The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Moreover, with a share of cost, counties have an incentive to control program costs in areas over which they have more control (like administration). To achieve these benefits, we believe realignments need to follow certain core principles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - This growth assumption is generally in line with historical trends. The spending plan assumes that state-operated residential and community facilities will serve 302 individuals in 2025-26, the same number served in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/1

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

Jan 23, 2018 - As such, for the purposes of the budget, the administration assumed Congress would reauthorize the program for the remainder of the state ’s 2017 ‑18 and 2018 ‑19 fiscal years at the lower, historical federal cost share of 65  percent, meaning the state would contribute 35  percent of the program ’s cost.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3734

Rethinking the 1991 Realignment

Oct 15, 2018 - Funding for Health and Mental Health Responsibilities Not Directly Linked to County Costs. Unlike how social services programs are funded, there is no direct link between funding levels and actual health and mental health service costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3886

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - This growth assumption is roughly in line with pre-pandemic trends (the pandemic produced a seemingly temporary decrease in new entrants to DDS). The spending plan assumes that state-operated residential and community facilities will serve 302 individuals in 2024-25, the same number served in 2023-24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/1

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Health and Human Services (HHS)‑Related Funding to Address Homelessness

May 17, 2018 - The Legislature might also want to consider to what extent the proposed program should be coordinated with the larger mental health and homelessness initiatives —including the No Place Like Home program —and what the administration ’s rationale is for doing so or not.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3842

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

Feb 28, 2017 - To increase its oversight of the exemption policy, the Legislature may wish to consider adopting trailer bill language to ensure that there is statutory authority for provider exemptions to the workweek caps that is in line with legislative intent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3576/2

The 2023-24 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Mar 20, 2023 - …But Larger Budget Problem Likely at May Revision, With Proposed Future Spending Likely Unaffordable. However, in The 2023‑24 Budget: Multiyear Assessment , our office projects the budget problem to increase at May Revision by about $7 billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4747

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - This growth assumption is roughly in line with pre-pandemic trends (the pandemic caused a likely temporary decrease in new entrants to DDS). The spending plan assumes that state-operated residential and community facilities will serve 322 individuals in 2022-23, the same as in 2021-22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/1

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - Additionally, the spending plan eliminated the statutory language that both instituted the 7  percent reduction in IHSS service hours and linked the IHSS service hour restoration to the 2016 MCO tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/4