The 2021-22 Budget: Assessment of CalHEERS Dashboard

Mar 25, 2021 - CalHEERS refers individuals determined by the system to be likely eligible for Medi ‑Cal to county eligibility workers for final eligibility determination. County staff then use both CalHEERS and the Statewide Automated Welfare System (SAWS) to determine final program eligibility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4408

The 2022-23 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services [Publication Details]

Feb 2, 2022 - This post describes the Governor’s budget assumptions and proposals related to the In-Home Supportive Services program and offers relevant issues for Legislative consideration. Update (2/7/22): Time requirement for incentive payment to IHSS providers in the state’s HCBS spending plan has been updated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4512

The 2022-23 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 2, 2022 - Beginning in 2012 ‑13, however, the historical county share ‑of ‑cost model was replaced with an IHSS county maintenance ‑of ‑effort (MOE), meaning county costs would reflect a set amount of nonfederal IHSS  costs as opposed to a certain percent of nonfederal IHSS  costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4512

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Significant Changes to Solutions From June 2024 Budget Package Managed Care Organization (MCO) Tax Package. Some of the largest budget solutions in the June budget package involved the MCO tax, a tax on health plans that supports the Medi ‑Cal program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - The legislation also dedicated a portion of the state ’s sales and use tax and vehicle license fee revenues —along with a portion of the associated growth in these revenues —to counties to administer these programs (along with some public safety, behavioral health, and adult protective services programs).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The  2021-22 spending plan provided additional funding to expand the availability of intensive case management and begin increasing the budgeted county staff hours per intensive case (thereby increasing the funding counties received for intensive cases).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/2

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Creates Foster Youth Tax Credit. Creates refundable $1,000 tax credit for young adults aged 18 through 25 who were foster youth at age 13 or older and are otherwise eligible for the California Earned Income Tax Credit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/4

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The decrease is primarily driven by: Expiration of one-time funding provided in 2023-24, such as $100  million for Los Angeles County child welfare stabilization and $50  million for flexible county funds to support home-based foster placements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/6

Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - Moving violation stops by five of the seven agencies (Los Angeles Police Department, San Diego Police Department, San Francisco Police Department, San Bernardino County Sheriff, and San Diego County Sheriff) declined over this period, with the declines ranging from 23  percent to 86  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

The 2024-25 Budget: CalWORKs

Mar 4, 2024 - Our office independently forecasts CalWORKs grant increases triggered by growth in realignment revenue (a share of state sales tax and vehicle license fee revenues dedicated to counties). While our estimates have differed from the administration ’s previously, at this time our two offices ’ estimates are similar.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4872