The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - The 2019 IHSS MOE was also set to increase annually by (1)  the counties ’ share of costs from locally negotiated wage increases and (2)  an annual adjustment factor of  4  percent. Figure 7
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Mar 3, 2026 - As shown in Figure  3, the Governor ’s budget projects that caseload will decrease by 0.9  percent in both 2025-26 and 2026-27. In past years, the Department of Social Services (DSS) has noted that a potential driver of this steady caseload decline may be fewer individuals meeting income and asset eligibility thresholds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

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

Mar 6, 2026 - In reality, the amount of such bonds (and thus 4  percent tax credits) needed for HDFC projects will be dependent on several factors —some which cannot be anticipated at this time —and could vary widely.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - Figure  4 accounts for the proposed use of California ’s $3.7  billion in TANF funds in 2026-27. It also identifies the $6.3  billion in state and local expenditures identified as countable as MOE expenditures, more than satisfying the state ’s $2.8  billion requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 budget package assumes ongoing savings of $489.8  million ($182.3  million General Fund) (see Attachment 3 of the May 14, 2025 DOF letter) resulting from the permanent elimination of 6,002 vacant positions beginning in 2025-26 (see Attachment 4 of the May 14, 2025 DOF letter).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Previously, state statute indicated WTW activities may include, but are not limited to, those listed in Figure  4. The spending plan —aimed at increasing participant flexibility and the ability to tailor WTW plans to participants ’ needs and skills —expands and more clearly defines other allowable WTW activities (detailed in Figure  4), such as case plan
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Of the total amount, $4 million is available through June 30, 2027 to allow time to prepare a final report for the Legislature by April 1, 2027. Support for Home ‑Based Placements: Excellence in Family Finding, Engagement, and Support Program Block Grants $150 million one ‑time in 2022 ‑23, available through June 30, 2027.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - The project ’s transition to its holistic design approach does not delay the expected CWS-CARES V1 completion in October 2026, but does (1)  shift milestones from EUST 2 to EUST 3; (2)  extend EUST 3 from four to six weeks (given the significant number of milestones in the EUST); and (3)  require EUST 4 validation and training activities to occur at the same time, compressing the project time line.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

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

Mar 7, 2025 - Provide each processing department with a set number of DART FTEs based on their classifications: (1)  0.5 FTEs for “micro, ” (2)  1 FTE for “small, ” (3)  3 FTEs for “medium, ” (4)  6 FTEs for “large, ” and (5)  10 FTEs for “mega. ” Propose annual funding allocations by processing department to the Department of Finance (DOF), as well as
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - . $4  million General Fund for Addressing Complex Care Needs is reappropriated for encumbrance and expenditure through June 30, 2027. Extending the funding aims to provide more time for the Children ’s Crisis Continuum Pilot Program to develop a final report for the Legislature by April 1, 2027.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/6