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

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - SUN Bucks benefits are excluded from this figure and are included in Figure 3. b CFAP benefits are 100 percent General Fund. The Governor ’s Budget estimates an average monthly benefit of $372 per household.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - Figure 4 13 of 37 CWS ‑CARES V1 Milestones Completed Child Welfare Service Area b
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Federal CalWORKs Pilot

Feb 21, 2025 - Figure 1 California ’s Previous Penalties and Appeals (In Millions) $64 a Reflects most recent correspondence from Administration for Children and Families. b Includes penalty relief provided for “significant progress ” towards WPR target, and the impact of a penalty reduction in any given year on the penalty calculation/amount in following years. c Penalties in dispute as of January 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978