The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Since its inception in 2015, One California, also known as the Immigration Services Funding (ISF) program, has funded non-profit organizations to provide free services to immigrants under three broad categories: (1)  legal services, (2)  education and outreach, and (3)  legal training and technical assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/8

Comparing CalWORKs Take-Up Rates Across Demographic Groups

Feb 14, 2023 - Fully accounting for such gifts would cause some otherwise CalWORKs‑eligible families to be considered ineligible, and this would cause our estimate of all take‑up rates to increase. However, based on our understanding from county administrators and other stakeholders, we understand that applicants very rarely have such gifts applied against their income for eligibility purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4678

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Social Services Immigration and Equity Programs

Mar 15, 2024 - These funds are allocated to DSS, who contracts with legal service organizations to provide these services generally free of charge. CISP serves students, staff, and faculty, as well as, immediate family members, alumni within two years of graduation, and students intending to enroll.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4885

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This foundation operates the Imagination Library, which mails books free of charge to children under age five. Proposition  2 (2024) Workload. The budget provides DGS $59.5  million over 5 years (including $12.5  million in 2025-26) from the 2024 State School Facilities Fund and $356,000 ongoing from various funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - For example, the SUN Bucks Program, which first implemented in summer 2024, provides summertime food benefits to children in households that qualify for free or reduced-price school meals. The Emergency Food for Families and CalFood Programs provide food commodities and funding for food banks to support C alifornians during emergencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 16, 2024 - For example, the Summer EBT Program, which is currently planned for implementation in summer 2024, provides summertime food benefits to children in households that qualify for free or reduced-price school meals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4845

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Once implemented, the program will provide $40 per month in summertime food benefits to children in households that qualify for free or reduced-price school meals. The state plans to phase-in the program in summer 2024 by automatically enrolling known qualified students based on exis ting CDSS and California Department of Education records.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/3

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - During the first year of FFPSA implementation, a county may elect to begin providing prevention services by providing written notice to DSS prior to fully completing its com prehensive prevention plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/3

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure at May Revision

May 23, 2024 - As one of the few discretionary spending proposals in the Governor ’s January budget, the elimination of this additional funding frees up General Fund resources in 2024 ‑25 and 2025 ‑26 without reducing core state services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4906

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - Counties are free to shift this funding between any of the supported functions, including CalWORKs administration and employment services (prior to 2021 ‑22, child care was also included in the single allocation).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/2