The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - Additionally, the past budgets assumed DSS would not begin to award new slot funding to GCC providers until t he last two or three months of each fiscal year. Moreover, we have heard from providers that even after they receive new slot funding from DSS, it takes time to advertise the additional slots, complete the required paperwork, and for families to select a child care provider.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - These two programs seem to be similar in that both provide funding for foster youth to participate in extracurricular activities, among other things. How will DSS/DHCS ensure the two programs complement one another?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Apr 15, 2024 - Funding for Slot Expansion Typically Not Fully Spent in Initial Years. After DSS allocates and awards new CAPP and CCTR slots, it typically takes agencies and providers a few months to ramp up capacity to recruit, enroll, and serve additional children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4893

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for Child Welfare

May 24, 2024 - Making Implementation Subject to Trigger Determination Seems Questionable. We question whether trigger language for this proposal makes sense. The proposed tiered rates, along with the completely new strengths building and immediate needs rate components, represent a significant restructuring of foster care rates that warrants legislative input.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4909

Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Access

May 7, 2021 - Figure  2 shows three years of data on health plan enrollment broken down by type of coverage. The figure shows that job-based coverage declined swiftly over the first six months of the pandemic between March  2020 and September 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4426

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program Favorable Effects Well ‑supported At least two studies with nonoverlapping samples carried out in usual care or practice settings must achieve a rating of moderate or high on design and execution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - Despite these potential benefits, CDCR does not appear to be taking full advantage of this option. While CDCR is not allowed to use tele ‑mental health services in inpatient settings, the Coleman court allows up to 50  percent of outpatient providers —those working with the CCCMS or EOP populations —to be remote.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Sep 26, 2024 - The budget gives State Preschool providers the option to serve two-year olds. (Previously, State Preschool providers could only serve three- and four-year olds.) If providers want to serve two-year olds, they must begin to do so before July 1, 2027.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4932

The 2022-23 Budget: Health Care Access and Affordability

Feb 23, 2022 - To  achieve the goal of controlling health care cost growth, these regulatory bodies or independent entities could perform several functions, such as (1)  collecting detailed financial information from a comprehensive set of health care payers and providers, (2)  providing incentives to encourage health care payment models based
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4560

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool [Publication Details]

Mar 19, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5168