The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - The Governor proposes to pay down $8.4  billion of this amount, with districts receiving the associated cash in 2021 ‑22. Slightly more than $4  billion would remain deferred from 2021 ‑22 to 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

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

Mar 3, 2026 - SSP Grants Were Increased in 2016-17, 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24.  Since the Great Recession, as seen in Figure  2, grants for individuals and couples have been increased four times —in 2016-17 (by 2.76  percent), 2021-22 (by 23.95  percent), 2022-23 (by 10.3  percent), and 2023-24 (by 9.2  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Center for Excellence $750,000 ongoing beginning in 2022 ‑23. Emergency Response Augmentation $50 million one ‑time in 2021 ‑22 and again in 2022 ‑23, expendable for four years (through June 30, 2026 for the later allocation).
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - However, recent data suggest caseload has increased since fall 2021, and the 2022-23 budget anticipates this trend to continue, with caseload forecast to average about 370,000 a month in 2022-23. Increases Grants by 21  Percent Beginning October 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/2

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 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Each year, this program allocates $11  million General Fund in grants to select RCs and community-based organizations for projects focused on reducing disparities in service access and spending. The spending plan provides an additional $11  million one-time General Fund to augment this program in 2022-23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/1

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - The decreases in national and state SPM rates in 2021 (relative to 2019) were largely due to these expansions, as the SPM reflects economic supports in household income. SPM rates increased in 2022 (relative to 2021) as many of the expansions ended.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

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

Feb 13, 2025 - SSP Grants Were Increased in 2016-17, 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24. Since the Great Recession, grants for individuals and couples have been increased four times —in 2016-17 (by 2.76  percent), 2021-22 (by 23.95  percent), 2022-23 (by 10.3  percent), and 2023-24 (by 9.2  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

The 2023-24 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 22, 2023 - In the past, this account funded grant increases of 5  percent in 2013-14 and 2014-15, of 1.43  percent in 2016-17, 5.3  percent in 2021-22, and 11  percent in 2022-23. In addition, this account has funded the repeal of the maximum family grant policy starting in 2016-17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4699

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