The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - As part of the 2012 IHSS MOE, beginning in 2012 ‑13, all counties were required to maintain their 2011 ‑12 expenditure levels for IHSS, to which an annual growth factor of 3.5  percent was applied beginning in 2014 ‑15.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Allocations in the 2025-26 budget included $13  million in 2025-26 for the OES California Wildfire Mitigation Grant Program, which provides financial assistance for wildfire resilience renovations. The budget reflects a corresponding reduction of $13  million General Fund that had originally been budgeted for the program in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Social Services Budget

Feb 22, 2019 - The Governor ’s budget includes $ 408  m illion General Fund ($ 894  m illion total funds) for the combined impact of the recent state minimum wage increases on IHSS provider wages from $ 11 p er hour to $ 12 p er hour on January  1, 2019 and the scheduled increase from $ 12 p er hour to $ 13 p er hour on January 1, 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3947

The 2020-21 Budget: Department of Social Services

Feb 24, 2020 - We estimate that about 40  p ercent of the increase in wage costs in 2020 ‑ 21 —roughly $ 220  m illion General Fund —are attributable to the recent state minimum wage increases on IHSS provider wages from $ 12 p er hour to $ 13 p er hour on January 1, 2020 and the scheduled increase from $ 13 p er hour to $ 14 p er hour on January  1, 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4175

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

Mar 3, 2026 - The SSI/SSP caseload grew at a rate of less than 1  percent each year between 2011-12 and 2014-15. Beginning in 2015-16, however, SSI/SSP caseload began to decline slowly at an average rate of 1.7  percent each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - Any discontinuances would gradually occur over 12 months as affected recipients undergo annual recertification. Narrows Noncitizen Eligibility. H.R. 1 disqualifies certain noncitizen groups from being eligible for CalFresh assistance, including asylees, refugees, parolees, battered noncitizens, and trafficking victims, among others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - Figure 4 13 of 37 CWS ‑CARES V1 Milestones Completed Child Welfare Service Area b
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 26, 2024 - CCR permanent rates structure initial automation funding 12 12 Governor ’s budget proposes initial funding to begin systems automation across CWS ‑CARES and SAWS to implement the permanent CCR rates structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4855

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - As mentioned, Figure  13 shows the primary languages of CalWORKs heads of household. Data are not available on other languages spoken in CalWORKs households (as secondary languages or as primary languages of other family members).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Currently, vouchers may be provided for up to 12 months. Budget language directs DSS to develop guidance specifying that effective September 1, 2022, counties may extend vouchers beyond 12 months based on a compelling reason.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/4