The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - H.R. 1 expands the ABAWD work requirement by: Applying it to adults through age 64, rather than 54. Applying it to adults caring for dependents aged 14 and older, rather than 18 and older. Eliminating exemptions for former foster youth, veterans, and homeless individuals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Apr 15, 2024 - Governor ’s Budget Continues to Appropriate Proposition   64 Funds to Child Care Programs. The Governor ’s budget provides a total of $269.8  million Proposition  64 funds in 2023 ‑24 and $247  million Proposition  64 funds in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4893

The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - As of January 2025, we understand the administration has revised the projected savings associated with the delay to $0 in 2024-25 and about $104 million General Fund in 2025-26. We are working with the administration to better understand these downward revisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - Since the program began in October 2022 through June 2024 (the most recent month of expenditures data), less than $900,00 0 total funds have been spent on Backup Provider services. At this time, we do not have any concerns with the administration ’s estimates.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - About 64  percent of families in poverty (as compared to 50  percent of all California families) had female heads of household. Disproportionately Hispanic. About 59  percent of families in poverty were Hispanic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

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

Feb 21, 2025 - Figure 1 California ’s Previous Penalties and Appeals (In Millions) $64 a Reflects most recent correspondence from Administration for Children and Families. b Includes penalty relief provided for “significant progress ” towards WPR target, and the impact of a penalty reduction in any given year on the penalty calculation/amount in following years. c Penalties in dispute as of January 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978

The 2022-23 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 2, 2022 - Overall, total maximum SSI/SSP grants would increase by $64 for individuals (6  percent) and $145 for couples (8  percent)  in  2023 ‑24. Figure 3 SSI/SSP Monthly Maximum Grant Levels a Governor ’s Proposal 2021 ‑22 (Actual) Percent of Federal Poverty Level c 92% Percent of Federal Poverty Level c 116% 112% 118% a The maximum monthly grants displayed refer to those for aged and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4514

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s CalWORKs Proposals

Feb 3, 2021 - CalWORKs caseload increased by about 11, 000 c ases ( 3  p ercent) during the first three months of the COVID ‑ 19 r ecession (March through May 202 0) b efore decreasing in subsequent months. As Figure  2 shows, this period of caseload growth was primarily driven not by an increase in cases added, but by a decrease in cases exiting following the temporary suspension of redeterminations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4341

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - To date, the state has expanded comprehensive, or “full-scope, ” Medi-Cal coverage, including IHSS eligibility, to income-eligible undocumented immigrants ages 0 through 25. The spending plan further extends full-scope coverage to income-eligible undocumented immigrants ages 50 and older no sooner than May 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/4

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - As described above, initial state funding (provided in April 202 0) f or several pandemic response activities within child welfare appears to have ended in June 2020. At the time of the 2021 ‑22 Governor ’s Budget proposal, the administration proposed new child welfare pandemic response spending in 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4364