The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Bringing Families Home Augmentations $92.5 million one ‑time in 2021 ‑22 and again in 2022 ‑23, with $40 million shifted to 2025 ‑26 and $40 million shifted to 2026 ‑27 as part of 2024 ‑25 budget actions.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - Bringing Families Home delay ($80  million General Fund shifted from 2023-24 to 2025-26 [$40  million] and 2026-27 [$40  million]). One-time reduction of unspent Emergency Child Care Bridge funds from 2023-24 ($35  million reverts to General Fund and $12  million shifts to 2024-25).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/6

The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Mar 3, 2026 - FMR represents the 40 th percentile of rent plus utility costs for a rental unit that meets certain health and safety standards. FMR Growth Outpaces Grant Level Growth. Between 2013-14 and 2025-26, FMRs have grown significantly faster than SSI/SSP grant levels in most areas of the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - In addition to rejecting this cap on overtime, as part of the final budget package, the Legislature adopted budget-related legislation that states t hat any hours worked that exceed 40 hours in a workweek will continue to be paid overtime rates even in the event that the federal government makes a future decision to no longer require overtime, or pay a share of the cost of overtime.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/4

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 16, 2024 - Figure  2 shows that the enacted budget ’s reductions vary by program. In some cases, such as the Foreclosure Intervention Housing Preservation Program, budget reductions effectively zero out funding for a previously authorized initiative.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4936

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The 2025-26 spending plan also reappropriates funding provided for various child welfare program elements during past budget cycles, such as: $40  million General Fund for Flexible Family Supports for Home-Based Care is reappropriated for encumbrance and expenditure through June 30, 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/6

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Roughly 40  percent of the growth is due to cost per hour growth (including the minimum wage increasing from $13  to $16.90, and locally negotiated wage and benefit increases above  the  minimum wage).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - Chapter  309 of 2023 (SB  616, Gonzalez) increases the required amount of paid sick leave for California employees, including IHSS providers, from no less than 24 hours or three days to no less than 40 hours or five days in each year of employment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/4

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Federal Fiscal Responsibility Act's Impacts on CalWORKs

Mar 5, 2024 - State policymakers have undertaken efforts to increase this take-up rate, such as providing $2 million in the 2021‑22 Budget Act for a statewide media campaign to promote the CalWORKs program to potentially eligible populations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4877

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Once implemented, the program will provide $40 per month in summertime food benefits to children in households that qualify for free or reduced-price school meals. The state plans to phase-in the program in summer 2024 by automatically enrolling known qualified students based on exis ting CDSS and California Department of Education records.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/3