The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - This increased to 16 hours in 2020-21, 24 hours in 2022-23, and 40 hours on July 1, 2024. The Governor ’s proposed budget includes roughly $89  million in 2024-25 and $122.3  million in 2025-26 for PSL.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

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

Feb 22, 2022 - Addressing Complex Care Needs ‑122 ‑121 Some one ‑time support for foster youth requiring complex care, including intensive behavioral health needs. We note that around $20 million total funds ($18 million GF) is ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4558

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

Feb 13, 2025 - SSP Grants Were Increased in 2016-17, 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24. Since the Great Recession, 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/4964

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - 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/4933/3

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for CalWORKs

May 29, 2024 - Figure 2 All Funds (Dollars in Millions) 2023 ‑24 2024 ‑25 Relative to 2023 ‑24 Number of CalWORKs Cases Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services c 130 ‑$545 ‑8% a January cash grant estimates did not include the cost of an estimated 0.3 percent grant increase funded by certain realignment revenues, which the May  Revision projects beginning in October 2024. b The 2022
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4911

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Starting in 2021 ‑22, it became a separate allocation. b Primarily includes various state ‑level contracts. Within the total funding amount, the spending plan provides about $1.4  billion General Fund for CalWORKs in 2023-24, an increase of about $790  million (128  percent) relative to 2022-23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/2

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - For adults, have not exceeded state and federal lifetime aid limits. c a Pregnant women can also be eligible. b The CalWORKs asset limits are generally higher for families with individuals who are age 60 or older or disabled. c Both the CalWORKs and federal TANF aid limits are 60 months.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services $1,008 16% a In 2020 ‑21 and prior years, this was included in the single allocation. Starting in 2021 ‑22, it became a separate allocation. b Primarily includes various state ‑level contracts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/2

Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - Additionally, a state law (Chapter  677 of 2019 [A B  528 , Low]) changed some CURES reporting requirements effective January  1,  2021, but we would not expect this law to have major effects on buprenorphine reporting.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - Many of these unspent TANF funds—also called TANF carry forward—were spent in 2022-23 (about $767 million). As a result, federal funds made up a larger proportion of CalWORKs total funds in 2022-23 than in years prior (almost 50 percent of total funds), as shown in Figure 3. 2024-25 TANF Carry Forward May Reflect Expenditure of Remaining Unspent TANF From COVID-19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969