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

Mar 3, 2026 - Under this assumption, the Governor ’s January budget makes a corresponding General Fund reduction to 2025-26 to account for the expected federal reimbursement. As a result, SSI/SSP costs increase from 2025-26 to 2026-27 as the Governors 2026-27 budget does not include a technical downward adjustment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - This proposal was initially estimated to save $688  million General Fund in 2025-26. (The administration later revised the estimated savings to be several hundred million dollars less in 2025-26.) This proposal was ultimately not adopted as part of the final 2025-26 budget package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/4

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - The Governor ’s budget revises downward projected realignment revenue growth in 2025-26. This means that less realignment revenue is expected to be allocated to the Child Poverty and Family Supplemental Subaccount than previously expected.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - These changes (described further below) result in net savings of about $21  million total funds in 2025-26 and about $32  million total funds in 2026-27 and ongoing. Of these savings, the spending plan reinvests about $4.6  million in 2025-26 and $14  million in 2025-26 and ongoing into the CalWORKs single allocation, resulting in General Fund savings of about $16  million in 2025-26 and $18  million in 2026-27 and ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Due to a delay in implementation, the 2025-26 spending plan shifts the $1  million in automation funding from 2023-24 to 2024-25 and 2025-26 and the $15  million in benefit funding from 2024-25 to 2025-26 and 2026-27 (with nine months of benefits expected to be distributed in 2025-26 and three months of benefits expected to be distributed in 2026-27).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/3

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The 2025-26 spending plan includes an additional $10  million in one-time General Fund to support CHIRP, which provides legal and social services to unaccompanied undocumented minors in California. Without this funding, state support for this program would have ended at some point in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/8

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Bringing Families Home Augmentations $92.5 million one ‑time in 2021 ‑22 and again in 2022 ‑23, with $40 million shifted to 2025 ‑26 and $40 million shifted to 2026 ‑27 as part of 2024 ‑25 budget actions.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - As part of the 2025-26 spending plan, trailer bill language (Chapter 79 of 2025 [SB 119, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review]) making some amendments to the Tiered Rate Structure specifies that the new rates will begin implementation in 2027-28 provided the Legislature makes the necessary budget appropriation at that time Funding for Child and Adolescent Needs
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/6

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 budget package assumes ongoing savings of $489.8  million ($182.3  million General Fund) (see Attachment 3 of the May 14, 2025 DOF letter) resulting from the permanent elimination of 6,002 vacant positions beginning in 2025-26 (see Attachment 4 of the May 14, 2025 DOF letter).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services Department of Developmental Services (DDS) Overview Projects Increased Spending. The spending plan provides $18.7  billion from all fund sources for DDS in 2025-26, an increase of 19.3  percent over revised 2024-25 expenditures ($15.6  billion).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/1