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

Mar 3, 2026 - Despite these recent grant increases, current maximum SSI/SSP grant levels for individuals remain below the FPL, while grant levels for couples remain just above the FPL. Even after accounting for a 2.8  percent federal SSI COLA in January 2026 and an estimated 3.1  percent SSI COLA projected for January 1, 2027, maximum SSI/SSP grant levels for
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for Child Welfare

May 24, 2024 - The administration frames this proposed reduction as “rightsizing ” funding for the Emergency Child Care Bridge program, rather than being a reduction to current service levels. Based on data shared by DSS, the proposed reduction does appear to be in line with recent expenditure trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4909

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 26, 2024 - Under CCR, foster care rates must be based on the assessed level of need of individual youth ( “level of care ”), with youth requiring higher levels of behavioral health supports and other more therapeutic and intensive services receiving higher rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4855

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

Mar 6, 2026 - Because 9   percent tax credits generally deliver more than twice the equity of 4   percent credits, they can be a powerful tool for supporting deeply affordable housing projects (that is, projects targeting people with the lowest income levels).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Under CCR, foster care rates must be based on the assessed level of need of individual youth ( “level of care, ” or LOC), with youth requiring higher levels of behavioral health supports and other more therapeutic and intensive services receiving higher rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - As shown in Figure  2, current maximum grant amounts for all assistance unit (AU) sizes in high-cost counties are equivalent to between 43  percent and 47  percent of the federal poverty level for a family one person larger than the AU size, and are equivalent to slightly lower levels for families in lower-cost counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Further, the number of Californians with a disability has increased by 14  percent. More specifically, those 65 and over with a disability impacting independent living has increased by 17  percent. The share of IHSS recipients over age 65, however, has remained a relatively consistent share of the overall IHSS population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - This volatility in Gene ral Fund spending should be viewed as a technical issue rather than having any relation to changes in policy or program service levels. TANF Carry-In Significantly Reduced Relative to Recent Years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

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

Mar 3, 2026 - We have been informed by the administration that this is due to a technical adjustment to the current year and we discuss this at a high level in this post. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5148

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - These increases were provided by both formula ‑driven and one ‑time increases to grant levels. As a result of these increases, maximum cash grants now provide assistance levels similar to 50  percent of the FPL (based on the number of CalWORKs ‑eligible individuals in a family).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057