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

Mar 5, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation [Publication Details] Description: 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 - Backfilling lost federal benefits under H.R.  1 would require billions of dollars in additional budget solutions. …While Counties Face Multiple Cost Pressures. H.R.  1 also puts strain on county finances.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Apr 15, 2024 - For example, in 2022 ‑23, the department began to amend initial CAPP contracts after July 1, 2022 with the goal of implementing all the new 2022 ‑23 slots as early as October 1, 2022. For CCTR, the department released an RFA in the fall of 2022, with the goal of awarding and implementing new 2022 ‑23 slots as early as April 1, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4893

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

Feb 2, 2022 - The 2016 ‑17 SSP grant increase was based on applying the CNI only to the SSP portion of the grant (increasing grants by $4  for individuals and $11 for couples). The 2021 ‑22 SSP grant increase is based on a statutorily required calculation that required the Department of Finance to estimate what grant increase could be supported in 2021 ‑22 for a total cost of $291  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4514

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Human Services Budget

Feb 28, 2017 - As shown in Figure  1, the total SSI/SSP monthly grant amount for individuals (the bulk of the SSI/SSP caseload) has been increasing gradually since  2010 ‑11 —predominantly due to the provision of federal COLAs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3576/3

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

Feb 3, 2021 - As Figure  1 shows, CalWORKs caseload generally follows trends in California ’s unemployment rate. When the unemployment rate is high —for example, during the Great Recession of 2008 ‑09 (when unemployment peaked at about 12  p ercent) —caseload grows (eventually reaching an all ‑time high of about 587, 000 c ases in 2010 ‑11).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4341

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Each year, this program allocates $11  million General Fund in grants to select RCs and community-based organizations for projects focused on reducing disparities in service access and spending. The spending plan provides an additional $11  million one-time General Fund to augment this program in 2022-23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/1

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget assumes reductions to CDFA ’s budget of $11  million ($9.8  million General Fund) authorized by Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12 of the budget act. This includes $8.2  million ($7  million General Fund) in efficiency reductions and $2.8  million General Fund in vacant position reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/