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

Mar 3, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program Summary For 2026-27, the Governor ’s budget proposes $3.6  billion from the General Fund for the state ’s share of SSI/SSP —an increase of $94  million (2.7  percent) from the Governor ’s revised 2025-26 budget estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

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

Mar 5, 2026 - How will increased county costs for CalFresh administration under H.R.  1 affect efforts to reduce payment error rates? Weigh Trade ‑Offs Between Additional Funding to Avoid Disenrollments Versus Other Priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

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

Mar 3, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program [Publication Details] The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program Format: HTML Description: For 2026-27, the Governor’s budget proposes $3.6 billion from the General Fund for the state’s share of
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2026 - In this brief, we assess the Governor's proposed funding for county administration of Medi-Cal and CalFresh in response to H.R. 1 and provide related recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5149

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - To what extent and how have DSS and program partners been able to address these issues? Is further Legislative guidance (or anything else) needed to address any remaining barriers? For programs that received one-time funding or augmentations, how sustainable are program gains?
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - This state share is only imposed on states that have a payment error rate of 6  percent or higher. As shown in Figure  1, the amount of the state share depends on how much the state ’s error rate exceeds 6  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Below, we take a look at how the average cost per hour of IHSS has changed over  time. Cost Per Hour Has Increased Alongside Minimum Wage Increases. The Governor ’s budget estimates that the cost per hour of IHSS services will continue to increase from $21.85 in 2025 ‑26 to $22.36 in 2026 ‑27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - (Many CalWORKs families have unaided members who are excluded from the grant calculation because they are ineligible for assistance for various reasons.) Figure  6 displays how current CalWORKs grant levels compare to the FPL for a household of one larger than the number of aided members in the CalWORKs family.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Given that federal rules specify Title IV ‑E is the payor of last resort, and some EBPs are Medi ‑Cal ‑eligible services, counties expressed a need for clear guidance from the state related to Medi ‑Cal billing and how different funding streams can be used together.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System

Mar 6, 2026 - AHSC Merit to Moving Affordable Housing Awards to HDFC … Overall, having AHSC ’s affordable housing program at HDFC has the potential to simplify how developers build their capital stack. This is because, rather than having programs spread across SGC and other state entities, developers would be able to apply for funding at one place —HDFC .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154