The 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Apr 15, 2024 - Additional funds for new CCTR slots are generally awarded to providers through a competitive RFA process. The department generally releases an RFA in the fall following the legislative approval of additional funds to award new CCTR slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4893

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for Child Welfare

May 24, 2024 - However, counties have expressed that realigned funds are insufficient for them to conduct what they view as new and expanded resp onsibilities under RFA, compared to prior foster family approval processes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4909

^[PDF] The 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Award letters include fall 2024 RFA funds approved by Legislature in 2024-25 budget. Assumes provider contracts are finalized and awarded fall 2024 RFA slots are fully implemented. Includes funds for fall 2025 RFA.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2024/4893/Child-Care-041524.pdf

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Recommend Allowing Extension for Funding for Emergency Caregivers Prior to RFA. As we expressed during the previous budget cycle, we remain concerned that statute dictates funding for pre ‑approval funding will decrease to 90   days —without any option for extension —while average RFA processing time continues to exceed 90  days.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4364

^[PDF] The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals and Program Implementation Updates

DSS continues to explore the potential usage of CANS for this purpose. • RFA and Placement Prior to Approval (PPA). To become eligible to provide care to foster youth and receive foster care maintenance payments, households must complete the RFA process.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2022/4558/Child-Welfare-Proposals-022222.pdf

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Specifically, budget language amends statute to allow state assistance to be provided to emergency caregivers prior to their completion of the RFA process, for up to 120 days (or 365 days in cases where a good cause extension is warranted) on an ongoing basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/4

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - RFA Preapproval Funding for Emergency Caregivers Continued. Counties provide grant payments to emergency placement foster caregivers with a pending RFA application in an amount equal to the basic rate paid to approved resource families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/5

^[PDF] Human Services: Discretionary Spending Proposals in the 2022-23

Human Services: Discretionary Spending Proposals in the 2022-23 May Revision (In Millions) Program or Department Proposal 2021-22 2022-23 SAL Exclusion One Time Ongoing 2021-22 2022-23 Aging Master Plan for Aging Implementation — $17.5 $1.9 — — CalFood Temporarily augment state support for select food banks — 50.0 — — — Child care Funds grants for child care facility renovation and repairs —
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2022/4598/Tables/4_Human-Services.pdf

The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - In general, for emergency caregivers whose RFA remains pending after the specified time periods have lapsed, counties will be able, but not required, to use county funding for temporary foster care assistance payments until RFA is completed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/7

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Notification Practices are designed to ensure that the state alerts DVBEs when they have been named as part of a bid. This helps the state catch vendors who might be misleading state procurement officials into thinking a DVBE subcontractor is involved in the bid when the DVBE is unaware they have been named.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095