The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - CalFood received multiple one-time augmentations in recent years, including $52  million General Fund in 2023-24 and $112  million General Fund in 2022-23. Includes One-Time Funding for Fruit and Vegetable Pilot and Diaper Distribution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/3

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

Feb 13, 2025 - Based on these calculations, SSP grants increased by 23.95  percent on January 1, 2022 (increasing grants by $39 for individuals and $98 for couples); by 10.3  percent on January 1, 2023 (increasing grants by about $21 for individuals and $52 for couples); and by 9.2  percent on January 1, 2024 (increasing grants by about $20 for individuals and $51 for couples).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - The spending plan provides a total of $112  million General Fund in 2022-23 (and $52  million in 2023-24) to augment the CalFood program, which provides funding to a network of food banks throughout the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/3

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - CalFood funding decreased by $52  million General Fund (relative to 2023-24) due to the expiration of a one-time augmentation. Provides One-Time Funding for CalFresh Minimum Nutrition Benefit Pilot .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/3

The 2024-25 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 8, 2024 - Based on these calculations, SSP grants increased by 23.95  percent on January 1, 2022 (increasing grants by $39 for individuals and $98 for couples), by 10.3  percent on January 1, 2023 (increasing grants by about $21 for individuals and $52 for couples) and by 9.2  percent on January 1, 2024 (increasing grants by about $20 for individuals and $51 for couples).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4832

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The spending plan includes $60  million General Fund ($52  million one time) in 2023-24 for the CalFood Program. The CalFood program provides funding to a network of food banks statewide to purchase, store, and transport food grown or produced in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/3

The 2023-24 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 24, 2023 - Based on this calculation, SSP grants increased by 23.95  percent on January 1, 2022 (increasing grants by $39 for individuals and $98 for couples), and by 10.3  percent on January 1, 2023 (increasing grants by about $21 for individuals and $52 for couples).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4707

The 2024-25 Budget: CalWORKs

Mar 4, 2024 - About $52  million total funds were appropriated for the program in 2022 ‑23 and $55  million total funds were appropriated  in  2023 ‑24. LAO Assessment Eliminating FS May Disproportionately and Negatively Impact Families in Crisis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4872

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - The spending plan includes a total of $52  million one-time General Fund to support these same augmentations in CFAP across both 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22. Provides Augmented Funding for Food Banks. Figure  3 summarizes the major augmentations for food banks included in the spending plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/2

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - In fact, CalWORKs caseload reached a historic low of about 285,000 households in August 2021, representing decreases of about 22  percent relative to pre ‑pandemic caseload in February 2020 and about 52  percent relative to its peak in June 2011.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057