The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - Provides $50  Million to Statewide Network of Food Banks. The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) provides about $50  million annually in federal funding to 49 California food banks (serving all 58 counties) to purchase and distribute food to low-income families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/2

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Human Services Budget

Feb 28, 2017 - The actual delivery of many services takes place at the local level and is typically carried out by 58 separate county welfare departments. A major exception is the Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP), which is administered mainly by the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3576

The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 16, 2024 - CalSAWS was introduced in 2019 and, as of October 2023, all 58 counties use the system. The federal government helps manage an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) system which deposits monthly benefits for CalFresh and other human services pr ograms onto cards to be used at grocery and convenience store checkout counters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4845

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System

Mar 6, 2026 - In years of leaner supplies of state subsidies, however, demand for the set ‑aside pool will be much less and a mandatory 50  percent set ‑aside for HDFC projects could be too high. This prospect becomes even more likely due to the up ‑to ‑doubling of the availability of federal 4  percent tax credits resulting from H.R. 1.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Flexible Family Supports and Home ‑Based Foster Care Funding Program $50 million one ‑time in 2022 ‑23 and again in 2023 ‑24, expendable for three years (through June 30, 2026 for the later allocation).
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - CalSAWS was introduced in 2019 and, as of October 2023, all 58 counties use the system. The federal government helps manage an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) system which deposits monthly benefits for CalFresh and other human services pr ograms onto cards to be used at grocery and convenience store checkout counters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Based on the available data, we believe that the primary growth factors can roughly be apportioned as follows: Roughly 50  percent of the growth is due to caseload growth. 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 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - Currently, 50  percent of administrative costs are covered by the federal government, 35  percent by the state, and 15  percent by counties. Payment Error Rate Measures Accuracy of Benefit Calculations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - As part of the 2018-19 Budget Act , the Legislature set a goal to increase CalWORKs grants to 50  percent of the federal poverty level (FPL) for a family that is one person larger than the number of people in the family for which the grant amount is calculated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Outreach, administration, and automation funding is 50 percent federal and 50 percent General Fund. b CACFP is federally funded through the Food and Nutrition Service. The state funding is provided through Proposition 98 and non ‑Proposition 98 General Fund. c TEFAP is 100 percent federally funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/3