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

Mar 5, 2026 - Without a methodology that links funding to workload, funding could become insufficient or exceed what is required for efficient operations without a clear way of assessing what adjustments are needed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - We note that these growth components are our best estimates based on the data we have available at this time. Moreover, costs to administer the program also make up a small component of the growth listed above.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - For any determined measures that DSS/counties do not currently report on, the Legislature could direct any necessary additional data collection now to ensure impacts may be measured over time. Regardless of any new data collection the Legislature may wish to add, the state will collect the federally required data elements once the new child welfare data system (CWS ‑CARES) comes online.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - We find this projection reasonable but will revisit the administration ’s projections at the May Revision when more data are available. Automatic Grant Increases Realignment Revenues Projected to Be Insufficient for Automatic Grant Increase in 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - The Tiered Rate Structure will rely on data collected via the state ’s functional assessment tool —the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) assessment —to determine a youth ’s needed level of care and corresponding rate, which will not depend on placement types.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147