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

Mar 3, 2026 - This includes 12 counties (where 28.6  percent of SSI/SSP recipients live) where the maximum SSI/SSP grant for couples is less than the FMR for an efficiency unit. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The goal of which was to identify areas where operations could be improved to achieve savings. DSS was identified as one of several General Fund depart ments where operational savings could be found.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/4

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Funding allocations should be sufficiently flexible to allow counties to use funding where it is needed most. Funding Is Transparent and Understandable. The funding provided to counties should be easily understandable and information about the use of funding should be readily available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The nearby figure summarizes the 2025-26 augmentations for these programs, along with ongoing funding amounts where relevant. Figure 1 DSS Housing and Homelessness Programs Funding General Fund (In Millions) 2025 ‑26 One ‑Time Augmentation (Available Through June 2028) Ongoing Funding 2025 ‑26 Total General Fund Appropriation CalWORKs HSP
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/7

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Where relevant, we also have noted steps DSS is taking to help mitigate these challenges. Because implementation is underway, new guidance to help address challenges is issued regularly. As such, we have tried to include the most up ‑to ‑date information in our analysis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - Throughout the report, findings are framed (where feasible and relevant) within the broader context of the state ’s overall population to highlight how the CalWORKs caseload is similar to and different from the overall population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - This separation of rates from placement type is a key change of the new structure compared to the current interim rates, which are based on the type of setting where a youth is placed (among some other factors).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/6

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Two key areas where these savings have eroded are in the managed care organization (MCO) tax package and reductions to state operations. These are described in the box below. The forthcoming Appendix 1 will also provide a full list of the solutions from the 2024 ‑25 budget package that generate savings in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Support

Feb 27, 2024 - Child Support Collections for Foster Care Cases Background Federal Government Requires States to, Where Appropriate, Recoup Title IV-E Costs From Families Through Child Support Program. Historically, similar to CalWORKs cases, the federal government required states to —where appropriate —refer parents whose children have been removed from the home and placed into foster care to the child support program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4861

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - (FM case s are those where a youth has been the subject of a maltreatment allegation but the child welfare agency determines the youth is able to remain safely at home, with any necessary interventions.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962