The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services Human Services Department of Social Services Housing and Homelessness Programs The Department of Social Services (DSS) Housing and Homelessness Division oversees a number of locally administered programs aimed at providing housing and homelessness assistance and supportive services to specific populations served by various DSS programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/7

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 16, 2024 - HHAPP = Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program. Provides Positions for the Transfer of Homelessness Grant Programs. The 2023-24 budget package transferred the administration of the Homelessness Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program (HHAPP) from the California Interagency Council on Homelessness (Cal ICH) to the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4936

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

May 17, 2018 - How Will the Home Safe Proposal Fit in With the Creation of a Homelessness State Plan? As a part of the housing and homelessness package, the administration proposes that the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council (the Council) provide statewide guidance on homelessness issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3842

Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - CalWORKs Homeless Assistance Program. Counties provides homeless families (or families at ‑risk of becoming homeless) with nightly hotel vouchers for a limited duration. CalWORKs Housing Support Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - Other Efforts Allows for Increased Homelessness and Housing Data Sharing Across Programs. The spending plan permits the Interagency Council on Homelessness to, upon request, share personally identifiable, individual-level data from the Homeless Data Integration System with an agency or department that is a member of the council for purposes of
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/2

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness [Publication Details]

Oct 16, 2024 - The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4936

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Homeless or runaway youth. Youth who were victims of commercial sexual  exploitation. Youth exposed to domestic violence. Youth whose caretakers experience substance use disorder. State Plan Allows Community Pathway for Connecting Families to Prevention Services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

Older Youth Access to Foster Care

Mar 22, 2019 - Instead, we note that the available data referenced in this section is for homeless families , which would not capture children who are themselves homeless, though belonging to a family that is not homeless.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3980

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Support ADRC program operations, including data collection and sharing practices. 5.0 Home and Community ‑Based Services Transitions Housing and Homelessness Incentive Program. Provided incentive funds to Medi ‑Cal managed care plans to address homelessness and keep beneficiaries housed. $1,299.6 Community Care Expansion Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/6

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - (Please see our post, The 2025-26 Spending Plan: Housing, Homelessness, and Local Government for more detail on the CEQA changes.) 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