The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - New budget-related legislation extends this time limit back to 60 months starting in May 2022. The administration estimates this policy will cost about $70  million ongoing, although the initial costs in 2022 ‑23 are estimated to be about twice that large (this is because the policy change retroactively extends eligibility for an estimated 80,000 cases that have already timed out under the 48-month limit with associated limited-term costs).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/2

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 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Apr 15, 2024 - Of these funds, $58  million is provided to cover costs associated with Bridge child care vouchers. In the past, the state has also drawn down between $10  million and $20  million in additional federal Title IV ‑E funds to partially cover Bridge voucher costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4893

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Support

Feb 27, 2024 - Changes to Foster Care Referrals and Enforcement Will Result in Lower General Fund Revenue of Around $8  Million in 2024-25. DCSS collected $23.7  million in child support collections from approximately 43,000 foster care cases (including Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment and Approved Relative Caregiver cases) in the 2022 federal fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4861

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 2020-21 Budget: Department of Social Services

Feb 24, 2020 - We estimate that the cost of providing the SSP COLA in 2022 ‑23 (based on an estimated California Necessities Index of 2. 8  p ercent) would be roughly $ 70  m illion. During Constrained Budget Environment, SSP Grants for Individuals and Couples Reduced to Federally Required Minimum.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4175

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - As shown in Figure  8 , about 34  percent of CalWORKs households were located in Los Angeles County in 2023 ‑24. The second and third largest proportions of cases (relative to other counties) were in San Bernardino (9  percent) and Riverside  (6  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

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

Mar 6, 2026 - The Governor ’s proposal to provide 70   percent of total AHSC funds for affordable housing (and 30   percent for the transportation aspect) is based on the historical split. This split, in turn, is based on SGC ’s practice of awarding up to $35   million per project (70   percent) for affordable housing and up to $15   million (30   percent) for transportation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - Over the next eight years, growth rates fluctuated between 3  percent and 8  percent, until reaching a peak growth rate of 10.2  percent and 10.4  percent in 2001-02 and 2002-03, respectively. Caseload growth then hovered between 4.5  percent and 8  percent for the next six years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

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