The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - Figure 3 2025 ‑26 Funding for Other CDSS ‑Administered State and Federal Food Assistance Programs (In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals and Program Implementation Updates

Feb 22, 2022 - COVID ‑19 rate flexibilities for resource families ‑5 ‑3 Limited ‑term option to increase foster care monthly maintenance payment rates for families directly impacted by COVID ‑19. Support ended December 31, 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4558

The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 16, 2024 - CalSAWS was introduced in 2019 and, as of October 2023, all 58 counties use the system. The federal government helps manage an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) system which deposits monthly benefits for CalFresh and other human services pr ograms onto cards to be used at grocery and convenience store checkout counters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4845

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - As seen in Figure  3 , IHSS caseload has grown significantly since 2013. Despite slower caseload growth between 2016 ‑17 and 2020 ‑21 (the caseload continued to grow during this period, just at a slower than usual rate).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure at May Revision

May 23, 2024 - However, we recommend the Legislature make the 31 new, permanent positions in the request limited term, and revise the provisional budget bill language to request information from CPUC on (1)  how the program funds will be allocated, (2)  any conditions placed on the funding, and (3)  any changes to state-administered BEAD program processes required by the federal government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4906

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - During the first year of FFPSA implementation, a county may elect to begin providing prevention services by providing written notice to DSS prior to fully completing its com prehensive prevention plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/3

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

Mar 3, 2026 - As shown in Figure  3, the Governor ’s budget projects that caseload will decrease by 0.9  percent in both 2025-26 and 2026-27. In past years, the Department of Social Services (DSS) has noted that a potential driver of this steady caseload decline may be fewer individuals meeting income and asset eligibility thresholds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - As shown in Figure  3, the amount of TANF used to support CalWORKs has changed from year to year. During the COVID-19 pandemic the state significantly overestimated CalWORKs caseload and spending, largely due to unprecedented federal and state policy responses that led to historically unusual enrollment trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2022-23 Budget: Update on Home- and Community- Based Services Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2022 - Additionally, states are given until March  31, 2024 to fully expend the required amount of funding on HCBS enhancements. After March  31, 2024, if it is decided that the program enhancements should continue, California would need to provide funding from an alternative state or local fund source to  do  so.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4524

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - All other HCBS activities were still subject to the earlier deadline of March  31, 2024. Ultimately, the 2023-24 budget extends the expenditure deadline for all HCBS activities to up to December 31, 2024 (allowing for close-out activities until March  31, 2025).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/6