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

Feb 3, 2021 - Finally, Figure  3 shows that the exit rate has accelerated in October and November to about 10  p ercent of the caseload, above the recent average of about 6  p ercent to 8  p ercent. (This figure also shows the significant decline in exits in the spring of 2020 —largely reflecting the temporary suspension of redeterminations.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4341

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - The spending plan assumes that RCs will serve 386,431 individuals in 2021 ‑22 (53,966 infants and toddlers under age 3 and 332,465 consumers ages 3 and older), up 9.7  percent from 2020 ‑21. The robust growth assumption assumes DDS and RCs will not only resume growing at pre-pandemic rates, but also pick up many of the infants and toddlers who did not enter the system during the first year of the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/1

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - The spending plan includes a total of $52  million one-time General Fund to support these same augmentations in CFAP across both 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22. Provides Augmented Funding for Food Banks. Figure  3 summarizes the major augmentations for food banks included in the spending plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/2

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - As seen in Figure  3 , IHSS caseload has grown significantly since 2013. Despite slower caseload growth between 2016 ‑17 and 2020 ‑21 (the caseload continued to grow during this period, just at a slower than usual rate).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - Other Major Adjustments Reduce Costs by $3  Billion. In addition to revenues and constitutional requirements, other budgetary costs are, on net, lower by $3  billion compared to January. This relatively small number obscures many billions of dollars in budgetary changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - (The budget also assumes total additional state spending in 2020 ‑21 of over $3  billion —including a net General Fund increase of $1.3  billion after accounting for federal reimbursements —for response and recovery activities related to the 2020 wildfires.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Figure  3 shows how the grant levels included in the spending plan compare to the Legislature ’s intended target for these grants (50  percent of the federal poverty level for a family one person larger than the CalWORKs assistance unit size).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/2

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 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 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The public health emergency and subsequent recession caused by COVID-19 represented a deviation from this historic norm, with caseload decreasing from about 360,000 in March  2020 to about 285,000 in September 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/2