The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The freeze affected Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), CCDF, and the Social Services Block grant. The 2025 ‑26 budget provides $1.1  billion from CCDF and $329  million from TANF for child care programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - Beyond these priorities, we think the proposed student support block grant is reasonable. This block grant provides districts with flexible funding they could use for a range of student services linked to local conditi ons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Family First Prevention Services State Block Grant $222.4 million one ‑time in 2021 ‑22, available through June 30, 2028. Complex Care Needs: $18.1 million ongoing beginning in 2021 ‑22. County Capacity Building $43.2 million one ‑time in 2021 ‑22, available through June 30, 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - Finally, the state can transfer up to 10  percent of its annual TANF block grant to the SSBG, to be used for a variety of purposes, such as providing developmental services through Regional Centers. TANF and Related MOE Spending Involve More Than Just CalWORKs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - We think the Governor’s one‑time proposals for deferred maintenance projects and a student support block grant also are reasonable. Importantly, addressing deferred maintenance helps avoid higher project costs in the future as well as potential programmatic disruptions due to failing building components.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 4, 2026 - Specifically, the law converts the remaining obligation into a block grant. The state allocates 89  percent of this grant to schools based on average daily attendance and 11  percent to community colleges based on full ‑time ‑equivalent enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - As a result, counties can only use local and state block grant dollars to implement new or expand existing prevention services in the meantime. Some counties are taking the approach of trying to hold off on using some of their state block grant dollars until they can begin drawing down Title IV ‑E matching funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

Major Proposition 98 Spending Proposals [EdBudget]

Jan 23, 2026 - Major Proposition 98 Spending Proposals [EdBudget] Total Spending Proposals $10,910 a Applies to Special Education, State Preschool, Child Nutrition, Equity Multiplier, K-12 Mandates Block Grant, Charter School Facility Grant Program, Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program, Adults in Correctional Facilities, American Indian Education Centers, Child and Adult Care Food
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1064

2026-27 Changes in Proposition 98 Spending [EdBudget]

Jan 23, 2026 - 2026-27 Changes in Proposition 98 Spending [EdBudget] $125,480 a Applies to Child Nutrition, Special Education, and K-12 Mandates Block Grant.  b Reflects additional LCFF costs associated with serving more students in transitional kindergarten, including costs of lower transitional kindergarten staffing ratios. c Applies to Special Education, State Preschool, Child Nutrition,
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1067

Changes in California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending, 2026-27 [EdBudget]

Jan 21, 2026 - It also includes $44 million in spending covered by withdrawals from the Proposition 98 Reserve. a The Governor's budget also includes $55 million in 2024-25 funds to fund additional enrollment growth in 2025-26. b Applies to the Adult Education Program, apprenticeship programs, CalWORKs student services, campus child care support, Disabled Students Programs and Services, Extended Opportunity
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1039