The 2023-24 Budget: Whole Child Model Expansion

May 5, 2023 - The 2023-24 Budget: Whole Child Model Expansion The 2023-24 Budget Whole Child Model Expansion Summary. The Whole Child Model, currently implemented in 21 counties, integrates children ’s specialty care services provided in the California Children ’s Services (CCS) program into Medi-Cal managed care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4767

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 23, 2023 - Expands Whole Child Model to Additional Counties. The Whole Child Model, enacted in 2016, integrates the California Children ’s Services program into Medi-Cal managed care. Prior to this year ’s budget package, Whole Child Model was authorized in 21 counties —nearly all counties with only one public managed care health plan serving most Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4810

Enhancing Federal Financial Participation for Consumers Served by the Department of Developmental Services

Nov 9, 2021 - Because of the needed level of care, this pathway disregards the parents ’ income and considers only the child ’s income to determine Medi ‑Cal eligibility. (A child ’s income includes any child support or trust fund income.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4471

The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the Health and Human Services Budget

Feb 16, 2018 - A significant component of CWS is the making of per child per month payments to foster caregivers and providers to cover costs associated with the care, supervision, and service needs of a foster child.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3757

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Medi-Cal Student Services Funding Proposal

Feb 17, 2021 - Both counties and managed care plans conduct assessments according to a set of criteria to determine which delivery system a child should receive treatment in. (If a managed care plan determines that a child should receive SMHS, it is responsible for referring that child to counties for treatment.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4377

Enhancing Federal Financial Participation for Consumers Served by the Department of Developmental Services—An Interim Update

Apr 19, 2021 - Because of the needed level of care, this pathway disregards the parents ’ income and considers only the child ’s income to determine Medi-Cal eligibility. (A child ’s income could include child support or trust fund income.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4415

The 2017-18 Budget: The Coordinated Care Initiative: A Critical Juncture

Feb 27, 2017 - Of the funds allocated to the General Growth Subaccount, 18  percent goes to the Health Subaccount, roughly 40  percent goes to the Mental Health Subaccount, and the remainder goes to the Child Poverty and Family Supplemental Support Subaccount (hereafter the Child Poverty Subaccount).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3585

The 2018-19 Budget: The Administration’s Proposition 55 Estimates

Mar 1, 2018 - For example, in 2017 ‑18, the state created the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program, which allows foster families to access subsidized child care funding immediately. The administration includes this program in workload budget under the rationale that the state has long provided funding for foster services and related support for foster parents, even if this particular service —immediate access to subsidized child care —is new.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3765

Mental Health Services Act: Impact of Governor's Proposal on Funding for Children and Youth

Aug 10, 2023 - (A “dyad ” refers to a family unit of a child and their parent/caregiver.). The CYBHI also includes policy changes that are intended to expand access to children and youth behavioral health services on an ongoing basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4786

Federal COVID-19 Response Actions Affecting Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities

Apr 16, 2020 - Under current state law, individuals employed by their child or spouse are ineligible for state unemployment benefits. In the case of IHSS, this means that IHSS providers that provide services to their child or spouse are ineligible for state unemployment benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4221