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

Feb 24, 2023 - The federal government is required to provide an annual cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) each January to the SSI portion of the grant. The federal COLA increase is based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4707

The 2020-21 Budget: Department of Social Services

Feb 24, 2020 - The federal government, which funds the SSI portion of the grant, is statutorily required to provide an annual cost ‑of ‑living ‑adjustment (COLA) each January. This COLA increases the SSI portion of the grant by the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI ‑W).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4175

Older Youth Access to Foster Care

Mar 22, 2019 - Living situations, including homelessness or living with a parent or guardian, at the time of the report, if available. Number of petitions filed under Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) 329, and time frame of the filing, if available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3980

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

Feb 22, 2019 - The federal government, which funds the SSI portion of the grant, is statutorily required to provide an annual cost ‑of ‑living ‑adjustment (COLA) each January. This COLA increases the SSI portion of the grant by the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI ‑W).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3947

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

Feb 2, 2022 - The federal government is required to provide an annual cost ‑of ‑living ‑adjustment (COLA) each January to the SSI portion of the grant. The federal COLA increase is based on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI ‑W).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4514

The Potential Effects of Ending the SSI Cash-Out

Jan 8, 2018 - For example, a hold harmless policy that includes a fixed benefit for a fixed amount of time (such as Example   1) w ould likely have the lowest administrative and automation costs. A policy that includes a variable benefit level for current and future households (similar to Example   3) w ould likely be relatively more expensive, as it would require more sophisticated automation and workload to track households over a longer period of time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3729