The 2022-23 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 2, 2022 - In order to qualify for IHSS, a recipient must be aged, blind, or disabled and in most cases have income below the level necessary to qualify for the Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment cash assistance program (for example, about $1,040 a month for an aged and/or disabled ind ividual living independently in 2021 ‑22).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4512

The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 16, 2024 - CFAP benefits, which equal those provided by CalFresh, also vary based on household size, income, and deductible living expenses. In 2022 ‑23, CFAP benefits were $78  million General Fund ($159 average monthly benefit per person, not including temporary emergency allotments granted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which averaged $84 per person and were provided from March  2020 to February 2023).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4845

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - This funding will be available for three years (through June 30, 2028) for counties and tribes opting in to the program, which provides tailored housing services for child welfare system involved families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/6

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - However, achieving those savings will require significant upfront investment, which may not be possible using only local funds. Many counties stated that they already have spent all or most of their state block grant dollars—prior to being able to claim any Title IV‑E matching funds for eligible EBPs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 26, 2024 - 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/4855

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - More specifically, those 65 and over with a disability impacting independent living has increased by 17  percent. The share of IHSS recipients over age 65, however, has remained a relatively consistent share of the overall IHSS population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

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

Feb 10, 2022 - California ’s plan included $3  billion in HCBS enhancements (which would be matched by an additional $1.6  billion in standard Medicaid funds, totaling $4.6  billion). The  2021 ‑22 budget included provisional language that allowed the administration to allocate and expend funds to implement the HCBS enhancements through the annual budget process or written midyear notifications to the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4524

Older Youth Access to Foster Care

Mar 22, 2019 - Living situations, including homelessness or living with a parent or guardian, at the time of the report, if available. Number of petitions filed under Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) 329, and time frame of the filing, if available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3980

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

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - Recently, the federal government notified California that its initial EVV plan for IHSS did not comply with the requirement to electronically capture a non-live-in IHSS provider ’s location at the start and end of every work day.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/4