The 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Apr 15, 2024 - As part of the 2022 ‑23 budget package, the state eliminated the cannabis cultivation tax, which provided roughly one ‑fifth of Proposition  64 tax revenue. Recognizing the resulting fiscal risk, the budget package also established a target funding level for programs that receive Proposition  64 revenues (the “2020 ‑21  baseline ”) and included provisions intended to keep funding from falling below that target.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4893

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 26, 2024 - FFPSA Part I extension of expenditure authority — — Governor ’s budget proposes to extend the expenditure deadline for local child welfare agencies to spend their grant dollars for the state Family First Prevention Services Block Grant for four years, to June 30, 2028.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4855

The 2024-25 Budget: IS and IT Project Proposal Tables

Feb 9, 2024 - IT = information technology; CDT = California Department of Technology; TF = total funds; GF = General Fund; OF = other funds; EDD  =  Employment  Development Department; CalSTRS = State Teachers ’ Retirement System; PSP = Pension Solution Project; N/A = not applicable; CalHHS  =  California Health and Human Services Agency; DSS = Department of Social Services; CWS ‑CARES = Child Welfare Services
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4836

The 2024-25 Budget: CalWORKs

Mar 4, 2024 - Limited information is currently available on county expenditures of 2023 ‑24 FS, ESE, and eligibility and administration single allocation funding. We recommend the Legislature ask the administration for an immediate update, as well as routine updates going forward, on the expenditure of these funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4872

The 2024-25 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 29, 2024 - We will continue to work with the administration to monitor expenditures and provide updates at the May Revision if necessary. However, by better aligning the budgeted amount with actual program expenditures, it is likely that for 2023-24 and 2024-25 combined, there could be savings of over $25  million General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4868

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - The legislation also dedicated a portion of the state ’s sales and use tax and vehicle license fee revenues —along with a portion of the associated growth in these revenues —to counties to administer these programs (along with some public safety, behavioral health, and adult protective services programs).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

The 2024-25 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 8, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program Summary For 2024-25, the Governor ’s budget proposes $3.7  billion from the General Fund for the state ’s share of SSI/ SSP —an  increase of $121  million (3  percent) over estimated 2023-24 expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4832