The 2025-26 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 13, 2025 - The Governor ’s budget estimates that the federal COLA for the SSI portion of the grant will be 2.5  percent in 2025-26, increasing maximum SSI grants by $22 for individuals and $33 for couples in January 1, 2026 (the actual federal SSI COLA will not be known until fall 2025).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - Across states, the percentage of TANF recipients who were children ranged from 53  percent in Kansas to 98  percent in Idaho. Participant Demographic Characteristics In the following sections, we describe the demographic characteristics of CalWORKs participants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - DSS provided guidance , and the state provided initial funding to counties in 2023-24 ($3.6 million total funds [$2.5 million General Fund]), for workforce readiness ahead of implementation, which is planned for January 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962