The 2020-21 Budget: Department of Social Services

Feb 24, 2020 - IHSS County MOE The Governor ’s budget estimates that IHSS county MOE costs will increase by $ 83  m illion, from $1. 58  m illion in 2019 ‑ 20 t o $1. 67  m illion in 2020 ‑21. Counties generally pay for their share of IHSS costs with revenues from 1991 r ealignment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4175

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 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - During the first year of FFPSA implementation, a county may elect to begin providing prevention services by providing written notice to DSS prior to fully completing its com prehensive prevention plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/3

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - The shift from a mix of state and federal funds in 2024-25 to all General Fund in 2025-26 is largely due to the end of a federal policy allowing states to temporarily replace stolen SNAP benefits using federal funds from October 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024 (California has therefore returned to replacing any stolen benefits with state funds, as was its practice before October 2022).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Social Services Budget

Feb 22, 2019 - Since 2008 ‑09, the average hourly wage for IHSS providers increased by 25  p ercent, from $9. 58 t o an estimated $11. 96 i n 2018 ‑19. (We note that this average IHSS wage reflects the base hourly wages for IHSS providers averaged across all counties.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3947

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - 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 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Mar 3, 2026 - SSP Grants Were Increased in 2016-17, 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24.  Since the Great Recession, as seen in Figure  2, grants for individuals and couples have been increased four times —in 2016-17 (by 2.76  percent), 2021-22 (by 23.95  percent), 2022-23 (by 10.3  percent), and 2023-24 (by 9.2  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Support

Feb 27, 2024 - Given we estimated the Governor ’s budget solved a $58  billion budget problem —and revenues continue to deteriorate —the administration likely will not implement the full passthrough to current CalWORKs families as part of the May Revision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4861

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals and Program Implementation Updates

Feb 22, 2022 - States may not implement Part I until they come into compliance with Part IV. Overview of Governor ’s Budget Proposed Spending in 2022 ‑23 Decreases Significantly Compared to 2021 ‑22, Primarily Due to Expiration of One ‑Time and Limited ‑Term Funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4558

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Center for Excellence $750,000 ongoing beginning in 2022 ‑23. Emergency Response Augmentation $50 million one ‑time in 2021 ‑22 and again in 2022 ‑23, expendable for four years (through June 30, 2026 for the later allocation).
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147