The 2023-24 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Mar 20, 2023 - Recommend Spending Federal ARP Fiscal Relief Funds First, Evaluating Remaining General Fund in Spending. We recommend the Legislature direct the administration through trailer bill language to spend federal ARP fiscal relief funds first.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4747

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Broadband Infrastructure

Oct 27, 2021 - Of the $1.072  billion, $550  million is from the state ’s ARP CCPF allocation and $522  million is from the state ’s allocation from the ARP ’s fiscal relief funds. These funds are to be deposited into a new Federal Funding Account within CPUC ’s CASF program to provide last-mile broadband infrastructure project grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4467

The 2021-22 Budget: Preliminary Comments on the Governor’s May Revision Proposal for Broadband Infrastructure

May 24, 2021 - Proposal Budget Proposal Would Appropriate $2  Billion Federal ARP Funds in 2021 ‑22, With Intent to Commit $5  Billion in Federal ARP and State Funds in 2022 ‑23, for Broadband Infrastructure Projects and Programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4440

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - ARP Flexible Funding What Are the ARP Flexible Funds? The ARP included $350  billion in funding to state and local governments for fiscal recovery in the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund. Of this total, California ’s state government will receive about $27  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - Additionally, under the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act, the federal government increased the federal match rate for IHSS and other Medicaid-funded home- and community-based services (HCBS) by an additional 10  percentage points from April 1, 2021 through March  31, 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/4

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - Enhanced Federal Funding Facilitates Program Enhancements American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act Provides Additional Federal Funding for Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS). The ARP Act allows states to draw down enhanced federal funding for HCBS funded through the Medicaid program, provided that states spend the additional federal funding on HCBS program enhancements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/1

The 2022-23 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 2, 2022 - These savings will be transferred to the HCBS ARP Fund and spent on federally approved HCBS enhancements and expansions. The Governor ’s budget reflects the baseline IHSS  savings and transfer of funds in the Department of Health Care Services budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4512

The 2023-24 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 2, 2023 - Consequently, these savings were transferred to the HCBS ARP Fund and spent on federally approved HCBS enhancements and expansions. California ’s various HCBS enhancements and expansions had to be included in the state ’s HCBS spending plan that was ultimately approved by the federal government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4729

The 2022-23 Budget: Update on Home- and Community- Based Services Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2022 - This post provides an update on the state's home- and community-based services spending plan, which was conditionally approved by the federal government in January 2022. We describe the quarterly updates the state will need to provide the federal government and ways to ensure legislative oversight over implementation of HCBS spending plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4524

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - During the first year of FFPSA implementation, a county may elect to begin providing prevention services by providing written notice to DSS prior to fully completing its com prehensive prevention plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/3