The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - Specifically, the spending plan provides $291  million General Fund in 2021 ‑22 (increasing to about $580  million in 2022 ‑23) to increase SSP monthly grants for all recipients —individuals and couples —on January 1, 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/4

The 2022-23 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 2, 2022 - End of the state of emergency in California Quality Assurance and Program Integrity Counties may perform home visits for purposes of quality assurance and program integrity remotely using telehealth, including video ‑conferencing and telephone.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4512

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

Mar 3, 2026 - SSP Grants Were Increased in 2016-17, 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24.  Since the Great Recession, as seen in Figure  2, grants for individuals and couples have been increased four times —in 2016-17 (by 2.76  percent), 2021-22 (by 23.95  percent), 2022-23 (by 10.3  percent), and 2023-24 (by 9.2  percent).
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

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes CalHHS Language Access CalHHS proposes to use GenAI technology to translate their departments ’ content into multiple languages to improve language access for state residents. 1 Caltrans Traffic Mobility Insights Caltrans proposes to use GenAI technology to analyze significant amounts of
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

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

Feb 13, 2025 - SSP Grants Were Increased in 2016-17, 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24. Since the Great Recession, grants for individuals and couples have been increased four times —in 2016-17 (by 2.76  percent), 2021-22 (by 23.95  percent), 2022-23 (by 10.3  percent), and 2023-24 (by 9.2  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

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

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - However, when CSD ultimately disbursed the funds in the fall of 2022, only $647  million was needed to pay off identified remaining eligible arrears. (The difference between the estimated remaining arrearages as of spring 2022 and the actual amount needed to address identified arrearages as of fall 2022 likely stems from a variety of factors; see our prior post for more analysis on this issue.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/7

The 2024-25 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 8, 2024 - Figure 3 SSI/SSP Monthly Maximum Grant Levels a 2022 ‑23 (Actual)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4832

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Community Services and Development

Feb 9, 2023 - CSD submitted the required report to the Legislature in December 2022 detailing program outcomes of the 2021-22 funds. CSD received utility companies ’ applications for 2022-23 CAPP dollars in the fall of 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4674