The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - In previous years, the administration has noted that they currently do not have a methodology in place to be able to track how many actual IHSS recipients enter the program as a result of this asset limit change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

The 2024-25 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 29, 2024 - We note, however, that the administration has indicated that they currently do not have a methodology in place to be able to track how many actual IHSS recipients enter the program as a result of this asset limit change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4868

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Below, we provide some information on how the average hours per case have changed over time. Average Hours Per Case Have Steadily Increased Over Time. As shown in Figure  6 , the average monthly IHSS paid hours per case has increased by roughly 2  percent annually since 2014.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2022-23 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 2, 2022 - We are working with Department of Social Services (DSS) to get additional IHSS caseload data and will provide further comments at the time of the May Revision. Continued Growth in IHSS Hours Per Case.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4512

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

Mar 5, 2026 - What role do county policies and processes and the design and operation of automation and data systems play in determining the state ’s error rates in each program? Do some counties have significantly higher or lower error rates than others and are there practices or other circumstances that contribute to this  variation?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - What do youth and families view as the most notable results or effects of the funding? What have been obstacles, challenges, or delays to implementation? To what extent and how have DSS and program partners been able to address these issues?
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

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 - We do not recommend any adjustments to the proposed budget related to unspent TANF funds at this time. Federal TANF Program Provides Flexible Funding. Federal law gives states significant flexibility in how they use TANF block grant funds and related MOE expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - Doing so, however, would not give the Legislature a chance to determine how much demand actually exists for this brand new program. Should the grants be approved, the administration should report regularly on their distribution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - (Pregnant or parenting foster youth are automatically eligible for prevention services and do not require individual assessments.) California ’s state plan requires counties to assess individuals to determine candidacy using an “unbiased process and/or tools to assess risk. ” (To aid counties in this assessment, DSS is working to develop a candidacy determination guide including concrete examples on how to assess for candidacy in an unbiased manner.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106