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

Feb 13, 2025 - Figure 3 SSI/SSP Monthly Maximum Grant Levels a 2023 ‑24 (Actual)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - In 2023-24, CFAP benefits were $114  million General Fund ($174 average monthly benefit per person). Recent Budget Actions Delayed Planned Expansion of Food Assistance to Certain Additional Income-Eligible Noncitizens.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - In September 2023, an initial plan to conduct the production pilot was approved by the CWDS Board of Directors. One of the outstanding decisions for the next version of the pilot plan was how to technically implement the production pilot.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - The 2023-24 Budget Act appropriated approximately $15.7  million General Fund for Backup Provider services. The 2024-25 Budget Act reduced the appropriation to approximately $5.6  million General Fund based on updated estimates of use.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - As mentioned above, the 2024-25 Budget Act included a one-time reduction of $37  million in 2024-25 to ESE funding (as well as a one-time $30  million reduction to ESE funding in 2023-24). In 2025-26, ESE funding is restored to $134  million (equivalent to annual ESE funding levels prior to the 2023-24 and 2024-25 reductions).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969

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

Feb 21, 2025 - (Of the selected states, Ohio has the second largest TANF program, with about 40,000 participating families in 2023. Kentucky ’s TANF program is the smallest of the selected states, with about 12,000 participating families in 2023 . ) Key Components of the Pilot Participating States Will Utilize Alternative Performance Measures to WPR.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - SCO and CalHR will provide funding for DARTs using an allocation methodology first introduced in the 2023-24 May Revision. A nearby text box provides an overview of this methodology. Overview of the Department/Agency Readiness Team (DART) Funding Allocation Methodology In the 2023-24 May Revision, the State Controller ’s Office (SCO) and California Department of
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Since 2023 ‑24, the Legislature has addressed a cumulative total of $82  billion in budget problems, but even including the withdrawal for 2025 ‑26, has only used about half of the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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