The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Human Services Budget

Feb 28, 2017 - We have reviewed the average hours per case calculation for 2015-16, which serves as the basis for the current-year and budget-year projections, in light of actual hours per case data available to date and do not raise any concerns at this time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3576/2

The 2017-18 Budget: The New IT Project Approval and Funding Process

Feb 17, 2017 - Typically, the Legislature approves funding for IT projects on a year ‑by ‑year basis. This provides assurances that the sponsoring department will return in a subsequent fiscal year with a status update and a request for additional funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/3562

The 2017-18 Budget: The New IT Project Approval and Funding Process [Publication Details]

Feb 17, 2017 - The 2017-18 Budget: The New IT Project Approval and Funding Process [Publication Details] The 2017-18 Budget: The New IT Project Approval and Funding Process Format: HTML Description: In recent years, the California Department of Technology has begun implementing a new IT project approval process—known as the Project Approval Lifecycle (PAL)—with the goal of helping to bolster project planning and reducing the likelihood of project challenges or failure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3562

The 2016-17 Budget: Evaluating FI$Cal

Mar 10, 2016 - The SPR extended the schedule by two years and increased the cost by nearly $300  million, relative to SPR 1. SPR 3 November 2009 Unspecified Unspecified SPR 3 established the use of a multistage procurement approach.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3386

The 2016-17 Budget: Child Welfare Services--New System

Feb 25, 2016 - Under the traditional approach, any implementation of the new IT system does not being until all phases of the project are complete (it often takes several years to reach this point). In contrast, the agile approach is an iterative approach for developing IT systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3369

The 2016-17 Budget: Analysis of the Human Services Budget

Feb 11, 2016 - As part of a years –long effort to identify and effect improvements to the state ’s child welfare system, the Legislature passed legislation in 2015 implementing the Continuum of Care Reform, or CCR.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3351

The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Health and Human Services)

Jun 19, 2015 - Restores In –Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Service Hours From Prior –Year 7  Percent Reduction. The budget package includes $226  million General Fund, on a one –time basis, to restore IHSS services hours that had been reduced by 7  percent in a prior –year budget action.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3277

The 2013-14 Budget: Analysis of the Health and Human Services Budget [Publication Details]

Feb 27, 2013 - For the most part, the year-over-year budget changes reflect caseload changes, technical budget adjustments, and the implementation of previously enacted policy changes, as opposed to new policy proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2698

The 2012-13 Budget: Evaluating FI$Cal [Publication Details]

Apr 30, 2012 - In addition to the inherent benefits derived from having a modern, fully integrated financial information system for the state, proceeding with FI$Cal would also avoid substantial costs associated with replacing various individual financial management systems over the next several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2624

The 2012-13 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services Budget Update [Publication Details]

Mar 19, 2012 - The first alternative is to consider extending a 3.6 percent across-the-board reduction in service hours that is set to expire at the end of the current year. The second alternative is to consider reenacting a reduction in state participation in provider wages to a level, determined by a study, that does not impact recipient access to services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2600