The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget includes provisional language authorizing the Department of Finance to augment State Emergency Telephone Number Account fund expenditure authority by amounts “necessary to continue implementation of the Next Generation 9-1-1 system, including transition from the legacy 9-1-1 system, ” subject to 30-day legislative notification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Continuum of Care Reform (CCR) is a series of state legislation enacted over the past decade making fundamental changes to the way the state cares for youth in the foster care system. As part of implementing CCR, the state developed a new foster care maintenance payment rate structure to replace the previous age-based and group home rate structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals and Program Implementation Updates

Feb 22, 2022 - Placement prior to approval ‑18 ‑11 Maximum duration decreases from 120 days (with possible extension up to 365 days) to 90 days. Transition from 16+ bed STRTPs ‑10 ‑10 One ‑time funding in 2021 ‑22 to support STRTPs determined to be IMDs and therefore no longer eligible for Medicaid federal financial participation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4558

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - We will explore these requirements and potential impacts further in part two of this series). Many one ‑parent CalWORKs cases are likely single ‑parent families (however, this is not true for all one ‑parent cases, as some families participating in CalWORKs include adults who are ineligible for reasons such as immigration status or time limits).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Overall, counties are required hold in-person orientations within 30 days of the date in which the public health order is lifted (counties and IHSS Public Authorities may request a 15-day extension if the p ublic health conditions caused staffing or facility challenges).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/5

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - One fee is an annual flat fee of $200. Another fee is assessed on a sliding scale, relative to family income, for respite, day care, and camping services. These two fees have been suspended since March  2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/1

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - At least one study must demonstrate a sustained favorable effect of at least six months beyond the end of treatment on at least one target outcome. Promising At least one study must achieve a rating of moderate or high on study design and execution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - Continuum of Care Reform (CCR) is a series of state legislation enacted over the past decade making fundamental changes to the way the state cares for youth in the foster care system. As part of implementing CCR, the state developed a new foster care maintenance payment rate structure to replace the previous age-based and group home rate structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962

The 2021-22 May Revision—Child Welfare Budget Proposals

Jun 11, 2021 - We understand that the Department of Social Services (DSS) held a series of meetings with individual stakeholders (including, for example, the County Welfare Directors Association, Children Now, and Alliance for Children ’s Rights) to discuss feedback and concerns for the earlier draft of the language, which had been proposed in February.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4444

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - In 2021 ‑22, the statutory time limit for pre ‑approval funding decreases to 90  days, without any option for extension. Expiration of One ‑time State Funds for Counties in 2020 ‑21. The state provided a one ‑time payment of $ 80  m illion to counties in 2020 ‑21 for CWS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4364