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

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 - Counties may fully or partially subsidize the wages of some CalWORKs recipients for six months to a year —making it less costly for an employer to hire a CalWORKs participant compared to a non ‑CalWORKs participant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4872

The Potential Effects of Ending the SSI Cash-Out

Jan 8, 2018 - As previously stated, although ending the SSI  cash ‑out would make many SSI/SSP recipients eligible for CalFresh benefits, these individuals would still need to make the decision to participate in the program in order to receive food benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3729

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - CalFresh (formerly Food Stamps) provides money for food to low-income Californians. Starting in 2019 ‑20, Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment recipients were newly eligible to receive CalFresh benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/2

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - To ensure California meets the MOE requirement and maximizes the usage of TANF funds each year, the administration makes technical adjustments as needed, shifting costs (within or outside of CalWORKs) from the General Fund to TANF or vice versa.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

Estimating the CalWORKs Take-Up Rate

Feb 2, 2021 - Cash Assistance. Since 2011, adults generally have been limited to no more than 48 cumulative months of receiving cash assistance, although this limit is set to return to its original 60 months in May 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4340

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - Increased Cash Grants. Since, 2010 ‑11, maximum cash grants for a family of three in a high ‑cost county increased over 70  percent (about $500). These increases were provided by both formula ‑driven and one ‑time increases to grant levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - Monthly cash benefits for about 1.3  million low ‑income aged, blind, and disabled individuals. The state ’s General Fund provides the SSP portion of the grant while federal funds pay for the SSI portion of the grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - Reflecting very strong cash collections in recent months, the May Revision adjusts 2020 ‑21 revenues (and transfers) up by $26.8  billion to $182  billion. This represents a 27  percent increase over 2019 ‑20, the largest single year increase in over four decades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432