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

Mar 3, 2026 - Estimates of federal poverty guidelines for 2027 are based on the LAO Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI ‑U) projection. The 2027 federal poverty guidelines will not be finalized until fall 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - (The federally approved projects allowed participating counties to u se their Title IV-E dollars more flexibly. The projects ended in 2019, and from 2019 until 2021, the federal government provided step-down grants to help counties transition.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/4

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Namely, CCR aims to: ( 1)  e nd long ‑term congregate care placements; ( 2)  i ncrease reliance on home ‑based family placements; ( 3)  i mprove access to supportive services regardless of the kind of foster care placement a child is in; and ( 4)  u tilize universal child and family assessments to improve placement, service, and payment rate decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4364