The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Minor Victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation Pilot Projects $25 million one ‑time in 2022 ‑23, available through June 30, 2026. Bringing Families Home Augmentations $92.5 million one ‑time in 2021 ‑22 and again in 2022 ‑23, with $40 million shifted to 2025 ‑26 and $40 million shifted to 2026 ‑27 as part of 2024 ‑25 budget actions.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

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

Jan 10, 2021 - The Governor proposes to pay down $8.4  billion of this amount, with districts receiving the associated cash in 2021 ‑22. Slightly more than $4  billion would remain deferred from 2021 ‑22 to 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2022-23 Budget: CalHR California Leads Proposal

Feb 28, 2022 - For example, although 40  percent of the entire state workforce was White in 2021, 68  percent of the state ’s firefighters were White at that time. Similarly, although 26  percent of the state workforce was identified as Hispanic or Latino in 2021, 49  percent of correctional officers were Hispanic or Latino at that  time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4564

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 2022-23 Budget: Update on Home- and Community- Based Services Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2022 - Under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the federal government increased the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) by 10  percentage points for Medicaid ‑funded HCBS services and programs provided from April 1, 2021 through March  31, 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4524

The 2023-24 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 2, 2023 - Specifically, between October 2022 and December 2022, 118 IHSS recipients had utilized the Backup Provider System. We will continue to monitor the caseload and provide updates at the May Revision. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4729

The 2022-23 Budget: California Food Assistance Program

Feb 11, 2022 - Governor ’s 2022 ‑23 Proposal Expands CFAP to Undocumented Immigrants Over Age 55. The Governor ’s budget proposes expanding CFAP to all income ‑eligible individuals aged 55 or older (regardless of their immigration status) and provides $40  million in 2022 ‑23 to continue making associated automation changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4532

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 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - This increase in General Fund is due largely to the usage of unspent 2021-22 federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds in 2022-23, which offset 2022-23 General Fund CalWORKs spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/2