The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Child Support Program Proposals

Feb 18, 2022 - This brief describes the Governor's 2022-23 budget proposals for the child support program and provides comments and recommendations to the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4550

The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Mar 3, 2026 - SSP Grants Were Increased in 2016-17, 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24.  Since the Great Recession, as seen in Figure  2, grants for individuals and couples have been increased four times —in 2016-17 (by 2.76  percent), 2021-22 (by 23.95  percent), 2022-23 (by 10.3  percent), and 2023-24 (by 9.2  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2016-17 Budget: Evaluating FI$Cal

Mar 10, 2016 - Additionally, since the approval of SPR 5, the Steering Committee has taken several actions to defer additional departments (such as BOE and DOJ) until the final wave of the project. While deferring deployment when a department is not ready is prudent, this action has grown the already large, final wave.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3386

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

Mar 19, 2018 - Chapter  15 of 2017 (AB  99, Committee on Budget) effectively removes the final hold harmless provision on December 31, 2018. That is, beginning with January 1, 2019, all providers are to receive rates set at the 75 th percentile of the 2016 survey, even if lower than the rates they had received based upon an earlier market survey.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3787

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - Chapter  3 of 2016 (AB X2  1, Thurmond.) provided DDS $11  million General Fund annually to support grants for service providers to modify their programs and services to make them compliant with the final HCBS rule.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683

The 2018-19 Budget: Evaluating FI$Cal

Mar 2, 2018 - (Refer to our March  10, 2016 report, The 2016-17 Budget: Evaluating FI$Cal for a comprehensive description of the project’s history.) Partnership of Four Control Agencies Manage Project. The FI$Cal Project is managed by a partnership of four control agencies —Department of Finance (DOF), State Controller ’s Office (SCO), State Treasurer ’s Office (STO), and the Department of General Services (DGS).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3768

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

Feb 17, 2017 - In response to the issues with the FSR approval process described above, in 2016 CDT fully implemented a new IT project approval process —Project Approval Lifecycle (PAL). It divides CDT ’s approval process into four stages —business analysis, alternatives analysis, procurement analysis, and bid analysis and finalization of project details.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3562

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - The spending plan includes supplemental reporting language that requires DCSS and Judicial Council, in collaboration with the Child Support Directors Association of California (CSDAC), to provide updates to the Legislature on key components of California ’s child support program, including the effectiveness and outcomes associated with (1)  order establishment and the modification process, (2)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/9

The 2019-20 Budget: Aligning the State’s IT Project Approval Process With the Annual Budget Process

Mar 14, 2019 - Established administratively under CDT’s authority to approve and oversee IT projects, PAL divides CDT’s project approval process into four stages: (1) business analysis, (2) alternatives analysis, (3) solution development (including procurement analysis), and (4) project approval and readiness (including bid analysis and finalization of project details).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3976

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Emergency Response Augmentation $50 million one ‑time in 2021 ‑22 and again in 2022 ‑23, expendable for four years (through June 30, 2026 for the later allocation). Minor Victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation Pilot Projects $25 million one ‑time in 2022 ‑23, available through June 30, 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147