The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Part of the impetus to switch to a county MOE structure was to provide counties with fiscal relief as IHSS costs, largely outside of the counties control, continued to grow rapidly. Because nonfederal IHSS costs have grown faster than the MOE in recent years, the state has taken on an increasing share of IHSS program costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - The state also counts significant state expenditures outside of CalWORKs toward meeting its MOE requirement. Figure  4 accounts for the proposed use of California ’s $3.7  billion in TANF funds in 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

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

Mar 5, 2026 - At the same time, counties face other cost pressures outside of HHS program administration and more related to direct services . H.R.  1 policies that result in disenrollment from Medi ‑Cal will put pressure on county responsibility for indigent health.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - However, the reality is more complicated, with many factors that contribute to families ’ risk for child maltreatment —such as poverty —existing far outside of local child welfare agencies ’ control.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106