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

Mar 3, 2026 - As shown in Figure  6, FMR takes up a significant portion or exceeds recipient grants in all counties. For an efficiency unit, FMRs are between 63  percent and 258  percent of the maximum SSI/SSP grant for individuals and between 42  percent and 157  percent of the maximum SSI/SSP grant for couples.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The General Fund —which comprises 61  percent of the total DDS budget —provides $8.5  billion in 2023-24, up $1.5  billion, or 21  percent, over revised 2022-23 General Fund expenditures ($7.1  billion).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/1

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 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - More specifically, those 65 and over with a disability impacting independent living has increased by 17  percent. The share of IHSS recipients over age 65, however, has remained a relatively consistent share of the overall IHSS population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

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

Jan 13, 2025 - We understand that while the administration indicates it will provide this payment in the future—after the final calculation of the minimum funding requirement—it also has not scored this future obligation in its multiyear budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Comparing CalWORKs Take-Up Rates Across Demographic Groups

Feb 14, 2023 - To the extent that some groups (for example, Hispanic and Latino or Asian Californians) are more likely to live in multi ‑generational households or otherwise cohabit with family or friends, this could help explain why take ‑up rates differ between groups.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4678

Estimating the CalWORKs Take-Up Rate

Feb 2, 2021 - Understanding CalWORKs Take-Up Rate May Inform Future Policy Choices. As noted above, most CalWORKs recipients are children, but many children living below the FPL are not currently enrolled in the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4340

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Acquire, rehabilitate, or construct adult and senior care facilities. 53.4 Eliminating Assisted Living Waiver Waitlist. Eliminate Assisted Living Waiver waitlist by increasing waiver slots by 7,000. 92.1 Laguna Honda Enhanced Transition Services Benefit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/6

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

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - This increase is primarily due to the full-year impact of the federal SSI grant cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) (2.5  percent) and the half-year impact of the federal SSI COLA estimated to be 3.9  percent, effective January 1, 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/4