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

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - Lower‑Income Families Disproportionately Represented Most of California ’s Families Involved With the Child Welfare System Live in Poverty. We do not have aggregated data about family income level for those involved with the child welfare system, but available data reflect that the majority of children in foster care live in deep poverty.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897