The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Child Support Program Proposals

Feb 18, 2022 - This brief describes the Governor's 2022-23 budget proposals for the child support program and provides comments and recommendations to the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4550

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - 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

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Finally, FFPSA requires states to ensure that at least 50  percent of Title IV ‑E funding received for prevention services goes toward well ‑supported programs. (By choosing all well ‑supported programs, California is guaranteed to meet this  requirement.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 26, 2024 - These initial two appropriations required a dollar-for-dollar match from local recipients, while the two $92.5  million augmentations appropriated in 2021-22 and 2022-23 waive the match requirement. Proposed budget language also would extend expenditure authority and the match waiver period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4855

The 2022-23 Budget: Update on Home- and Community- Based Services Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2022 - Per federal guidance, the state must spend all of these funds by March 31, 2024. b Final HCBS spending plan shifted $295 million from Community Care Expansion to the Developmental Services Rate Model Implementation initiative.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4524

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Additionally, while the final value of the 2024 state SSP and federal SSI grant increase will not be known until the fall of 2023, the administration estimates that SSP grants could increase by 8.6 percent and federal SSI grants could increase by 2 percent on January 1, 2024 based on current caseload and economic trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/5

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Final Year of Funding for California Education Learning Lab. The budget package includes a final year of funding totaling $5.5  million from the General Fund for the California Education Learning Lab, with the intention to eliminate the program beginning in 2026-27 (which will achieve $4  million in ongoing savings).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - This proposal was ultimately not adopted as part of the final 2025-26 budget package. In addition to rejecting this cap on overtime, as part of the final budget package, the Legislature adopted budget-related legislation that states t hat any hours worked that exceed 40 hours in a workweek will continue to be paid overtime rates even in the event that the federal
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/4

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Recent Caseload Growth Has Matched Historic Highs. As seen in Figure  3 , IHSS caseload has grown significantly since 2013. Despite slower caseload growth between 2016 ‑17 and 2020 ‑21 (the caseload continued to grow during this period, just at a slower than usual rate).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - While Interim Rates Rely on Level of Care Protocol (LOCP) … The current, interim rates rely on the LOCP, which is a tool used by local child welfare staff to assess the care and supervision needs of foster children, and match those needs to a board and care rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/6