The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Primary Cost Driver: Average IHSS Hours Per Case The next main cost driver in IHSS is the average number of hours provided per case. As the number of hours of service provided to IHSS recipients increases, so does the overall cost of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - The state utilizes the flexibility provided by federal law by allocating TANF funds to a number of programs beyond CalWORKs. The state also counts significant state expenditures outside of CalWORKs toward meeting its MOE requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

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

Mar 6, 2026 - Such an approach, though, would work at cross ‑purposes with the state ’s policy goals of (1)  reducing the number of places and times a developer must apply and (2)  no longer potentially having scenarios in which a project is approved by one state entity but rejected by another.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Smaller numbers of counties opted for the remaining EBPs included in the state plan. Figure   6 illustrates how many counties selected each EBP in their CPPs. Appendix  B provides a full list of which counties selected each  EBP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Our understanding is that a number of DSS staff are working exclusively or primarily on Tiered Rate Structure Implementation preparation. Would these positions still be needed? What about the contract for the Financial Management Coordinator, and any other externally contracted parties?
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147