The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Expenditure authority for some of the temporary augmentations, such as the Emergency Response increases and components of the complex care needs funding, are set to expire in the current year (June 30, 2026).
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Apr 15, 2024 - We also do not know to what extent the administration would consider broader issues, such as the projected multiyear budget deficit, prior to making any mid‑year funding adjustments. Governor ’s Budget May Underestimate Costs Associated With Future CCTR Slot Expansions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4893

The 2022-23 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 2, 2022 - Medi ‑Cal redeterminations were paused during the COVID ‑19 public health emergency. Once Medi ‑Cal redeterminations begin again, some IHSS recipients who do not complete their Medi ‑Cal redetermination may move to the IHSS ‑Residual program (fully state ‑funded IHSS program), while others may lose their eligibility for IHSS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4512

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Office of Emergency Services The budget provides $4.5  billion for the Governor ’s Office of Emergency Services (OES), primarily from federal funds and the General Fund. This amount represents a decrease of $4.2  billion (48  percent) from the revised 2024-25 level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - To demonstrate these funds supplement and do not supplant existing child welfare funding, budget language specifies Los Angeles County shall provide its 2011 Realignment balances to DSS. Family Finding and Engagement Grants to Counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/4

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Emergency Food for Families funding is 100 percent state tax revenue collections. CDSS = California Department of Social Services; CACFP = Child and Adult Care Food Program; EBT = Electronic Benefit Transfer; TEFAP = The Emergency Food Assistance Program; SNB = Supplemental Nutrition Benefit Program; TNB = Transitional Nutrition Benefit Program; SSI/SSP =
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/3

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

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - As such, if the Legislature wishes to have substantively more reserves available when responding to downturns or other emergencies, we would recommend also changing the formulas that set aside funds each year to increase how much is saved.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - However, as implementation proceeds, some of these challenges may resolve and others may emerge. Implementing EBPs Array of EBPs in State Plan Does Not Always Correspond to Counties ’ Prevention Needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - The public health emergency and subsequent recession caused by COVID-19 represented a significant deviation from this historic norm, with caseload decreasing from about 360,000 in March  2020 to about 285,000 in September 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/2