The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - As   Figure  2 shows, we estimate (based on historical federal data) that Medi ‑Cal pharmacy spending in 2023 ‑24 was nearly double the level in 2018 ‑19. Pharmacy spending continued growing even after the roll out of Medi ‑Cal Rx in 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Similarly, rural communities that are at greater risk of experiencing water shortages due to droughts tend to be home to large proportions of households with residents of color and who earn lower incomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: Equity Considerations

Mar 12, 2021 - In addition, persons of color are disproportionately represented among seniors in the Medi ‑Cal program compared to seniors living in the state as a whole. Many CalAIM reforms could improve care for Medi ‑Cal ’s senior population, which, in turn, could disproportionately benefit the state ’s seniors of color.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4402

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

Feb 16, 2018 - State General Fund Supports Non ‑Realigned Components of Child Welfare and State Oversight Functions. The 2018 ‑ 19 b udget proposes around $ 433  m illion General Fund for county welfare and probation departments to implement components of the child welfare program that were not part of 2011 r ealignment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3757

The 2017-18 Budget: The Coordinated Care Initiative: A Critical Juncture

Feb 27, 2017 - The 2011 realignment affected 1991 realignment in three ways: Child Welfare Services. Prior to the 2011 realignment, the 1991 realignment Social Services Subaccount supported counties ’ share of child welfare services costs, while the state was responsible for the remaining nonfederal share.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3585

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - As Figure  3 shows, spending on services purchased for consumers has more than doubled across all service types. Importantly, the increased cost for services also reflects a combination of the increases in caseload and utilization over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2021-22 Budget: Assessment of CalHEERS Dashboard

Mar 25, 2021 - Additional functionalities and defect fixes are identified and prioritized by Covered California, DHCS, and the California Health and Human Services Agency ’s Office of Systems Integration, in consultation with other stakeholders including the County Welfare Directors Association (CWDA) and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4408

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Health and Human Services

Oct 17, 2019 - California Statewide Automated Welfare System (CalSAWS) State Required by Federal Government to Transition From Three Automated Welfare Systems to One Statewide System. A number of major HHS programs, such as CalFresh and CalWORKs, are locally administered by the state ’s 58 counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4104

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: New Directions for Services for Seniors and Persons With Disabilities

Mar 15, 2021 - Another driver of growth in the senior population with disabilities is the increasing racial diversity of the senior population, as seniors of color make up a disproportionate share of seniors with disabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4404

The 2024-25 Budget: Future of Public Health Budget Solution

May 21, 2024 - This increase was greatest among Latino and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander populations, whose death rates more than doubled between 2019 and 2022. American Indian/Alaskan Native populations had the highest death rate due to drug overdoses prior to the pandemic and this has persisted with the recent rise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4904