The 2019-20 Budget: Governor's Proposals for Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Feb 28, 2019 - Associated costs would be covered by a combination of Proposition   56 t obacco tax revenues and federal funding for Medi ‑Cal. Notably, state policy currently requires Medi ‑Cal managed care plans to provide such screenings, and thus, some portion of the proposed one million screenings currently occurs and would occur even absent the Governor ’s proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Social Services Budget

Feb 22, 2019 - Under current law, the General Fund has supported the restoration of IHSS service hours, which were previously reduced by 7   p ercent, so long as the MCO tax is in place. (Additional information on the MCO tax can be found in our report, The 2019‑20 Budget: Analysis of the Medi‑Cal Budget .)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3947

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Shifts Some County IHSS Costs to General Fund, Potentially Addressing Some State ‑County Cost ‑Sharing Issues. The budget proposes a number of changes to the mechanism by which the state provides counties with funding for IHSS costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

Rethinking the 1991 Realignment

Oct 15, 2018 - Step Two: Sales Tax Growth to IHSS. One of the permanent changes made to 1991 r ealignment in the 2017 ‑18 Budget Act was to prioritize the use of any increases in sales tax revenue for IHSS costs. As a result, any year ‑over ‑year increase in sales tax revenue first is allocated to counties ’ IHSS costs (through the Social Services Subaccount).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3886

Rethinking the 1991 Realignment [Publication Details]

Oct 15, 2018 - Historically, these shifts—or realignments—aimed to benefit both the state and counties by providing greater local flexibility over services, allowing counties opportunities to innovate and improve program outcomes, and encouraging cost savings by requiring counties to share in program costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3886

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Health and Human Services (HHS)‑Related Funding to Address Homelessness

May 17, 2018 - What obstacles have counties faced in operating HSP successfully? Are there related policy changes that could make HSP more effective? How often are counties able to secure permanent housing for CalWORKs families within 16 days?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3842

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Health and Human Services (HHS)‑Related Funding to Address Homelessness [Publication Details]

May 17, 2018 - The Governor’s 2018 19 May Revision proposes a package of actions and funding augmentations aimed at alleviating homelessness. Several of the major elements of the proposal are in the HHS area of the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3842

The 2018-19 Budget: Child Care Programs—Analysis of Governor’s Hold Harmless Rate Proposal

Mar 19, 2018 - Reimbursement rates for voucher providers vary based on the county in which the child is served. These reimbursement rates are referred to as the RMR and are based on regional market surveys of a sample of licensed child care providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3787

The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the Health and Human Services Budget

Feb 16, 2018 - Until 2011 ‑ 12 t he state General Fund and counties shared significant portions of the nonfederal costs of administering CWS. In 2011, the state enacted legislation known as 2011 r ealignment, which dedicated a portion of the state ’s sales tax to counties to administer CWS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3757

Sequestering Savings From the Closure of Developmental Centers

Jan 31, 2018 - Porterville DC, which opened in 1953, sits on 670 acres in the town of Porterville in Tulare County. Porterville DC is somewhat more remote than the other DCs, with the closest airport in Visalia, 40 m iles away.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3735