The 2021-22 Budget: Assessment of CalHEERS Dashboard

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The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Federal Fiscal Responsibility Act's Impacts on CalWORKs

Mar 5, 2024 - In our recent analysis , we found roughly 60 percent of eligible families enroll in CalWORKs. State policymakers have undertaken efforts to increase this take-up rate, such as providing $2 million in the 2021‑22 Budget Act for a statewide media campaign to promote the CalWORKs program to potentially eligible populations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4877

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

Mar 5, 2026 - Supporting County Administration Is a Key Fiscal Priority As front ‑line administrators of Medi ‑Cal and CalFresh, counties are critical to efforts to  implement H.R.  1. Minimizing Error Rates and Related Fiscal Penalties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - For a fuller overview of the Tiered Rate Structure, refer to our prior budget analysis . Tiered Rate Structure Will Implement Beginning 2027-28, Subject to Appropriation. The 2025-26 spending plan (Chapter  79 of 2025 [SB  119, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review]) added language around the Tiered Rate Structure ’s implementation timeline to specify that the
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - For more information on 1991 realignment please see our analysis titled: Rethinking the 1991 Realignment . MOE Structure Has Changed Over Time, Beginning With 2012 MOE. As part of the 2012 IHSS MOE, beginning in 2012 ‑13, all counties were required to maintain their 2011 ‑12 expenditure levels for IHSS, to which an annual growth factor of 3.5  percent was applied beginning in 2014 ‑15.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Chapter  815 of 2018 (AB  2083, Cooley) requires each county to develop and implement a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining the roles and responsibilities of the various local entities that serve children and youth in foster care who have experienced severe trauma.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/4

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

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Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Our analysis is informed by our review of counties ’ comprehensive prevention plans, as well as by conversations with various  counties. Counties Prepared Individual Prevention Plans To Receive State Block Grant Funding, Counties Developed CPPs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare [Publication Details]

Mar 3, 2026 - California’s children and family programs include an array of services to protect children from abuse and neglect and to keep families safely together when possible. This analysis outlines the Governor’s proposed 2026-27 budget for child welfare and foster care programs under the Department of Social Services (DSS), and raises questions and issues for the Legislature to consider.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5147

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - Among other issues, this analysis was requested to include a fiscal analysis of the cost of making such a transition, including potential fund sources and potential impacts on the current r ealignment structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009