The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - The  2022 ‑23 budget package included $20  million General Fund over two years for grants to enable preschool programs to include more children with exceptional needs. The Governor proposes delaying the implementation of this two ‑year program until 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 29, 2022 - Figure 3 shows that the plurality of participants is white (44 percent), despite whites making up 29 percent of all DDS consumers. By comparison, Latinos comprise only 27 percent of SDP participants, but 40 percent of all DDS consumers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4577

COVID-19: American Rescue Plan’s Major Health-Related Funding Provisions

May 6, 2021 - Enhanced Federal Funding for HCBS State Currently Spends Over $20  Billion on HCBS. HCBS include a variety of services for persons with functional limitations that are intended to help them avoid requiring care in institution, such as a nursing home.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4425

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - For example, one consumer might receive five hours of respite in a given month, while another consumer might receive 20 hours of respite in the same month. Accordingly, using available data to calculate an average cost per consumer ($21,000 General Fund in 2025 ‑26, for example) or a growth rate in the average cost per consumer (8.6  percent between 2021 ‑22 and 2026 ‑27, for
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

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

Mar 6, 2025 - The two outliers, as discussed above, are the high Community Supports utilization rates in Orange County (3.7  percent) and Imperial County (4.4  percent). Utilization rates across counties vary considerably, with generally lower utilization rates in the central and eastern portions of the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

The 2023-24 Budget: Whole Child Model Expansion

May 5, 2023 - One hospital —Children ’s Hospital of Orange County —has estimated to our office that it will begin incurring a reduction in funding of around $20  million annually beginning in 2025 as a result of this redistribution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4767

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - As a result, as Figure  2 shows, Medi ‑Cal comprises 19  percent of overall General Fund spending by the end of our outlook period —slightly lower than the 20  percent share in the 2025 ‑26 enacted  budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 13, 2024 - In particular, spending for Hispanic/Latino consumers is about half that for white consumers on averag e. (We raised concerns about spending disparities in a previous analysis , which provides additional context on this topic.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4837

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: Equity Considerations

Mar 12, 2021 - For example, Black Medi ‑Cal beneficiaries report worse overall health and suffer from chronic conditions such as diabetes at higher rates than other racial or ethnic groups. Moreover, Black state residents as a whole experience homelessness at highly elevated rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4402

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 24, 2022 - In 2022-23, the majority of this local assistance funding will go to the first cohort of counties (Glenn, Orange, Riverside, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, and San Francisco) that must implement the CARE Court Program no later than October 1, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4642