Older Youth Access to Foster Care

Mar 22, 2019 - Through case review and a series of hearings, juvenile dependency courts decide: ( 1)  i f child maltreatment occurred as alleged by the CWS agencies, ( 2)  i f youth removed from their home due to maltreatment should be returned home or remain in foster care, ( 3)  w hat services children and families receive, ( 4)  w here children in foster care are placed, (
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3980

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

Mar 3, 2026 - The federal COLA is based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). In years that the CPI-W is negative (as was the case in 2010, 2011, and 2016), the federal government does not decrease SSI grants, but instead holds them flat.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2025-26 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 13, 2025 - The federal COLA is based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). In years that the CPI-W is negative (as was the case in 2010, 2011, and 2016), the federal government does not decrease SSI grants, but instead holds them flat.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

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

Feb 22, 2019 - Going forward, we think that the Legislature should not rely heavily on receiving the extraordinary federal aid as it did wi th ARRA, in future recessions. . . . And Then Set a Target That Fits That Approach.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3947

The 2024-25 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 8, 2024 - The federal COLA is based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). In years that the CPI-W is negative (as was the case in 2010, 2011, and 2016), the federal government does not decrease SSI grants, but instead holds them flat.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4832

The 2023-24 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 24, 2023 - The federal COLA increase is based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). In years that the CPI-W is negative (as was the case in 2010, 2011, and 2016), the federal government does not decrease SSI gran ts, but instead holds them flat.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4707

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

Feb 28, 2017 - This COLA increases the SSI portion of grant by the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). In years that the  CPI-W  is zero or negative (as was the case in 2010, 2011, and 2016), the federal government does not increase SSI grants, but instead holds them flat.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3576/3

The 2020-21 Budget: Department of Social Services

Feb 24, 2020 - This is roughly the same as our estimate of the CPI ‑W (1. 8  p ercent). (The actual CPI ‑W will not be known until the fall.) The expected increase to the SSI portion of the grant in 2021 i s relatively the same as the 2020 grant increase (based on 1. 6  p ercent CPI ‑W), but less than the 2019 grant increase (based on 2. 8  p ercent CPI ‑W).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4175

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - W hile the administration expects a similar level of detail from projects planned through PDL as planned through PAL, some of the differences between the two processes make this uncertain. For example, the incremental and iterative nature of the PDL process means baseline cost information might not be available until at least the MVP of a project is completed and the subsequent p roject iterations are better understood.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

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

Feb 2, 2022 - The federal COLA increase is based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI ‑W). In years that the CPI ‑W is negative (as was the case in 2010, 2011, and 2016), the federal government does not decrease SSI grants, but instead holds them flat.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4514