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

Mar 3, 2026 - As shown in Figure  5, from 2013-14 through 2020-21, the maximum combined SSI/SSP monthly grant amount for individuals (the bulk of the SSI/SSP caseload) and couples had increased on average by 1.2  percent annually —predominantly due to the provision of federal SSI COLAs.
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

Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - CHP stops dropped 25  percent in the second quarter of 2020 but mostly rebounded in the third quarter of 2020. Since then, stops have been trending slightly downward and were about 10  percent below pre ‑pandemic levels in 2022 (the most recent year for which data  are  available).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Apr 15, 2024 - For example, in 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22, about $13  million General Fund of annual Bridge voucher funding went unspent. In 2022 ‑23, the amount of unspent Bridge voucher funding increased to about $40  million General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4893

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - California ’s official poverty rate increased somewhat in 2020 (by 1   percentage point as compared to 2019). This increase was largely due to the COVID ‑19 ‑related economic downturn. In 2022, the poverty rate decreased back to pre ‑pandemic levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2022-23 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 2, 2022 - The Governor ’s budget, however, assumes slower paid caseload growth in 2021 ‑22 (2.8  percent) and 2022 ‑23 (2.7  percent). IHSS paid caseload began to grow at a slower rate in 2020 ‑21 (2.1  percent), which coincided with the start of the COVID ‑19 pandemic (March  2020).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4512

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - This increased to 16 hours in 2020-21, 24 hours in 2022-23, and 40 hours on July 1, 2024. The Governor ’s proposed budget includes roughly $89  million in 2024-25 and $122.3  million in 2025-26 for PSL.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

The 2023-24 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 2, 2023 - However, in 2020-21 and 2021-22, the caseload experienced slower growth of 2.1  percent and 3.5  percent respectively. This slowing in the growth of the IHSS caseload coincided with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic (March  2020).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4729

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services $1,008 16% a In 2020 ‑21 and prior years, this was included in the single allocation. Starting in 2021 ‑22, it became a separate allocation. b Primarily includes various state ‑level contracts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/2

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - Overestimates led to a large amount of unspent TANF —$767  million —estimated to be available to reduce state spending in CalWORKs in 2022-23. Similarly, $664  million in unspent TANF funds was estimated to be available in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122