The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - This increase is primarily due to the full-year impact of the federal SSI grant cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) (2.5  percent) and the half-year impact of the federal SSI COLA estimated to be 3.9  percent, effective January 1, 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/4

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

Feb 13, 2025 - The Governor ’s budget estimates that the federal COLA for the SSI portion of the grant will be 2.5  percent in 2025-26, increasing maximum SSI grants by $22 for individuals and $33 for couples in January 1, 2026 (the actual federal SSI COLA will not be known until fall 2025).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 During the special session called by the Governor, the Legislature added Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 to the 2024-25 Budget Act providing up to $2.5  billion one-time from the General Fund for response and recovery costs related to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2024-25 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 29, 2024 - Additionally, th e Governor ’s budget assumes continued year-to-year growth in the three primary IHSS cost drivers —caseload (4.6  percent), cost per hour (2.5  percent), and hours per case (0.7  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4868

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - DSS provided guidance , and the state provided initial funding to counties in 2023-24 ($3.6 million total funds [$2.5 million General Fund]), for workforce readiness ahead of implementation, which is planned for January 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - By comparison, the percentage of individuals in the state who were children decreased from about 28  percent in 2000 to about 22  percent in 2023. ...With About Two Children and 2.5  Individuals Per Case, on Average.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2022-23 Budget: California Food Assistance Program

Feb 11, 2022 - In 2020 ‑21, CFAP benefits were $69  million General Fund ($165 average monthly per person), and administration costs were $2.5  million General Fund. (In line with benefit augmentations for CalFresh, CFAP benefits also were temporarily expanded in response to COVID ‑19.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4532

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Technology Project Proposals

Mar 17, 2023 - Figure 2 Governor ’s 2023 ‑24 Budget IT Project Proposals a (In Millions) Enterprise Data to Revenue Project 2 135.0 Statewide Correctional Video Surveillance Continuation 87.7 Electronic Adjudication Management System Modernization 21.1 Heavy ‑Duty Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program Per SB 210 14.1 Uniform Fiscal System Modernization and the Consumer Electronic Records Management System
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746

The 2023-24 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 2, 2023 - Beginning in April 2023, the enhanced rate for most services will drop from 6.2  percentage points to 5  percentage points, then to 2.5  percentage points by July 2023, 1.5  percentage points by October 2023, and will be fully eliminated by January 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4729

The 2022-23 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 2, 2022 - As shown in Figure  1 ,   the Governor ’s budget projects that caseload will decrease by 3.8  p ercent in 2021 ‑22 and 2.5  percent in 2022 ‑23, which is a slightly higher rate of decline relative to past caseload trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4514