The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Early Education

Oct 26, 2020 - Trailer legislation provides reimbursement flexibility in 2020-21 for direct contract providers that opened to begin the school year or were closed due to local or state public health guidance. For providers that meet these conditions, reimbursement will be the lesser of the contract amount or program costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4289

Income Tax Withholding Tracker: October 19 - October 23 [EconTax Blog]

Oct 23, 2020 - The first graph compares withholding payments received  this   week to payments received in the comparable week in 2019, which ran from Monday, October 21 to Friday, October 25 of that year. Withholding was up 27 percent from the comparable week in 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/570

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - To move individuals currently held at county jails to Porterville DC while the new community homes are developed, the spending plan provides $8.9  million General Fund annually until June  30, 2024 to temporarily add 20 beds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/1

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - In addition, there are a number of EFC eligibility crite ria that NMDs normally must meet in order to participate, such as being enrolled in school or working. For 2020 ‑21, NMDs who fail to meet these criteria due to COVID-19 may remain in EFC (as long as corresponding federal flexibilities remain in place).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/5

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - However, the spending plan rejects the funding reductions, resulting in General Fund levels remaining flat year to year between 2019 ‑20 and 2020 ‑21. Transfers Funds From State Health Facilities Citation Penalties Account to Long-Term Ombudsman Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/8

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - Under Cal-OAR, counties are required to develop strategic plans and track specific performance indicators related to CalWORKs over a three-year cycle. Cal-OAR was authorized as part of the 2017 ‑18 spending plan, with the first three-year cycle intended to begin this year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/2

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - Between April 23, 2020 and August 3, 2020, IHSS parent providers in two-parent households were allowed to continue to be paid IHSS providers even if the second parent becomes a suit able care provider because the parent is not working or attending school or vocational program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/3

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services $1,584.2 $1,595.1 a The maximum monthly grants displayed refer to those for aged and disabled individuals and couples living in their own households, effective as of January 1 of the respective budget year. b Reflects Governor ’s May Revision estimate of the January 2021 federal cost ‑of ‑living adjustment for the SSI portion of the grant —1 .1 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/4

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - This amount includes funds for procuring and customizing the system, supporting organizational change management, integrating systems, and other activities over the next three years beginning in 2020-21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/6

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 22, 2020 - These augmentations include (1) $61.9  million for contract medical services to replace one-time funding that expired at the end of 2019 ‑20, (2) $13.3  million for psychiatry registry services, and (3) $5.9  million (increasing to $8.4  million by 2024 ‑25) to expand telepsychiatry services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4288