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

Mar 5, 2026 - To what extent are realignment funds used to support CalFresh administration today versus other county funds? How will increased county costs for CalFresh administration under H.R.  1 affect efforts to reduce payment error rates?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Policy and Other Actions Includes Legislative Intent Regarding Master Plan for Developmental Services Implementation and Reporting. In March  2025, the administration published the Master Plan for Developmental Services following several months of committee and stakeholder meetings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/1

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - Policy and Other Actions Codifies the Master Plan for Developmental Services. The Governor ’s budget proposed that DDS develop a Master Plan for Developmental Services with the intent to improve the experience of individuals and families receiving developmental services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/1

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 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The underlying budget dynamics today are particularly challenging for three reasons. First, revenues have not caught up with expenditures. Second, under our estimates, expenditure growth exceeds estimated revenue growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Health and Human Services

Oct 17, 2019 - In June 2019, the Governor signed an executive order establishing a formal process for the creation of a Master Plan for Aging. The Master Plan, in part, will address the sustainability of state long-term care programs and how to better coordinate programs that serve seniors, their families, and caregivers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4104

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

Feb 10, 2022 - A number of the approved HCBS enhancements support the implementation of various state plans, including the Master Pla n for Aging and Department of Development Services ’ (DDS) rate model implementation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4524

The 2019-20 Budget: Assessing the Governor's 1991 Realignment Proposals

Mar 8, 2019 - Today, counties ’ share of some program costs exceeds their ability to control those costs. In addition, overall realignment revenues are not sufficient to cover the costs of those programs over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3962

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

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - For example, according to the state plan, Nurse ‑Family Partnership currently is operated (primarily by county public health departments) in 22 counties, and specially trained Master ’s level therapists offer Parent ‑Child Interaction Therapy in 40 cities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106