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

Mar 3, 2026 - As shown in Figure  6, FMR takes up a significant portion or exceeds recipient grants in all counties. For an efficiency unit, FMRs are between 63  percent and 258  percent of the maximum SSI/SSP grant for individuals and between 42  percent and 157  percent of the maximum SSI/SSP grant for couples.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - This state share is only imposed on states that have a payment error rate of 6  percent or higher. As shown in Figure  1, the amount of the state share depends on how much the state ’s error rate exceeds 6  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Previous law required DDS to assess monthly fees on higher-income families whose minor child received 24-hour out-of-home care services through a regional center. This fee was suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/1

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Since 2017, the cost of this lost 6  percent FMAP (also referred to as the CFCO late penalty) has been paid for with the General Fund and has grown over time —totaling $63.2  million in 2023-24. In an effort to assist in addressing the state ’s budget problem, as part of the May Revision, the administration proposed to require counties to cover the full cost of the CFCO late penalty beginning in 2025-26 (estimated to save $81  million General Fund in 2025-26).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/4

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - As shown in Figure  8 , about 34  percent of CalWORKs households were located in Los Angeles County in 2023 ‑24. The second and third largest proportions of cases (relative to other counties) were in San Bernardino (9  percent) and Riverside  (6  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - As of D ecember 2024, the Career Pathways program had accrued nearly $90  million worth of expenditures above their HCBS allocation. This was then offset by roughly $30  million in increased HCBS Funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

The 2023-24 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 2, 2023 - As shown in Figure  2, the average IHSS hourly wage has increased by 6  percent annually since 2014. The growth in IHSS hourly wages in part is due to increases to the state minimum wage —from $8 per hour in January 1, 2014 to $15.50 per hour in January 1, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4729

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - As shown in Figure  6 , the average monthly IHSS paid hours per case has increased by roughly 2  percent annually since 2014. The 2026 ‑27 budget projects the average monthly number of IHSS hours per case to increase from 125.1 hours in 2025 ‑26 to 127 hours in 2026 ‑27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The spending plan decreases funding for LCSAs by $6  million General Fund in 2023-24, 2024-25, and 2025-26. Since 2019-20, LCSAs have received a few augmentations based on the standardized funding methodology.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/7

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Budget language also extends the age of eligibility for transitional housing in all counties to any former foster youth who is 18 to 25, and would extend the maximum time they may receive services to 36 months (up from age 24 and a maximum duration of 24 months, with a county option to extend service up to 36 months, as of 2021-22).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/4