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

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 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

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

Jan 23, 2018 - However, funding for CHIP was only authorized by Congress through September 30, 2017, meaning the state would have the higher funding level only for the first three months of its 2017 ‑18 fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3734

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 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the Health and Human Services Budget

Feb 16, 2018 - The Governor ’s budget reflects a $ 25  m illion ($ 21  m illion General Fund) downward adjustment in POS expenditures in 2017 ‑18, in large part due to lower actual expenditures than previously estimated related to state minimum wage increases implemented in 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3757

Rethinking the 1991 Realignment

Oct 15, 2018 - We discuss in detail the technical differences between the 2011 and 2017 IHSS MOE in the box below. 2011 and 2017 County IHSS MOE Below, we describe the 2011 and 2017 c ounty In ‑Home Supportive Services (IHSS) maintenance of effort (MOE) and discuss the differences between the two arrangements. 2011 IHSS MOE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3886

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