The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - The Governor ’s budget proposes $1.5  billion from the General Fund for CalWORKs in 2026-27, a year-over-year increase of $368  million (33  percent). Here again the increase is primarily because the Governor ’s budget assumes there will be no remaining unspent TANF funds in 2026-27 to offset General Fund costs as is the case in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - For example, expenditures for the home-based family care rate —namely the monthly care and supervision payments made to foster caregivers and for kinship and adoptive placements —are budgeted to increase by around $20  million General Fund ($33  million total funds) in 2025-26 (9  percent increase relative to 2024-25), due largely to the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/6

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 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - These funds support several augmentations, including funding for: Expanded eligibility for early intervention services in the Early Start program (which serves children under age 3) by (1)  including fetal alcohol syndrome as an eligible condition, (2)  making infants/toddlers eligible if they have a 25  percent delay in one or more developmental areas (prior law required a 33
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/1

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Community Services and Development

Feb 9, 2023 - Based on applications, CSD expects that more than 1.4  million residential energy utility customers (around 200,000 POU customers and 1.2  million IOU customers) across 33 energy utilities (24 POUs and 9 IOUs) will receive $647  million to pay off all identified remaining eligible arrears (around $550  million less than was expected to go out at the time the 2022-23 budget was adopted).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4674

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for CalWORKs

May 29, 2024 - Some of the key information provided thus far includes: CalWORKs Home Visiting Program: As of January 2024, about $33  million (of $86  million total funds) in 2021-22 home visiting funding and about $41  million (of $100  million total funds) in 2022-23 home visiting funding was unspent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4911

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 26, 2024 - Flexible funds to support home ‑based foster care placements ‑50 ‑50 One ‑time funding of $50 million was provided in 2022 ‑33, followed by an additional $50 million in 2023 ‑24, each with three years of expenditure authority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4855

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for Child Welfare

May 24, 2024 - Flexible funds to support home ‑based foster care placements ‑50 ‑50 One ‑time funding of $50 million was provided in 2022 ‑33, followed by an additional $50 million in 2023 ‑24, each with three years of expenditure authority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4909

The 2024-25 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 29, 2024 - To account for this increase in authorized hours for minor recipients, the Governor ’s budget proposes approximately $33  million dollars in both 2023-24 and 2024-25. However, it is our understanding that the elimination of minor recipient provider eligibility requirements did not begin at the start of fiscal year 2023-24, and instead began to be implemented by counties between December 2023 and February 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4868

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - This report examines disproportionalities and disparities across California’s child welfare system in terms of income and race/ethnicity. The report provides background on the child welfare system, describes child welfare system disproportionalities and disparities, and lays out potential drivers of these inequities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897