The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - Reduces Funding for Direct Service Professional (DSP) Workforce Programs. The spending plan adjusts several programs intended to recruit, train, and retain direct service professionals. Two of these adjustments are budget solutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/1

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - Direct Service Professional (DSP) Training and Certification. The spending plan provides $2.9  million General Fund in 2021 ‑22, which ramps up to $51  million General Fund by 2023 ‑24 and ongoing, for the training and certification of DSPs and associated increases in DSP wages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/1

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs $104 1% a TANF carry ‑forward is a non ‑add item for display purposes only. This amount is included in Federal TANF block grant funds. b Less than 0.5 percent. TANF = Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

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

Mar 3, 2026 - Figure 4 SSI/SSP Monthly Maximum Grant Levels a 2024 ‑25 (Actual) Percent of federal poverty level b 93% Percent of federal poverty level b 117% 116% 114% a The maximum monthly grants displayed refer to those for aged and disabled individuals and couples living in their own households, effective as of January 1 of the respective calendar year. b Compares grant level to federal poverty guidelines from the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services $72 1% a TANF Carry Forward is a non ‑add line item for display purposes only. This amount is included in Federal TANF block grant funds. TANF = Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - Study Using Same Data Source Displays Very Different Trend. Figure  1, Panel C in Wang et al (2024) displays monthly buprenorphine prescriptions from CURES. This figure shows no abrupt increase in early 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs $20 Less Than 1 % a TANF carry forward is a non ‑add line item for display purposes only. This amount is included in Federal TANF block grant funds. TANF = Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969

The 2021-22 May Revision—Child Welfare Budget Proposals

Jun 11, 2021 - For future years, DSS ’ display will include LRF adjustments and we will update our numbers accordingly. For this table, however, we have removed the display changes to ensure year ‑over ‑year changes in county and total funds do not appear overly large.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4444

The 2023-24 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals and Implementation Updates

Feb 22, 2023 - While the information displayed in Figure  2 is point in time, significant disproportionalities have persisted for many years. (The figure displays aggregated state ‑level data; disproportionalities differ across  counties.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4698

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for CalWORKs

May 29, 2024 - Figure 1 2024 ‑25 Relative to 2023 ‑24 Federal TANF block grant funds $2,630 Realignment funds from local indigent health savings 786 Realignment funds dedicated to grant increases 1,108 ‑$545 ‑8% a TANF Carry Forward is a non ‑add line item for display purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4911