The 2023-24 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 22, 2023 - Undocumented immigrants, as well as most immigrants with legal status who have lived in the United States for fewer than five years, are ine ligible for CalWORKs. Federal, State, and County Governments Share CalWORKs Costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4699

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s CalWORKs Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - Undocumented immigrants, as well as most immigrants with legal status who have lived in the United States for fewer than five years, are ine ligible for CalWORKs. Federal, State, and County Governments Share CalWORKs Costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4530

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Federal CalWORKs Pilot

Feb 21, 2025 - Families living in high-cost coastal counties such as Los Angeles and San Francisco receive grants about 5  percent higher than similar families living in inland counties such as Fresno and Shasta. Additionally, grant sizes generally decrease as family income increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

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: 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 2022-23 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 2, 2022 - In order to qualify for IHSS, a recipient must be aged, blind, or disabled and in most cases have income below the level necessary to qualify for the Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment cash assistance program (for example, about $1,040 a month for an aged and/or disabled ind ividual living independently in 2021 ‑22).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4512

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - (Four of the six milestones are now expected to be tested in EUST 2, and the remaining two milestones are expected to be tested in EUST 3.) During the four-week EUST session, participants identified a significant amount of required rework prior to implementation of the three (and several other related) milestones.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

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

Jan 10, 2021 - This would allow time for schools to ramp up testing capabilities an d address other implementation issues with a smaller group of students and staff. Alternatively, the Legislature could direct resources to expanding statewide testing capacity and infrastructure that would allow schools to more easily access routine testing as a way to support school reopening.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - The former is a pilot program to increase support —such as through the provision of services similar to “supported living services ” which currently are available only to individuals living outside the family home —for consumers who live with their families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/1

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