The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - These two programs seem to be similar in that both provide funding for foster youth to participate in extracurricular activities, among other things. How will DSS/DHCS ensure the two programs complement one another?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Apr 15, 2024 - Funding for Slot Expansion Typically Not Fully Spent in Initial Years. After DSS allocates and awards new CAPP and CCTR slots, it typically takes agencies and providers a few months to ramp up capacity to recruit, enroll, and serve additional children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4893

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

May 24, 2024 - Making Implementation Subject to Trigger Determination Seems Questionable. We question whether trigger language for this proposal makes sense. The proposed tiered rates, along with the completely new strengths building and immediate needs rate components, represent a significant restructuring of foster care rates that warrants legislative input.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4909

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program Favorable Effects Well ‑supported At least two studies with nonoverlapping samples carried out in usual care or practice settings must achieve a rating of moderate or high on design and execution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 26, 2024 - Total youth served in 2023: Unknown how many total youth are served by HNMP. Stakeholders estimate more than 1,300 youth were recipients of federal housing funding through FYI and FUP voucher programs as of November 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4855

The 2023-24 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals and Implementation Updates

Feb 22, 2023 - Older, relatively more self ‑sufficient youth and NMDs may be placed in supervised independent living placements (SILPs) or transitional housing placements. SILPs are independent settings, such as apartments or shared residences, where NMDs may live independently and continue to receive monthly foster care payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4698

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Expenditure authority for some of the temporary augmentations, such as the Emergency Response increases and components of the complex care needs funding, are set to expire in the current year (June 30, 2026).
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - For more information on Realignment, please see the box below. For information on the Coordinated Care Initiative, please refer to our previous report title d: The 2013‑14 Budget: Coordinated Care Initiative Update .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Support

Feb 27, 2024 - In these cases, DCSS has indicated the proposed regulations would seek to take back the overpaid amount from the recipient custodial parent. In cases where the recipient does not authorize the return of the overpayment, DCSS would seek to use General Fund savings from other areas of the budget temporarily to backfill the overpaid amount in the Child Support Trust Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4861

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Older, relatively more self ‑sufficient youth and NMDs may be placed in supervised independent living placements (SILPs) or transitional housing placements. SILPs are independent settings, such as apartments or shared residences, where NMDs may live independently and continue to receive monthly foster care payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4364