The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - This state share is only imposed on states that have a payment error rate of 6  percent or higher. As shown in Figure  1, the amount of the state share depends on how much the state ’s error rate exceeds 6  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - However, if counties do not conduct timely, federally required reassessments of CFCO recipients, those particular cases are no longer eligible to receive the additional 6  percent FMAP. The cost of this lost 6  percent FMAP must then be reimbursed to the federal government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/4

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - Figure  6 displays how current CalWORKs grant levels compare to the FPL for a household of one larger than the number of aided members in the CalWORKs family. Because the FPL is adjusted each year for inflation while grants are unchanged, progress toward the Legislature ’s goal erodes slightly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

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

Mar 3, 2026 - As shown in Figure  6, FMR takes up a significant portion or exceeds recipient grants in all counties. For an efficiency unit, FMRs are between 63  percent and 258  percent of the maximum SSI/SSP grant for individuals and between 42  percent and 157  percent of the maximum SSI/SSP grant for couples.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Funding for DSS ’s Office of Child Abuse Prevention to Develop a Standardized Curriculum for Mandated Reporters ($0.6  Million General Fund in 2025-26, Growing to $6  Million 2027-28, and About $1  Million Ongoing).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/6

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - As shown in Figure  6 , the average monthly IHSS paid hours per case has increased by roughly 2  percent annually since 2014. 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The spending plan decreases funding for LCSAs by $6  million General Fund in 2023-24, 2024-25, and 2025-26. Since 2019-20, LCSAs have received a few augmentations based on the standardized funding methodology.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/7

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Figure   6 illustrates how many counties selected each EBP in their CPPs. Appendix  B provides a full list of which counties selected each  EBP. FFPS Provides Opportunity to Expand Existing Services to Child Welfare Populations With Federal Funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2023-24 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Mar 20, 2023 - In July 2021, the administration and the Legislature agreed to spend $6  billion over three fiscal years (starting in 2021 ‑22) on broadband infrastructure. Out of the $6  billion in the 2021 agreement, $4.3  billion came from federal ARP fiscal relief funds and $1.7  billion came from the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4747

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - Tiered Rate Structure: CalSAWS 6 6 Continued automation funding to prepare the state payment system for implementation of the permanent foster care rate structure. Initial funds are provided in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962