The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services In-Home Supportive Services Summary For the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, the Governor ’s 2025-26 budget proposes approximately $10.6  billion General Fund, an increase of $1.1  billion (11  percent) from the Governor ’s revised 2024-25 budget estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - Since 2017, the state has been implementing interim LOC rates for resource families, Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Programs (STRTPs), Foster Family Agencies, Intensive Services Foster Care, and other specialized models of foster care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - July 30, 2024 —Initial Submission of FFY 2025 APDU to ACF. The project initially submitted its FFY 2025 APDU without some of the information requested to address the seven conditions in ACF ’s FFY 2024 APDU approval, including updates on the project ’s progress in line with the current project schedule.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - As shown in Figure 1, the Governor ’s budget proposes $15.4  billion in total funds ($1  billion General Fund) for the CalFresh and CFAP programs in 2025-26, representing net increases of $163  million total funds (1 percent) and about $7  million General Fund (1  percent) compared to the revised 2024-25 budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Federal CalWORKs Pilot

Feb 21, 2025 - The pilot will be in effect for six federal fiscal years, beginning October 1, 2024. Figure  3 describes the administration ’s anticipated time line for year one (October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025), as we understand it.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - These solutions yielded General Fund savings of $11  billion through 2025 ‑26. The Governor ’s budget reduces this amount by $1.3  billion through 2025 ‑26. The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes CalHHS Language Access CalHHS proposes to use GenAI technology to translate their departments ’ content into multiple languages to improve language access for state residents. 1 Caltrans Traffic Mobility Insights Caltrans proposes to use GenAI technology to analyze
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs $20 Less Than 1 % a TANF carry forward is a non ‑add line item for display purposes only. This amount is included in Federal TANF block grant funds. TANF = Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969

The 2025-26 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 13, 2025 - Governor ’s Budget Assumptions Governor ’s January Budget Assumes SSI/SSP Caseload Continues to Decline. The SSI/SSP caseload grew at a rate of less than 1  percent each year between 2011-12 and 2014-15.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - The four stages of the state ’s PAL process, and some of their associated activities, are briefly described below: Stage 1 Business Analysis. The project identifies its sponsors and stakeholders, justifies its business case, provides the potential outcomes of the project, and initially identifies the project funding source(s) and start date.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011