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

Mar 3, 2026 - The 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24 SSP grant increases were based on specific dollar amounts set in statute. Statute required the Department of Finance to estimate what percentage grant increase could be supported by a half-year cost of $291  million in 2021-22 (estimated to be about $580  million in 2022-23), a half-year cost of $150  million in 2022-23 (estimated to be about
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - California ’s most recent payment error rate, for federal fiscal year 2023-24, is about 11  percent. (The comparable national error rate is similarly about 11  percent.) Payment error rates in California and nationally have risen in recent years, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Flexible Family Supports and Home ‑Based Foster Care Funding Program $50 million one ‑time in 2022 ‑23 and again in 2023 ‑24, expendable for three years (through June 30, 2026 for the later allocation).
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Census American Community Survey, from 2015 to 2024, the number of individuals in the state aged 65 and over has incr eased by 29  percent, while the overall population has increased by a little over 2  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - Similarly, $664  million in unspent TANF funds was estimated to be available in 2024-25. With $270  million in unspent TANF identified for 2025-26, the level of carried-over funding is decreasing. As already noted, the Governor ’s budget projects no unspent TANF available in 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation

Mar 5, 2026 - In particular, DSS developed a revised CalFresh administration budgeting methodology, implemented starting in 2023 ‑24, that relies on estimates of unit costs for various mandated eligibility administration activities, based on a county survey.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - The FFPS Advisory Committee was launched in spring 2023 and meets quarterly. Additionally, as DSS often does when implementing new, significant program changes, the department hired some third ‑party contractors to assist with various elements of FFPS implementation.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106