The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Specifically, budget language amends statute to allow state assistance to be provided to emergency caregivers prior to their completion of the RFA process, for up to 120 days (or 365 days in cases where a good cause extension is warranted) on an ongoing basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/4

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals and Program Implementation Updates

Feb 22, 2022 - Figure  5 summarizes the pandemic supports funded within child welfare, along with the funding amounts, status, and other information. Figure 5 Summary of State Funds for Pandemic Response Within Child Welfare General Fund (In Millions) Cash cards for families at risk of foster care $27.8 — — Payments of up to $1200 per eligible family are being disbursed in several rounds, with the latest round launched in January 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4558

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Current statute dictates these eligible individuals may receive foster payments for up to 120 days (or up to 365 days if a good ‑cause extension is warranted) while completing the resource family approval process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4364

The 2021-22 May Revision—Child Welfare Budget Proposals

Jun 11, 2021 - Figure 3 State Funds for Pandemic Response Within Child Welfare Programs General Fund (In Millions) Cash cards for families at risk of foster care $27.8 State contracts for technology (laptops, cell phones) and hotlines for foster youth and families d — Administrative workload for child welfare social workers (overtime, pandemic outreach) 5.0 Rate flexibilities for resource families directly
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4444

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - Bonus Pay for Bilingual Service Provider Staff. The spending plan provides $2.2  million General Fund in 2021 ‑22, $4.3  million General Fund in 2022 ‑23, and $6.5  million General Fund in 2023 ‑24 and ongoing to support wage bonuses for DSPs who are bilingual —including in American Sign Language —and can support the estimated 90,000 consumers who speak a primary language other than English.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/1

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - (As of this writing, whether these savings will be achieved is unclear as the administration ’s recently signed contract with a consultant does not appear to include DSS.) Proposed Solutions Not Adopted in Spending Plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/4

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 budget package includes up to $20  million for DOF to enter into one or more new contracts to implement operational improvements that allow the state to reduce state operations expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - As shown in Figure  5, the CalWORKs caseload has steadily grown from early in 2021-22, coinciding with the expiration of enhanced federal Unemployment Insurance benefits following the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - H.R. 1 Makes Significant Changes Impacting CalFresh and CFAP H.R. 1 was passed by Congress and signed by the President in July 2025. H.R. 1 introduces multiple significant changes to CalFresh and CFAP that are expected to result in reduced enrollment, lower benefits, and higher state costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126