The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - The SSA also is not conducting medical contin uing disability reviews and, where possible, suspending processing and collection of overpayments. State CAPI Flexibilities. In light of COVID-19 and the need for social distancing, the state has implemented the following flexibilities in CAPI through December 31, 2020: (1)  individuals may apply for CAPI via telephone,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/4

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 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - CDSS currently anticipates it will begin mass card replacement in late February 2025 and that new cards will be distributed via mail over a period of 12 to 16 weeks (with all new cards deployed by June 30, 2025).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This foundation operates the Imagination Library, which mails books free of charge to children under age five. Proposition  2 (2024) Workload. The budget provides DGS $59.5  million over 5 years (including $12.5  million in 2025-26) from the 2024 State School Facilities Fund and $356,000 ongoing from various funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - (The federally approved projects allowed participating counties to u se their Title IV-E dollars more flexibly. The projects ended in 2019, and from 2019 until 2021, the federal government provided step-down grants to help counties transition.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/4

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - As an alternative, counties were expected to accept mailed-in or facsimile photocopies of the original identification documents. This flexibility was initially expected to expire on Septemb er 30, 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/4

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - However, counties may accept mailed-in or faxed photocopies of the original identification documentation. Additionally, between April 2020 and August 2020, the administration temporarily waived the requirement that IHSS providers attend an in-person orientation and submit a signed IHSS provider agreement form.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/3

The 2020-21 Budget: The Governor's IT Project Proposals

Feb 20, 2020 - SCO recently indicated it has narrowed the alternatives down to two: ( 1)  u sing commercial off ‑the ‑shelf software that would involve modifying existing software as necessary to address the state ’s payroll needs (thereby creating a new payroll system) or ( 2)  m odernizing and improving the existing payroll system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4170

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Human Services Budget

Feb 28, 2017 - Eligible recipients were notified of the exemption and mailed application forms by DSS. The second exemption applies to IHSS providers who work for two or more IHSS recipients whose extraordinary circumstances place them in imminent risk of out-of-home institutionalized care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3576/2

The 2022-23 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 2, 2022 - As an alternative, counties may accept mailed ‑in or faxed photocopies of the original identification documentation. End of the state of emergency in California Quality Assurance and Program Integrity Counties may perform home visits for purposes of quality assurance and program integrity remotely using telehealth, including video ‑conferencing and telephone.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4512