The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - Bonus Pay for Bilingual Service Provider Staff. The spending plan provides $2.2  million General Fund in 2021 ‑22, $4.3  million General Fund in 2022 ‑23, and $6.5  million General Fund in 2023 ‑24 and ongoing to support wage bonuses for DSPs who are bilingual —including in American Sign Language —and can support the estimated 90,000 consumers who speak a primary language other than English.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/1

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - This asset limit was first raised to $130,000 for individuals and $195,000 for couples on July 1, 2022 and was fully phased out starting January 1, 2024. Fully reinstating the asset limit was expected to result in fewer people being eligible to receive IHSS and, at the time of May Revision, estimated to save $25.5  million General Fund in IHSS costs in 2025-26 (we note this estimate was later revised up by the administration).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/4

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 2023-24 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 2, 2023 - Implementation of the IHSS Permanent Backup Provider System Permanent Backup Provider System Established in 2022-23 Budget. The 2021-22 budget included $5  million General Fund to create a permanent IHSS backup provider system on January 1, 2022, contingent on a policy framework being adopted in statute.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4729

The 2024-25 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 29, 2024 - Implementation of the IHSS Permanent Backup Provider System Permanent Backup Provider System Established in 2022-23 Budget.  The 2021-22 budget included $5  million General Fund to create a permanent IHSS backup provider system on January 1, 2022, contingent on a policy framework being adopted in statute.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4868

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Of these positions, the control section directs DOF to identify positions proposed for elimination that had been authorized to implement legislation passed in 2022 and 2023. DOF identified 116.5 positions that fall into this category.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - Many of these unspent TANF funds—also called TANF carry forward—were spent in 2022-23 (about $767 million). As a result, federal funds made up a larger proportion of CalWORKs total funds in 2022-23 than in years prior (almost 50 percent of total funds), as shown in Figure 3. 2024-25 TANF Carry Forward May Reflect Expenditure of Remaining Unspent TANF From COVID-19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969

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

The 2024-25 Budget: CalWORKs

Mar 4, 2024 - In  2022 ‑23, about 4,100  households participated in FS monthly. Figure  5 breaks down the types of FS services provided by frequency (households may receive more than one FS service at any given time).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4872