The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Reduces Funding for Two Regional Center Activities. Since 2021, regional centers have received funding for two operational activities: (1)  implicit bias training for regional center staff, and (2)  health and safety waiver application assistance provided by regional center staff to families served.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/1

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: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Center for Excellence $750,000 ongoing beginning in 2022 ‑23. Emergency Response Augmentation $50 million one ‑time in 2021 ‑22 and again in 2022 ‑23, expendable for four years (through June 30, 2026 for the later allocation).
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Under the community pathway outlined in California ’s plan, a community ‑based organization such as a family resource center —rather than the local child welfare agency —will be the family ’s primary liaison to supports and services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - If the PDL process were pilot-tested based on the first and second POC rounds, the Legislature would have time t o evaluate the new PDL process as it is refined by the administration based on actual experience with GenAI POCs and subsequent contracts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Federal CalWORKs Pilot

Feb 21, 2025 - Presented Potential Opportunities to Center Family Engagement, Reduce Administrative Burden, and Increase Participation. In the state ’s pilot application, CDSS indicated California ’s pilot approach would leverage flexibilities offered under the pilot to consider interventions that center participant engagement in CalWORKs (such as, for example, activities that
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - (Four of the six milestones are now expected to be tested in EUST 2, and the remaining two milestones are expected to be tested in EUST 3.) During the four-week EUST session, participants identified a significant amount of required rework prior to implementation of the three (and several other related) milestones.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - Reduces Funding for Staff at Porterville Developmental Center. The Governor ’s January proposal reduced the 2023-24 estimated budget for the Porterville Developmental Center by $20  million General Fund as a result of workforce hiring challenges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/1

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - During the first year of FFPSA implementation, a county may elect to begin providing prevention services by providing written notice to DSS prior to fully completing its com prehensive prevention plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/3

The 2021-22 Budget: California Department of Technology

Feb 8, 2021 - Office of Technology Services Manages and operates the State Data Center to provide shared infrastructure, platforms, software, storage, and other solutions for (among others) state government entities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4356