The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - (For example, the proposal to provide fun ding to increase the number of behavioral health providers does not specify what share of funding would be allocated by provider type within the broad category of behavioral health providers.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - The 2019 IHSS MOE was also set to increase annually by (1)  the counties ’ share of costs from locally negotiated wage increases and (2)  an annual adjustment factor of  4  percent. Figure 7
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare Full Implementation Underway CWS ‑CARES Nearly $2 billion provided over life of project, including $180 million in 2026 ‑27 included in Governor ’s budget. Statewide launch of version 1 planned for October 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System

Mar 6, 2026 - Such an approach, though, would work at cross ‑purposes with the state ’s policy goals of (1)  reducing the number of places and times a developer must apply and (2)  no longer potentially having scenarios in which a project is approved by one state entity but rejected by another.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Mar 3, 2026 - Since the Great Recession, as seen in Figure  2, grants for individuals and couples have been increased four times —in 2016-17 (by 2.76  percent), 2021-22 (by 23.95  percent), 2022-23 (by 10.3  percent), and 2023-24 (by 9.2  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - Based on the state ’s most recently measured payment error rate of 11  percent, the state would have a 15  percent share of CalFresh benefit costs, resulting in about $2  billion in new annual costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - While General Fund spending is increasing by about $2  billion for the regional center system, General Fund spending for state-operated facilities and DDS headquarters is largely flat across the two fiscal years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/1

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget package (1)  extends the PTET through tax year 2030, and (2)  allows taxpayers to make a late prepayment for tax years 2026 onward, subject to a 12.5  percent reduction in the corresponding credit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Ultimately, 51 counties and 2 Title IV ‑E tribes opted to participate and are receiving the one ‑time state block grant dollars. To participate, DSS required counties to prepare CPPs for approval by DSS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - As shown in Figure  2, about $664  million in TANF carry forward was available in 2024-25, with no TANF carry forward expected to be available in 2025-26 according to the 2025-26 spending plan. Spending Plan Includes Reduction in California ’s 2026 TANF Grant to Pay Federal Penalties From Prior Years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2