The 2021-22 Budget: Department of Developmental Services (DDS) May Revision Budget Proposal

May 24, 2021 - While we understand that DDS hopes to link any new RC operations spending to newly designed performance indicators, we also know that caseloads continue to grow, which results in service coordinator caseload ratios being even more out of compliance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4438

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

Mar 15, 2021 - Administration ’s Master Plan for Aging Has Components Related to CalAIM. The administration released its Master Plan for Aging in January 2021. The Master Plan for Aging identifies five goals and 23 strategies to help build what it describes as a “California for All Ages ” by 2030.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4404

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 13, 2024 - The California Health and Human Services Agency identified the Master Plan for Developmental Services as one of its 2024 ‑25 program priorities. There is no new funding associated with this proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4837

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Mental Health Workforce Proposal

May 9, 2019 - To see whether the number of people entering mental health professions has in fact remained constant in recent years (which would suggest that the education and training of new mental health professionals is likely not meeting the state ’s workforce needs), we reviewed data on the number of individuals graduating with professional masters or doctoral degrees in mental health ‑related fields from California universities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4031

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

Oct 17, 2019 - Children and nonelderly adults are generally eligible for free coverage through Medi-Cal if they have income less than 138  percent of FPL. In contrast, for individuals over age 65 and some others that qualify for Medi-Cal because of a disability, the income threshold for free coverage is lower —roughly 122  percent of FPL in 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4104

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: The Overarching Issues

Feb 9, 2021 - This additional federal funding could increase capacity to provide services, to the extent that it frees up county funding to make further investments in the behavioral health system. CalAIM Could Strengthen Managed Care Plans ’ Capacities and Incentives to Coordinate Care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4357

The 2020-21 Budget: Re-Envisioning Medi-Cal—The CalAIM Proposal

Feb 28, 2020 - In June 2019, the Governor signed an executive order requiring that a Master Plan for Aging be developed and established a stakeholder advisory committee to assist with preparing the master plan by October 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4185

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of CalAIM Financing Issues

Feb 16, 2021 - Obtaining this federal funding could result in savings to the county behavioral health delivery system, which could free up county funds to be invested in providing additional behavioral health services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4374

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The underlying budget dynamics today are particularly challenging for three reasons. First, revenues have not caught up with expenditures. Second, under our estimates, expenditure growth exceeds estimated revenue growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - As a result, the new federal subsidies free up most of the General Fund allocated to state subsidies in 2020 ‑21 (due to the timing of when the federal subsidies take effect)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465