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

May 17, 2018 - Under the proposal, counties, tribes, and local organizations are eligible to receive Home Safe funds. The Legislature may want ask the administration for the rationale for including local organizations and if DSS has experience overseeing local organizations in other programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3842

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Proposed Increase in State Funding for Local Child Support Agencies

Mar 26, 2019 - Current state funding for local child support services is largely based on the amount that was spent, by each county DA, to collect and enforce child support payments prior to 1999. These amounts varied significantly across the counties; and, as such, these differences continue today.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3989

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Direct Grants to Local Jurisdictions. The budget includes $54  million one-time General Fund for direct grants to local jurisdictions and organizations. This amount includes $10  million for Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup security costs, $10  million for Family Justice Centers, and $8  million to the City of Los Angeles for fire engine purchases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Mar 6, 2026 - We concur with the administration ’s point that no longer requiring applications to include both affordable housing and transportation components would provide more flexibility to developers to address local needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for CalWORKs

May 29, 2024 - DSS has indicated counties could consider using single allocation funds to backfill proposed program-specific reductions if desired locally. However, some counties may have insufficient funds to do so while also covering necessary administrative and employment services costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4911

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

Mar 5, 2026 - What role do county policies and processes and the design and operation of automation and data systems play in determining the state ’s error rates in each program? Do some counties have significantly higher or lower error rates than others and are there practices or other circumstances that contribute to this  variation?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - In  particular, counties noted that mapping their current services and defining existing strengths as well as service gaps and needs —which they were required to do in coordination with local behavioral health, education, tribal leadership, service providers, and other stakeholders —was a useful endeavor and helped to strengthen existing cross ‑sector relationships.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - For example, in the current year, DSS is working to build the capacity of local child welfare agencies to conduct timely CANS assessments and Child and Family Team meetings, in alignment with specified criteria for fidelity.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - It also identifies the $6.3  billion in state and local expenditures identified as countable as MOE expenditures, more than satisfying the state ’s $2.8  billion requirement. Oversight of Funding Freeze Risk Is Warranted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - However, as a budget solution, the 2024-25 spending plan de layed the expansion implementation by two years. Automation for the expansion is now expected to begin in 2026-27, with benefit distribution to begin in 2027-28 (for newly eligible recipients).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971