The 2024-25 Budget: Child Support

Feb 27, 2024 - The letter communicated a number of updates: Effective January 1, 2023, DSS instructs that counties shall no longer refer parents, whose children have been removed from the home and who are receiving child welfare services, to the state child support program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4861

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - The program provides a broad range of services to current and former foster youth, including outreach and recruitment, academic counseling, tutoring, book and supply grants, and referrals to health and mental health services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/4

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Primary Cost Driver: Average IHSS Hours Per Case The next main cost driver in IHSS is the average number of hours provided per case. As the number of hours of service provided to IHSS recipients increases, so does the overall cost of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - In addition, a number of recent legislative actions already have aimed to address challenges at later stages of the system. Options to Begin Addressing Front ‑End Disproportionalities and Disparities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - The state utilizes the flexibility provided by federal law by allocating TANF funds to a number of programs beyond CalWORKs. The state also counts significant state expenditures outside of CalWORKs toward meeting its MOE requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - A recent communication from DDS to RCs stated that noncompliant provid ers could no longer receive new referrals as of March   17, providing an additional incentive for providers to develop new policies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The BFH Program was established by Chapter  25 of 2016 (AB  1603, Committee on Budget) with the aim of reducing the number of families in the child welfare system experiencing or at risk of homelessness, increasing family reunifications, and preventing foster care placement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/7

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Smaller numbers of counties opted for the remaining EBPs included in the state plan. Figure   6 illustrates how many counties selected each EBP in their CPPs. Appendix  B provides a full list of which counties selected each  EBP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System

Mar 6, 2026 - Such an approach, though, would work at cross ‑purposes with the state ’s policy goals of (1)  reducing the number of places and times a developer must apply and (2)  no longer potentially having scenarios in which a project is approved by one state entity but rejected by another.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Our understanding is that a number of DSS staff are working exclusively or primarily on Tiered Rate Structure Implementation preparation. Would these positions still be needed? What about the contract for the Financial Management Coordinator, and any other externally contracted parties?
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147