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

Mar 3, 2026 - SSP Grants Were Increased in 2016-17, 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24.  Since the Great Recession, as seen in Figure  2, grants for individuals and couples have been increased four times —in 2016-17 (by 2.76  percent), 2021-22 (by 23.95  percent), 2022-23 (by 10.3  percent), and 2023-24 (by 9.2  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2025-26 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 13, 2025 - SSP Grants Were Increased in 2016-17, 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24. Since the Great Recession, grants for individuals and couples have been increased four times —in 2016-17 (by 2.76  percent), 2021-22 (by 23.95  percent), 2022-23 (by 10.3  percent), and 2023-24 (by 9.2  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Funding for DSS ’s Office of Child Abuse Prevention to Develop a Standardized Curriculum for Mandated Reporters ($0.6  Million General Fund in 2025-26, Growing to $6  Million 2027-28, and About $1  Million Ongoing).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/6

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - Overestimates led to a large amount of unspent TANF —$767  million —estimated to be available to reduce state spending in CalWORKs in 2022-23. Similarly, $664  million in unspent TANF funds was estimated to be available in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2024-25 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 29, 2024 - This increased to 16 hours in 2020-21, 24 hours in 2022-23, and is set to increase to 40 hours on July 1, 2024. Claimed PSL is below Accrued PSL, Meaning Potential Savings in 2023-24 and 2024-25. The budget includes around $70  million for PSL in 2023-24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4868

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

Feb 2, 2022 - We estimate that maximum SSP grants for individuals would have to increase by about 70  percent to reach at least 100  percent of the FPL in 2023 ‑24. This means that SSP grants for individuals would need to increase by about $ 95 —beyond the increase the Governor has included for 2023 ‑ 24 —to reach at least 100  percent of the FPL.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4514

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 26, 2024 - Flexible funds to support home ‑based foster care placements ‑50 ‑50 One ‑time funding of $50 million was provided in 2022 ‑33, followed by an additional $50 million in 2023 ‑24, each with three years of expenditure authority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4855

The 2022-23 Budget: California Food Assistance Program

Feb 11, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: California Food Assistance Program The 2022-23 Budget California Food Assistance Program Summary. In this post, we analyze the Governor ’s proposal to provide food assistance to currently ineligible immigrants aged 55 and older.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4532

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Community Services and Development

Feb 9, 2023 - CSD received utility companies ’ applications for 2022-23 CAPP dollars in the fall of 2022. Based on applications, CSD expects that more than 1.4  million residential energy utility customers (around 200,000 POU customers and 1.2  million IOU customers) across 33 energy utilities (24 POUs and 9 IOUs) will receive $647  million to pay off all
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4674

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - As a result, the positions that were vacant at Porterville in 2023-24 will remain unfilled in 2024-25 and 2025-26. Delays Implementation of Preschool Inclusion Grants by Two Years. The 2022-23 budget package included $10  million General Fund ongoing for grants to help preschool programs include more children with exceptional needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/1