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

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The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - County Capacity Building $43.2 million one ‑time in 2021 ‑22, available through June 30, 2026. Children ’s Crisis Continuum Pilot $60 million one ‑time in 2021 ‑22, most of which is available through June 30, 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - As shown in Figure  5, the CalWORKs caseload has steadily grown from early in 2021-22, coinciding with the expiration of enhanced federal Unemployment Insurance benefits following the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

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

Jan 10, 2021 - The Governor links these base increases to CSU and UC meeting three expectations: (1)  developing a plan to eliminate their achievement gaps by 2025, (2)  permanently increasing the share of courses they offer online by at least 10  percentage points over their pre-pandemic levels, and (3)  establishing “dual admissions ” pathways designed to simplify and expedite student transfer from community colleges to CSU and UC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The spending plan requires that the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) work with stakeholders (including advocates, participants, and county representatives) to develop a new, streamlined appraisal tool to replace the existing appraisal tool, the Online CalWORKs Appraisal Tool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - This hold harmless period was originally scheduled to end on June 30, 2026. The spending plan accelerates the end of the hold harmless period to February 28, 2026, resulting in one-time savings of $75  million General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/1

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The Diaper and Wipe Distribution program received $10  million in 2018-19, $30  million in 2021-22, and $9  million in 2024-25 (all General Fund). Shifts Funding for CalFresh Minimum Nutrition Benefit Pilot to 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/3

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - The statewide launch of this new system is planned for October 2026. Prior to the new system coming online, counties cannot claim Title IV ‑E funds for prevention services because the state ’s legacy child welfare data system does not meet federal requirements around individual ‑level prevention services tracking and outcomes reporting.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The 2023-24 budget package includes language revisi ng this requirement, now allowing administrators to complete their certification requirements entirely online. Language specifies that up to half of the required hours may be completed as self-paced online courses and at least half of the required hours fulfilled via instruction that is conducive to learning and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/8

The 2023-24 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

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