The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs The 2025-26 Budget Food Assistance Programs Summary. In this post, we provide background on the state ’s major food assistance programs, CalFresh and the California Food Assistance Program (CFAP), provide updates on caseload trends, and analyze the Governor ’s proposed food assistance budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program [Publication Details]

Mar 3, 2026 - This increase would bring total program funding to $11.5 billion ($3.6 billion from the General Fund and $7.9 billion federal funds) in 2026-27. We note that while the year-over-year change in General Fund costs for the program is relatively flat, it is increasing slightly despite the fact that caseload is expected to decline and the average state cost for grants is remaining flat.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Mar 3, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program Summary For 2026-27, the Governor ’s budget proposes $3.6  billion from the General Fund for the state ’s share of SSI/SSP —an increase of $94  million (2.7  percent) from the Governor ’s revised 2025-26 budget estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System [Publication Details]

Mar 6, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System [Publication Details] Description: In this brief, we provide background on affordable housing and affordable housing funding programs, describe and analyze the Governor’s budget proposals related to affordable housing funding, and provide recommendations to the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5154

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

Mar 6, 2026 - Also, HCD currently plays a key role in the review and implementation of AHSC, so it already has “in house ” knowledge of the program. Further, the intent is that this knowledge and program capacity will be transmitted to HDFC through the proposed position transfers from HCD  to HDFC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Apr 15, 2024 - County participation in the Bridge program is voluntary. Currently, 48 counties are participating in the Bridge program. Funding for the Bridge program is capped and generally consists of a mix of General Fund, Proposition  64 funds, and federal Title IV ‑E funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4893

The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 16, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs The 2024‑25 Budget Food Assistance Programs Summary. In this post, we provide background on the state ’s major food assistance programs, CalFresh and the California Food Assistance Program (CFAP), provide updates on caseload trends, and analyze the Governor ’s proposed food assistance budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4845

Cal Facts 2018 [Publication Details]

Dec 6, 2018 - With a state as big, as populous, and as complex as California, quickly summarizing how its economy or state budget works is impossible. Instead, Cal Facts is a visual guide—using a variety of different charts—to the state's economy, revenues, and major program trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3905

Recent Congressional Action on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

Jan 23, 2018 - Children ’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). CHIP is a joint federal-state program that provides health insurance coverage to children in low-income families, but with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3734

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - The  2022 ‑23 budget package included $20  million General Fund over two years for grants to enable preschool programs to include more children with exceptional needs. The Governor proposes delaying the implementation of this two ‑year program until 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683