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

Mar 3, 2026 - Federal Government Required to Provide Annual Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) to SSI Grants … The federal government is required to provide an annual COLA each January to the SSI portion of the grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2016-17 Budget: Evaluating FI$Cal

Mar 10, 2016 - These activities include engaging departments, converting data from current technology systems to FI$Cal, training end users, and testing the system. Pre –Wave was designed to serve as a pilot to test these procedures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3386

The 2022-23 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 2, 2022 - In order to qualify for IHSS, a recipient must be aged, blind, or disabled and in most cases have income below the level necessary to qualify for the Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment cash assistance program (for example, about $1,040 a month for an aged and/or disabled ind ividual living independently in 2021 ‑22).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4512

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Federal CalWORKs Pilot

Feb 21, 2025 - Families living in high-cost coastal counties such as Los Angeles and San Francisco receive grants about 5  percent higher than similar families living in inland counties such as Fresno and Shasta. Additionally, grant sizes generally decrease as family income increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - As of September 25, nearly 3,000 DDS consumers had tested positive for COVID-19 and about 160 had died from the disease. A disproportionate share of deaths had occurred among consumers living in congregate settings, such as skilled nursing facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/1

Federal COVID-19 Response Actions Affecting Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities

Apr 16, 2020 - It is our understanding that the cash assistance will not affect eligibility for the large means-tested programs, including SSI/SSP and Medi-Cal. Expands Eligibility for Unemployment Benefit to Workers Directly Affected by COVID-19 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4221

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - (Four of the six milestones are now expected to be tested in EUST 2, and the remaining two milestones are expected to be tested in EUST 3.) During the four-week EUST session, participants identified a significant amount of required rework prior to implementation of the three (and several other related) milestones.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - This would allow time for schools to ramp up testing capabilities an d address other implementation issues with a smaller group of students and staff. Alternatively, the Legislature could direct resources to expanding statewide testing capacity and infrastructure that would allow schools to more easily access routine testing as a way to support school reopening.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - The former is a pilot program to increase support —such as through the provision of services similar to “supported living services ” which currently are available only to individuals living outside the family home —for consumers who live with their families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/1