The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Home Safe provides homelessness prevention and housing interventions to support safety and housing stability for individuals served by the local APS agency. 2025-26 DSS Housing and Homelessness Spending Plan Makes One-Time Augmentations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/7

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Apr 15, 2024 - Funding for New CAPP Slots Is Awarded to Existing Alternative Payment (AP) Agencies. DSS currently contracts with about 70 regional AP agencies to administer CAPP. AP agencies ’ primary responsibilities are to determine a family ’s eligibility for child care, make payments to the child care provider of a family ’s choice, collect fees from
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4893

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - Coronavirus Disease 2019-Related Flexibilities in Adult Protective Services (APS) Program. In March  2020, the state allowed county APS offices to supplant immediate in-person visits with a phone call for reports that do not involve immediate life threats such as physical and sexual abuse.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/8

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - We analyze the Governor ’s proposed food assistance budget and describe potential impacts of H.R. 1, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Finally, we provide an update on estimates for the Legislature ’s previous action to expand CFAP to undocumented immigrants in 2027-28.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - As part of the 2018-19 Budget Act , the Legislature set a goal to increase CalWORKs grants to 50  percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) for a family that is one person larger than the number of people in the family for which the grant amount is calculated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

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

Mar 5, 2026 - In some cases, this can lead to counties making additional expenditures to cover costs above what can be covered with state funding approved in the budget act. To try to address this, the Legislature has taken steps to require that the administrative budgeting methodologies for both CalFresh and IHSS are reevaluated every three years, with a report to the Legislature on potential changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - The state receives an enhanced federal reimbursement rate for many IHSS recipients who receive services as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act expansion (90  percent federal reimbursement rate) and the Community First Choice Option waiver (56  percent federal reimbursement rate).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Special Session Amends Budget Act of 2024. 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 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Health and Human Services

Oct 17, 2019 - Provides One-Time Funds for Adult Protective Services (APS) and Public Administrator/Guardian/Conservator (PA/PG/PC) Training. The 2016 ‑17 budget provided $3  million in one-time funding to develop training infrastructure for APS social workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4104

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The 2023-24 Budget Act authorized the CalFresh Minimum Nutrition Benefit Pilot and included about $1  million General Fund (one time) for automation costs. The 2024-25 Budget Act included $15  million General Fund on a one-time basis for the implementation of the pilot program, which was originally expected to begin in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/3