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

May 17, 2018 - For example, it is unclear if DSS would have to work with the Council to implement and evaluate Home Safe given the Council ’s overall role in coordinating various housing and homelessness programs throughout the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3842

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

Mar 19, 2018 - The state still was using the 2005 market survey to set rates up to January 1, 2015. By January 1, 2018, the state had begun using the 2016 survey to set rates. Over this period, state RMR funding increased by 26  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3787

The 2018-19 Budget: Evaluating FI$Cal [Publication Details]

Mar 2, 2018 - In this analysis, we describe the Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal) Project and the major changes to the project based on the newly released Special Project Report (SPR). We also describe the Governor’s 2018-19 budget proposal to fund activities associated with the new SPR at the State Controller’s Office. Finally, we make associated findings and recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3768

The 2018-19 Budget: Evaluating FI$Cal

Mar 2, 2018 - In particular, SCO produces the state ’s annual Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), a report that informs stakeholders, such as bond rating agencies, of the state ’s financial condition and how the state manages public resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3768

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

Feb 16, 2018 - State‑Operated Residential and Community Facilities Program Budget Summary While DDS previously referred to all its state ‑run programs as DCs, its new nomenclature —State ‑Operated Residential and Community Facilities —reflects the changing role of the state in developmental services —from delivering its state ‑staffed services primarily in institutional DC settings to delivering services in more varied ways.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3757

Sequestering Savings From the Closure of Developmental Centers

Jan 31, 2018 - If neither expresses interest, the surplus state property can be sold at fair market value to private entities. Second, according to the State Constitution, any revenue generated from the sale of surplus state property is to be deposited into the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties, the state ’s discretionary budget reserve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3735

Recent Congressional Action on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

Jan 23, 2018 - CHIP is a joint federal-state program that provides health insurance coverage to children in low-income families, but with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid. The state and federal governments share the cost of CHIP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3734

Recent Congressional Action on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) [Publication Details]

Jan 23, 2018 - Updated 2/9/18: On Friday, February 9, 2018, Congress appropriated additional funding for CHIP through FFY 2026-27 at states' traditional cost share which, in California, is 35 percent. No changes were made to the previous reauthorization of CHIP funding through FFY 2022-23, discussed in this post.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3734

The Potential Effects of Ending the SSI Cash-Out

Jan 8, 2018 - The Legislature could consider establishing a state food benefit program that would replace some or all of the lost food benefits. There are many ways a state food benefit program could be structured, each with its own trade ‑offs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3729

The Potential Effects of Ending the SSI Cash-Out [Publication Details]

Jan 8, 2018 - The Potential Effects of Ending the SSI Cash-Out [Publication Details] The Potential Effects of Ending the SSI Cash-Out Format: HTML Description: The Supplemental Report of the 2017-18 Budget Act directed our office to report on the programmatic and fiscal implications of ending a long-standing state policy that provides Supplemental Security Income/State
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3729