The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Specifically, under the 2012 IHSS MOE, the state share of IHSS nonfederal costs increased from  65  percent in 2011 ‑12 ($1.7  billion) to roughly  76  percent in 2016 ‑17 ($3.5  billion). 2017 IHSS MOE.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

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

Mar 3, 2026 - The SSI/SSP caseload grew at a rate of less than 1  percent each year between 2011-12 and 2014-15. Beginning in 2015-16, however, SSI/SSP caseload began to decline slowly at an average rate of 1.7  percent each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - Any discontinuances would gradually occur over 12 months as affected recipients undergo annual recertification. Narrows Noncitizen Eligibility. H.R. 1 disqualifies certain noncitizen groups from being eligible for CalFresh assistance, including asylees, refugees, parolees, battered noncitizens, and trafficking victims, among others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Tier 3 focuses on implementing EBPs. Trainings are targeted toward providers as well as child welfare staff. Initial trainings under Tier 3 have been provided, and DSS released guidance (via All‑County Letter 25‑73 ) in October 2025 with more detail about the specific training sessions and required participants for Tier 1.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - As shown in Figure  3, the amount of TANF used to support CalWORKs has changed from year to year. During the COVID-19 pandemic the state significantly overestimated CalWORKs caseload and spending, largely due to unprecedented federal and state policy responses that led to historically unusual enrollment trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122