The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - Social workers employed by county welfare departments conduct an in-home assessment of an individual ’s needs in order to determine the amount and type of service hours to be provided. In most cases, the recipient is responsible for hiring and supervising a paid IHSS provider —oftentimes a family member or relative.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

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

Feb 13, 2025 - The state is required to maintain SSP monthly grant levels at or above the nominal levels in place in March  1983 ($156.40 for SSP individual grants and $396.20 for SSP couple grants) in order to receive federal Medicaid funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The spending plan codifies the program in state law, requiring that CDSS administer the program, subject to appropriation, and providing the department with authority to distribute the funds upon a proclamation or declaration of a disaster or state of emergency by a California county or city.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/3

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - These tasks include: locating difficult to find parents; certifying paternity; establishing, enforcing, and modifying child support orders; and collecting and distributing payments. In California, the child support progr am is administered by 47 county and regional local child support agencies (LCSAs), in partnership with local courts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/7

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The model will need to be automated into the child welfare data system in order for social workers to be able to input CANS data and determine a child ’s tier. Permanent Rates Will Vary Based on Tier.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/6

The 2024-25 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 29, 2024 - Social workers employed by county welfare departments conduct an in-home assessment of an individual ’s needs in order to determine the amount and type of service hours to be provided. In most cases, the recipient is responsible for hiring and supervising a paid IHSS   provider —oftentimes  a family member or relative.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4868

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for Child Welfare

May 24, 2024 - In order to continue forward toward eventually implementing the permeant rates structure under CCR, the Legislature could pass abridged TBL as part of this year ’s budget cycle, adopting the elements necessary to allow DSS and automation partners to begin preparing for implementation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4909

The 2024-25 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 8, 2024 - The state is required to maintain SSP monthly grant levels at or above the nominal levels in place in March  1983 ($156.40 for SSP individual grants and $396.20 for SSP couple grants) in order to receive federal Medicaid funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4832

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Figure 2 Status of Administration ’s Proposed FEM Final Rule Implementation Program Component Description of Proposed Policy Change Budget Action Status of child support order when parent is incarcerated Suspend child support orders when parent required to make payment is incarcerated or involuntarily institutionalized for more than 90 consecutive days.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/6

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - The spending plan includes language that clarifies how to structure in-person orientations under a state or local public health order. For example, if a public health order limits the size of gatherings, counties can hold a series of smaller in-person orientations to comply with the public health order.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/5