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

Mar 3, 2026 - The 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24 SSP grant increases were based on specific dollar amounts set in statute. Statute required the Department of Finance to estimate what percentage grant increase could be supported by a half-year cost of $291  million in 2021-22 (estimated to be about $580  million in 2022-23), a half-year cost of $150  million in 2022-23 (estimated to be about
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The 2023-24 Budget Act authorized the CalFresh Minimum Nutrition Benefit Pilot and included about $1  million General Fund (one time) for automation costs. The 2024-25 Budget Act included $15  million General Fund on a one-time basis for the implementation of the pilot program, which was originally expected to begin in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/3

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The 2024-25 Budget Act  included a one-time reduction of $37  million in 2024-25 to ESE funding (as well as a one-time $30  million reduction to ESE funding in 2023-24). The 2025-26 spending plan restores ESE funding to $134  million (equivalent to annual ESE funding levels prior to the 2023-24 and 2024-25 reductions).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - California ’s most recent payment error rate, for federal fiscal year 2023-24, is about 11  percent. (The comparable national error rate is similarly about 11  percent.) Payment error rates in California and nationally have risen in recent years, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Flexible Family Supports and Home ‑Based Foster Care Funding Program $50 million one ‑time in 2022 ‑23 and again in 2023 ‑24, expendable for three years (through June 30, 2026 for the later allocation).
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

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

Feb 13, 2025 - The 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24 SSP grant increases were based on specific dollar amounts set in statute. Statute required the Department of Finance to estimate what percentage grant increase could be supported by a half-year cost of $291  million in 2021-22 (estimated to be about $580  million in 2022-23), a half-year cost of $150  million in 2022-23 (estimated to be about
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services Aging-Related Issues In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) The 2024-25 spending plan provides a total of $25.2  billion (all funds) for IHSS, which is $2.4  billion (10.6  percent) above estimated total expenditures in 2023-24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/4

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The 2023-24 spending plan delayed the implementation of this program until 2024-25. The 2024-25 spending plan further delays the program until 2026-27, yielding General Fund savings of $10  million annually in 2024-25 and 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/1

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The 2023-24 Budget Act authorized the pilot and included $915,000 General Fund (one time) for automation costs. The 2024-25 spending plan includes $15  million General Fund on a one-time basis for the implementation of the pilot program, which will begin in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/3

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - In 2023-24, the number of hours budgeted for intensive cases was 8.75 hours (per month per case) and was scheduled to increase to ten hours in 2024-25. The 2024-25 spending plan places an ongoing hold on this increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/2