The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs The 2025-26 Budget Food Assistance Programs Summary. In this post, we provide background on the state ’s major food assistance programs, CalFresh and the California Food Assistance Program (CFAP), provide updates on caseload trends, and analyze the Governor ’s proposed food assistance budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

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

Mar 3, 2026 - This increase would bring total program funding to $11.5 billion ($3.6 billion from the General Fund and $7.9 billion federal funds) in 2026-27. We note that while the year-over-year change in General Fund costs for the program is relatively flat, it is increasing slightly despite the fact that caseload is expected to decline and the average state cost for grants is remaining flat.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5148

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

Mar 3, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program Summary For 2026-27, the Governor ’s budget proposes $3.6  billion from the General Fund for the state ’s share of SSI/SSP —an increase of $94  million (2.7  percent) from the Governor ’s revised 2025-26 budget estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System [Publication Details]

Mar 6, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System [Publication Details] Description: In this brief, we provide background on affordable housing and affordable housing funding programs, describe and analyze the Governor’s budget proposals related to affordable housing funding, and provide recommendations to the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5154

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System

Mar 6, 2026 - Also, HCD currently plays a key role in the review and implementation of AHSC, so it already has “in house ” knowledge of the program. Further, the intent is that this knowledge and program capacity will be transmitted to HDFC through the proposed position transfers from HCD  to HDFC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Apr 15, 2024 - County participation in the Bridge program is voluntary. Currently, 48 counties are participating in the Bridge program. Funding for the Bridge program is capped and generally consists of a mix of General Fund, Proposition  64 funds, and federal Title IV ‑E funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4893

The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 16, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs The 2024‑25 Budget Food Assistance Programs Summary. In this post, we provide background on the state ’s major food assistance programs, CalFresh and the California Food Assistance Program (CFAP), provide updates on caseload trends, and analyze the Governor ’s proposed food assistance budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4845

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - The  2022 ‑23 budget package included $20  million General Fund over two years for grants to enable preschool programs to include more children with exceptional needs. The Governor proposes delaying the implementation of this two ‑year program until 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683

The 2021-22 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services [Publication Details]

Feb 26, 2021 - Analyzes the Governor’s 2021-22 budget proposals related to the In-Home Supportive Services program; assesses recent growth trends in caseload, hourly wages, and hours per case; and provides some recommendations and issues for consideration.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4390

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - This was done in recognition of the fact that the IHSS program had changed over time and that counties no longer had the same level of control over the program. The modifications made to the counties share of program costs were made in an effort to better align the IHSS program with the principles of realignment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166