The 2024-25 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 26, 2024 - In working toward meeting this statutory requirement, alongside the 2024-25 Governor ’s budget, DSS has shared an initial concept paper outlining a new proposed framework for the permanent rates structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4855

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Figure 7
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

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

May 24, 2024 - The administration frames this proposed reduction as “rightsizing ” funding for the Emergency Child Care Bridge program, rather than being a reduction to current service levels. Based on data shared by DSS, the proposed reduction does appear to be in line with recent expenditure trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4909

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

Mar 3, 2026 - In past years, the Department of Social Services (DSS) has noted that a potential driver of this steady caseload decline may be fewer individuals meeting income and asset eligibility thresholds. Governor ’s January Budget Includes Federal SSI COLA Estimates and Holds 2026-27 SSP Grants Unchanged.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

Overview of Individuals Impacted by H.R. 1 Work Requirement Policies in Medi-Cal and CalFresh [Publication Details]

Mar 11, 2026 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5155

Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - We review aggregate CURES data on buprenorphine prescriptions from two sources: (1)  the California Department of Public Health ’s (CDPH) Overdose Surveillance Dashboard and (2)  a paper by Wang et al. (2024).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Under CCR, foster care rates must be based on the assessed level of need of individual youth ( “level of care, ” or LOC), with youth requiring higher levels of behavioral health supports and other more therapeutic and intensive services receiving higher rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

Overview of Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program Funding and Accountability [Publication Details]

Feb 18, 2026 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5123

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Child Support Program Proposals

Feb 18, 2022 - Governor ’s Cost Estimates May Change Based on Actual 2022 ‑23 Collection Levels. We understand that the costs associated with the Governor ’s budget proposal ($52.3  million General Fund half ‑year and $104.6  million General Fund annually) are based on actual 2020 ‑21 past ‑due CalWORKs recoupment collections in former CalWORKs cases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4550

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The funding is intended to facilitate the development, training, and implementation of system-level and case-level fidelity tools to improve the quality of CANS data. Bringing Families Home One-Time Augmentation ($81  Million General Fund).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/6