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

Mar 3, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program [Publication Details] The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program Format: HTML Description: For 2026-27, the Governor’s budget proposes $3.6 billion from the General Fund for the state’s share of SSI/SSP—an increase of $94 million (2.7 percent) from the Governor’s revised 2025-26 budget estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5148

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

Mar 3, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program Summary For 2026-27, the Governor ’s budget proposes $3.6  billion from the General Fund for the state ’s share of SSI/SSP —an increase of $94  million (2.7  percent) from the Governor ’s revised 2025-26 budget estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2026 - In this brief, we assess the Governor's proposed funding for county administration of Medi-Cal and CalFresh in response to H.R. 1 and provide related recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5149

The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation

Mar 5, 2026 - What has been the state ’s recent record of compliance with the Medicaid payment error rate requirements? What steps is DHCS taking to reduce the Medi ‑Cal payment error rate in advance of H.R.  1 changes?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

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

Feb 2, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program The 2022‑23 Budget Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program Summary. This post summarizes the Governor ’s budget assumptions and proposals related to the SSI/SSP program, including the Governor ’s intent to increase SSP grants in 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4514

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Apr 15, 2024 - Funding for New CAPP Slots Is Awarded to Existing Alternative Payment (AP) Agencies. DSS currently contracts with about 70 regional AP agencies to administer CAPP. AP agencies ’ primary responsibilities are to determine a family ’s eligibility for child care, make payments to the child care provider of a family ’s choice, collect fees from certain families,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4893

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - Figure 1 State Shares of CalFresh Benefit Costs for Different Payment Error Rates Payment Error Rate State Share of Benefit Costs Approximate Annual California Cost
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Some questions could include: If the Legislature does not make an appropriation to implement the Tiered Rate Structure beginning in 2027-28, the current, interim LOC rate structure for foster care maintenance payments would remain in place.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Establishes Additional Criteria That Service Providers Must Satisfy in Order to Be Eligible to Earn Quality Incentive Payments. As part of service provider rate reform, statute requires that provider rates consist of two components beginning in January 2025: (1)  a base rate equal to 90  percent of the rate model, and (2)  a quality incentive payment equal to 10  percent of the rate model.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/1

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The total funding for this program also includes costs associated with two other state-funded grant programs: (1)  the Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants, which provides grants to individuals ineligible for SSI/SSP solely due to immigrant status, and (2)  the California Veterans Cash Benefit program, which provides a supplemental grant payment to veterans receiving payments from the federal Special Veterans Benefit program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/4