The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for Child Welfare

May 24, 2024 - (At full implementation, which had been estimated to occur in 2025 ‑26, the housing rate supplement would be $18.8 million annually.) Bringing Families Home reduction ‑80 ‑80 Governor ’s budget proposed to delay $80 million from 2023 ‑24 to 2025 ‑26, along with budget language extending the expenditure period and local funding match waiver period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4909

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

Mar 3, 2026 - Under this assumption, the Governor ’s January budget makes a corresponding General Fund reduction to 2025-26 to account for the expected federal reimbursement. As a result, SSI/SSP costs increase from 2025-26 to 2026-27 as the Governors 2026-27 budget does not include a technical downward adjustment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - The Governor ’s budget revises downward projected realignment revenue growth in 2025-26. This means that less realignment revenue is expected to be allocated to the Child Poverty and Family Supplemental Subaccount than previously expected.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - The 2026 ‑27 budget projects the average monthly number of IHSS hours per case to increase from 125.1 hours in 2025 ‑26 to 127 hours in 2026 ‑27. We  will discuss the growth in IHSS hours per case in a later section of this brief.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Bringing Families Home Augmentations $92.5 million one ‑time in 2021 ‑22 and again in 2022 ‑23, with $40 million shifted to 2025 ‑26 and $40 million shifted to 2026 ‑27 as part of 2024 ‑25 budget actions.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

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

Mar 3, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program [Publication Details] The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program Format: HTML Description: For 2026-27, the Governor’s budget proposes $3.6 billion from the General Fund for the state’s share of SSI/SSP—an increase of $94 million (2.7 percent) from the Governor’s revised 2025-26 budget estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5148

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - This proposal was initially estimated to save $688  million General Fund in 2025-26. (The administration later revised the estimated savings to be several hundred million dollars less in 2025-26.) This proposal was ultimately not adopted as part of the final 2025-26 budget package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/4

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Short-term reductions of $37  million in 2024-25 and $26  million in 2025-26 in mental health and substance abuse services funding (resulting in a partial funding restoration in 2025-26, as shown earlier in Figure  1).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

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

Mar 5, 2026 - (The most recent reevaluation of the IHSS methodology was for 2025 ‑26. We note however, that although the reevaluations were conducted, neither the Governor ’s May Revision nor the 2025 ‑26 spending plan adopted any associated administrative changes identified in the DSS reassessment report.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The 2025-26 spending plan includes an additional $10  million in one-time General Fund to support CHIRP, which provides legal and social services to unaccompanied undocumented minors in California. Without this funding, state support for this program would have ended at some point in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/8