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

Mar 3, 2026 - Federal Government Required to Provide Annual Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) to SSI Grants … The federal government is required to provide an annual COLA each January to the SSI portion of the grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The spending plan corrects this assumption, providing $15  million ($8.5  million General Fund) in 2023-24 and $60  million ($34  million General Fund) ongoing to increase service provider rates for independent living services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/1

The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 16, 2024 - This overall increase is the effect of higher underlying costs from growing caseload and increased maximum benefit allotments (after implementation of a federal cost-of-living adjustment on October 1, 2023) partially offset by a decrease in CalFresh intake and administrative costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4845

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - Poverty in California People Living in Poverty Have Incomes Too Low to Afford Basic Needs. A family of three with annual income below $25,820 is considered to be living in poverty (under the 2024 federal poverty threshold).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services 117.30% 118.49% a The maximum monthly grants displayed refer to those for aged and disabled individuals and couples living in their own households, effective as of January 1 of the respective calendar year. b Compares grant level to federal poverty guidelines from the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/6

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

Feb 13, 2025 - Federal Government Required to Provide Annual Cost-of-Living (COLA) Adjustment to SSI Grants … The federal government is required to provide an annual COLA each January to the SSI portion of the grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - CFAP benefits, which equal those provided by CalFresh, also vary based on household size, income, and deductible living expenses. In 2023-24, CFAP benefits were $114  million General Fund ($174 average monthly benefit per person).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - This  is most evident in the rate for Independent Living Services, which assumes staffing costs equivalent to Supported Living Services despite the former being a much more intensive service model. In addition, we have heard concerns about the lack of ongoing inflation adjustments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - Overall, both total fund and General Fund net increases are primarily due to (1) the full-year impact of federal SSI grant increases (3.2 percent) and state SSP grant increases (9.2 percent) implemented on J anuary 1, 2024, and (2) the half-year impact of the federal SSI grant cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) set at 3 percent, effective January 1, 2025 (partially offset by a declining overall caseload).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/4

The 2024-25 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 29, 2024 - Additionally, one possible COVID-1 9-related reason may be that recipients with non-live-in providers or non-live-in providers themselves may be hesitant to interact with individuals outside of their household due to public health concerns.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4868