The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - What about the contract for the Financial Management Coordinator, and any other externally contracted parties? Would DSS be able to cancel these contracts? The most recent cost estimates we have seen assume a phased implementation approach over three years (2027-28 to 2029-30).
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation

Mar 5, 2026 - Recommendations Direct Administration and Counties to Report on Drivers of Payment Error Rates and Plans to Manage Them. We recommend that the Legislature direct both the administration and counties to report at budget hearings on the major drivers of payment error rates and steps currently underway and future efforts to manage them in both Medi ‑Cal and CalFresh.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Housing stabilization and relocation efforts also include outreach and engagement, landlord recruitment, case management, housing search and placement, legal se rvices, and credit repair. Bringing Families Home Program (BFH).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/7

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - DDS is undergoing a multiyear effort to modernize the IT systems used for case management and accounting in regional centers and state-operated facilities. The spending plan provides $13.3  million one-time total funds ($5.1  million General Fund) to continue planning the new system, called LOIS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/1

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The 2025-26 spending plan maintains these reductions, which include: Ongoing reduction of $47  million in employment services intensive case management funding. Short-term reductions of $25  million annually in 2024-25 and 2025-26 in home visiting program funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

The 2021-22 Budget: Medi-Cal Enterprise System Modernization Effort

Feb 17, 2021 - The MES Modernization effort, in contrast, also will include modernization and/or replacement of subsystems that operate the Medi ‑Cal managed care program, which now supports the more than 80  p ercent of enrollees served by Medi ‑Cal managed care plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4375

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - CalAcademies also track workforce training and conduct evaluations of child welfare staff through pre ‑ and post ‑surveys using an online learning and management system. In the State Prevention Plan, DSS describes a three ‑tiered training approach to ensure child welfare staff and community providers are prepared to implement prevention services: Tier 1 focuses on prevention
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - What other alternatives to DARTs did SCO and CalHR consider when planning the change management efforts for this project? Would SCO and CalHR consider any of the alternatives if DARTs prove to be ineffective at coordinating change management activities for CSPS?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - Additional Medi-Cal Change to Establish Managed Care Plan Child Welfare Liaisons. In support of implementing BH-CONNECT and CalAIM, DHCS in 2023-24 began requiring managed care plans to designate child welfare liaisons, whose role includes overseeing and delivering Enhanced Care Management for foster youth, attending CFT meetings, ensuring
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - Only two milestones —milestone 7.1 (Case Management Assessment) and milestone 26.1 (Facility Management System) —are currently delayed, but the status of each remaining milestone can change month-to-month.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006