The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - Within EDD, the Employment Training Panel (ETP) is a quasi ‑independent entity that distributes training grants to businesses for the employer to set up programs to train existing, incumbent workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

Building California’s Behavioral Health Infrastructure: Progress Update and Opportunities for the Proposition 1 Bond

Feb 5, 2025 - As  an individual ’s behavioral health needs change, the level of service they receive and setting in which they receive care also ideally change. In order to provide individuals appropriate care, the behavioral health system must offer a wide range of services in a variety of settings, commonly referred to as a continuum of care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

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

Mar 15, 2021 - Beneficiaries may have trouble navigating multiple access points and sets of eligibility requirements in order to receive care from multiple programs. They also may find that some LTSS programs they are attempting to access are not available in their regions, or have a limited number of slots available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4404

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - This arrangement ensures that consumers with relatively higher support needs can receive professionally supervised services in an appropriate setting. Additionally, certain services can be provided in a group setting at a lower cost per person, whereas other services are provided individually at a higher cost per person.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - California historically has set its provider taxes and fees well below this revenue limit. In recent years, however, California pursued notably larger taxes, getting much closer to the federal limit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 24, 2022 - The waiver increases the number of slots available, expands the community transition services, adds pediatric day health centers licensed to operate a transitional health care needs optional services unit, increases the rate paid to personal care agencies, and adds assistive technology and paramedical services as se rvices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4642

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

Feb 10, 2022 - Provide medical and supportive services to individuals residing in permanent supportive housing and congregate care settings. 298 Eliminating Assisted Living Waiver Waitlist. Eliminate Assisted Living Waiver waitlist by increasing waiver slots by 7,000. 255 Services: Enhancing HCBS Capacity and Models of Care Developmental Services Rate Model Implementation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4524

The 2025-26 Budget: CalAIM Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports Implementation Update

Mar 6, 2025 - Services to Enable Members to Remain in a Home ‑Like Setting Day habilitation programs Programs provided to assist beneficiaries with developing skills necessary to reside in home ‑like settings, often provided by peer mentor ‑type caregivers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Recent budgets have set the SFEU between $3.5  billion and $4  billion. The Governor proposes a $4.5  billion SFEU balance for the end of 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Considering Medi-Cal in the Midst of a Changing Fiscal and Policy Landscape

Oct 24, 2025 - The current limit —set at 6  percent of a taxed provider group ’s overall net patient revenue —is intended to prevent states from adopting very large taxes and imposing high costs on the federal government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083