The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - CalFood received multiple one-time augmentations in recent years, including $52  million General Fund in 2023-24 and $112  million General Fund in 2022-23. Includes One-Time Funding for Fruit and Vegetable Pilot and Diaper Distribution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/3

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 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 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 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - The spending plan provides a total of $112  million General Fund in 2022-23 (and $52  million in 2023-24) to augment the CalFood program, which provides funding to a network of food banks throughout the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/3

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s Proposal to Strengthen Information Security

Feb 28, 2017 - The Governor ’s 2017-18 budget includes $13.9  million ($4  million General Fund) and 58 positions across 12 departments to strengthen the state ’s information security operations. The proposals include various approaches to strengthening information security based on the specific vulnerabilities the departments identified.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3594

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 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - A similar one-time augmentation of $112  million General Fund was made in 2022-23. Allocates Funds for Summer EBT Program Outreach and Automation Costs. The Summer EBT Program was established by the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/3

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