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

Mar 3, 2026 - Estimates of federal poverty guidelines for 2027 are based on the LAO Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI ‑U) projection. The 2027 federal poverty guidelines will not be finalized until fall 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Technology

Feb 22, 2022 - In other words, despite the 10  percent reduction in fees, the department ’s proposal to temporarily cover some of its indirect administrative costs outside of the rate structure would not make some of the IT services it provides competitively priced.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4552

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

Feb 2, 2022 - This approach maintains the state ‑funded SSP portion of the grant based on changes in California prices, while federal COLAs would continue to adjust the SSI portion of the grant based on national prices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4514

Try Before You Buy: Expanding Multi–Stage Procurements for Large IT Systems [Publication Details]

Nov 11, 2009 - Try Before You Buy: Expanding Multi–Stage Procurements for Large IT Systems [Publication Details] Video Description: The state's traditional approach for IT procurement, called the firm fixed price (FFP) procurement, creates a prescriptive process that gives equal footing to all vendors to help ensure open competition and reduce the state’s exposure to protests and potential lawsuits due to perceived vendor bias.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2139

The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 16, 2024 - For example, the Summer EBT Program, which is currently planned for implementation in summer 2024, provides summertime food benefits to children in households that qualify for free or reduced-price school meals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4845

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 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - For example, the SUN Bucks Program, which first implemented in summer 2024, provides summertime food benefits to children in households that qualify for free or reduced-price school meals. The Emergency Food for Families and CalFood Programs provide food commodities and funding for food banks to support C alifornians during emergencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Once implemented, the program will provide $40 per month in summertime food benefits to children in households that qualify for free or reduced-price school meals. The state plans to phase-in the program in summer 2024 by automatically enrolling known qualified students based on exis ting CDSS and California Department of Education records.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/3

Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - Cash, Food, and Medical Assistance Can Offset Housing Costs a (In Millions) Free and reduced price lunch 2,838 $4,097 a Where possible, we tried to identify funding targeting children and families. b Earned Income Tax Credit amounts reflect combination of federal tax year data and state fiscal year data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985