Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - Cash, Food, and Medical Assistance Can Offset Housing Costs a (In Millions) Free and reduced price lunch 2,838 $4,097 a Where possible, we tried to identify funding targeting children and families. b Earned Income Tax Credit amounts reflect combination of federal tax year data and state fiscal year data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

The 2022-23 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 2, 2022 - Background The SSI/SSP program provides cash grants to low ‑income aged, blind, and disabled individuals. Grant levels for SSI/SSP are determined by both the federal government and the state. Specifically, the federal government pays for the SSI portion of the grant while the state pays the SSP  portion of the grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4514

The 2024-25 Budget: CalWORKs

Mar 4, 2024 - In this brief, we provide background on the CalWORKs program followed by an overview and assessment of the Governor’s California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) budget proposals, which include a number of budget solutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4872

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - The state provides counties with a “single allocation ” to cover most costs associated with CalWORKs aside from cash assistance. Counties are free to shift this funding between any of the supported functions, including CalWORKs administration and employment services (prior to 2021 ‑22, child care was also included in the single allocation).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/2

The Potential Effects of Ending the SSI Cash-Out

Jan 8, 2018 - In the next section, we provide some examples of how ending the SSI  cash ‑out could impact households differently. Examples Of Potential Impacts of Ending SSI Cash‑Out on Poverty The SRL required that our office evaluate how ending the SSI  cash ‑out would affect the poverty status of households that would either gain or lose food benefits as a result.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3729

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - The state provides counties with a “single allocation ” to cover most costs associated with CalWORKs aside from cash assistance. Counties are free to shift this funding between any of the supported functions, including CalWORKs administration, employment services, and child care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/2

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Human Services Budget

Feb 28, 2017 - Cash Assistance. Grant amounts vary across the state and are adjusted for family size, income, and other factors. For example, a family of three in a high-cost county that has no other income currently receives a cash grant of $714 per month.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3576/1

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The net savings are largely a result of workload relief-related savings, partially offset by one-time automation and training costs in 2025-26, as well as increased cash assistance costs due to estimated lower sanction rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Since its inception in 2015, One California, also known as the Immigration Services Funding (ISF) program, has funded non-profit organizations to provide free services to immigrants under three broad categories: (1)  legal services, (2)  education and outreach, and (3)  legal training and technical assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/8

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The total funding for this program also includes costs associated with two other state-funded grant programs: (1)  the Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants, which provides grants to individuals ineligible for SSI/SSP solely due to immigrant status, and (2)  the California Veterans Cash Benefit program, which provides a supplemental grant payment to veterans receiving payments from the federal Special Veterans Benefit program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/4