4  million General Fund for pilot benefits. Benefit issuances began in March  2022. The pilot was originally scheduled to end in February 2023, subject to available funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/3

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - Since 2017, the state has been implementing interim LOC rates for resource families, Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Programs (STRTPs), Foster Family Agencies (FFAs), Intensive Services Foster Care (ISFC), and other specialized models of foster care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/6

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - 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/4962

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

Feb 28, 2017 - As part of the 2016 ‑17 budget package, the Legislature provided a COLA of 2.76  percent on the SSP portion of the grant in 2017, the first since 2005. The Governor ’s 2017 ‑18 budget proposal does not include a COLA to the SSP portion of the grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3576/3

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - For example, between 2017-18 and 2023-24, average hours per case increased from about 108 hours per month to just over 122 hours per month. This was an average annual increa se of about 2  percent. We are working with the administration to better understand the reason for assuming the average hours per case will not increase in the budget year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

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