The 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Apr 15, 2024 - Governor ’s Budget Modifies Ramp ‑Up Schedule for New CCTR Slots, but Continues to Assume All New Slots Are Rolled Out by 2026 ‑27. While the Governor ’s budget continues to assume a total of 62,080  new CCTR slots will be added by 2026 ‑27, the administration proposes changes to how these slots are phased in relative to 2023 ‑24 Budget Act .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4893

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

Mar 19, 2018 - More Than One-Third of Slots Funded Using Hold Harmless Rate. As Figure  3 shows, slightly less than two-thirds of slots (63  percent) funded by the state use the most recent survey to determine their rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3787

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - Bonus Pay for Bilingual Service Provider Staff. The spending plan provides $2.2  million General Fund in 2021 ‑22, $4.3  million General Fund in 2022 ‑23, and $6.5  million General Fund in 2023 ‑24 and ongoing to support wage bonuses for DSPs who are bilingual —including in American Sign Language —and can support the estimated 90,000 consumers who speak a primary language other than English.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/1

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - In addition, the 2021 ‑22 budget provided HCAI  with $60  million General Fund to support the Song ‑Brown Program, intended to increase the number of primary care providers statewide by funding primary care residency training slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - (At the time of publication, nearly one-third of child care slots statewide were impacted by facility closures.) Prior to beginning operation, employers must contact their local CCL office.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/6

The 2023-24 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 22, 2023 - This decline continued until September 2021, the month during which a federal bonus for Unemployment Insurance benefits expired. Caseload has increased each month since September 2021, although it still remains about 40,000 families below pre-pandemic levels in the most recent data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4699

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

Jan 14, 2019 - These slots would be on top of the almost 9,000 full ‑day slots the state added over the past three years. Extending preschool to all children from low ‑income families is consistent with considerable research that has concluded the benefits of preschool are greatest for these children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2025-26 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 19, 2025 - This decline continued until September 2021, the month during which a federal bonus for Unemployment Insurance benefits expired. Caseload generally increased month over month (with few exceptions) from September 2021 to September 2024 (the most recent month for which caseload data are available).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4969

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Eliminate Assisted Living Waiver waitlist by increasing waiver slots by 7,000. 92.1 Laguna Honda Enhanced Transition Services Benefit. Transfer Medicaid ‑funded residents of Laguna Honda Hospital to new care setting. 0.6 Services: Enhancing Home and Community ‑Based Services Capacity and Models of Care Developmental Services Rate Model Implementation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/6

The 2024-25 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 29, 2024 - The state ’s HCBS spending plan includes two IHSS-related enhancements: (1)  provide a one-time $500 payment to IHSS providers who worked at least two months between March  2020 and March  2021 and (2)  create specialized training opportunities and fiscal bonuses for IHSS providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4868