The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The June 2024 budget package reduced 2024-25 CalWORKs spending by about $146  million compared to 2023-24 (described in more detail in our   prior post ) and also committed to continuing multiple CalWORKs reductions in 2025-26 (which totaled to about $98 million in reductions in 2025-26).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Support for Home ‑Based Placements: Excellence in Family Finding, Engagement, and Support Program Block Grants $150 million one ‑time in 2022 ‑23, available through June 30, 2027. Flexible Family Supports and Home ‑Based Foster Care Funding Program $50 million one ‑time in 2022 ‑23 and again in 2023 ‑24, expendable for three years (through June 30, 2026 for the later allocation).
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

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

Mar 3, 2026 - As shown in Figure  1, during the Great Recession, the state incrementally decreased SSP grants for individuals and couples until they reached these minimum levels in June 2011 and November 2009, respectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - Over the next eight years, growth rates fluctuated between 3  percent and 8  percent, until reaching a peak growth rate of 10.2  percent and 10.4  percent in 2001-02 and 2002-03, respectively. Caseload growth then hovered between 4.5  percent and 8  percent for the next six years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

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

Feb 21, 2025 - (Of the selected states, Ohio has the second largest TANF program, with about 40,000 participating families in 2023. Kentucky ’s TANF program is the smallest of the selected states, with about 12,000 participating families in 2023 . ) Key Components of the Pilot Participating States Will Utilize Alternative Performance Measures to WPR.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Generally, SUN Bucks benefit costs are distributed across two fiscal years (as the program provides benefits for the months of June, July, and August). About half of summer 2025 benefits were distributed in 2024-25 and the remaining half will be distributed in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/3

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

Feb 13, 2025 - As shown in Figure  1, during the Great Recession, the state incrementally decreased SSP grants for individuals and couples until they reached these minimum levels in June 2011 and November 2009, respectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

The 2023-24 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Mar 20, 2023 - Additional Federal Funds From BEAD Program Available Starting in 2023 ‑24. Though the state ’s BEAD program allocation will not be available until the end of June, the state likely will receive up to 20  percent of its allocation by the end of 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4747

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - CDSS currently anticipates it will begin mass card replacement in late February 2025 and that new cards will be distributed via mail over a period of 12 to 16 weeks (with all new cards deployed by June 30, 2025).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 26, 2024 - Expenditures: Counties and tribes have spent around $57 million of their total $200 million allocations, as of June 30, 2023. Counties/tribes: 53 counties and 25 tribal entities have been allocated funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4855