2008/2009 Budget Updates


A major (possibly the major) advocacy issue each year is enactment of the State Budget. Every year, the CWDA office provides the counties with a series of "updates" on the status of the State Budget. The "Budget Updates" include information about the Governor's proposals, budget subcommittee actions, Budget Conference Committee actions, leadership negotiations, and Governor's vetoes.

Update #1 - Budget Overview Update #2 - Proposed Funding for Related Services Update #3 - Budget Committee Action on Mid-year Cuts Update #4 - Legislature Approves Mid-year Cuts Update #5 - LAO Releases Analysis of the 2008-09 Budget Bill Update #6 - More on the LAO Budget Alternative Update #7 - Governor Releases May Revision

2008/2009 Memos

• LAO Analysis on Foster Care: Foster Care Rate Cut, Proposed Cap to the Specialized Care Rate—OPPOSE
• LAO Analysis on Adoption Assistance Payments—CONCERNS
• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PROPOSED MEDI-CAL CUTS
• MULTIPURPOSE SENIOR SERVICE PROGRAM – OPPOSE 10 PERCENT CUT
• Proposed Termination of ISAWS Migration Project – SUPPLEMENTATION INFORMATION
• Child Welfare Services Funding Cut – OPPOSE
• Foster Care Rates: 10 percent rate cut to Foster Care, KinGAP, AAP, SED, Specialized Care Increment, and Clothing Allowance—OPPOSE
• Proposed Medi-Cal Cuts
• Proposed Changes to In-Home Supportive Services
• Administration’s CalWORKs Proposals
• Proposed Cut to County Food Stamp Administration
• Adult Protective Services 10 Percent Cut
• Proposed Termination of ISAWS Migration Project
• Proposed Changes to Day Treatment Authorization/Proposed Elimination of the Community Treatment Facility

 2007/2008 Budget Updates


A major (possibly the major) advocacy issue each year is enactment of the State Budget. Every year, the CWDA office provides the counties with a series of "updates" on the status of the State Budget. The "Budget Updates" include information about the Governor's proposals, budget subcommittee actions, Budget Conference Committee actions, leadership negotiations, and Governor's vetoes.

Update #1 - Budget Overview Update #2 - Additional Budget Items (Allocation Summary) Update #3 - Important new information about IHSS and THP+ Update #4 - LAO Releases Analysis of the 2007-08 Budget Bill Update #5 - Governor Releases May Revision Update #6 - Budget Subcommittees Complete Action Update #7 - Budget Conference Committee Completes Action Update #8 – Assembly Approves Budget Deal Budget Actions Grid 05-25-07 Budget Actions Grid 07-02-07 Update #10 – Legislature Approves Budget Update #11 – Governor Signs Budget Budget Actions Grid 08-22-07

 2006/2007 Budget Updates


A major (possibly the major) advocacy issue each year is enactment of the State Budget. Every year, the CWDA office provides the counties with a series of "updates" on the status of the State Budget. The "Budget Updates" include information about the Governor's proposals, budget subcommittee actions, Budget Conference Committee actions, leadership negotiations, and Governor's vetoes.

Update #1 - Budget Overview Update #2 - Governor Releases Trailer Bill Update #3 - LAO Releases Analysis of the 2006-07 Budget Bill Update #4 - Governor Releases May Revision Package Update #5 - Budget Subcommittees Complete Action Update #6 - Legislature Approves Budget

 Budget Advocacy Letters

2007/2008 Memos

• Gomez Settlement Trailer Bill Language
• FUNDING FOR COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMS ? ADOPT PLACEHOLDER TRAILER BILL LANGUAGE TO RESTORE THE PROCESS OF BUDGETING BASED ON REASONABLE CURRENT COSTS
• Foster Care Overpayments?REJECT RETROACTIVE COUNTY SHARE OF COST AND ADOPT TRAILER BILL LANGUAGE TO IMPLEMENT FUTURE OVERPAYMENT PROCESS
• Gomez v. Saenz?URGE TRAILER BILL LANGUAGE TO ACCURATELY ESTIMATE IMPLEMENTATION COSTS
• Item 0530 Information Technology ? FUND CRITICAL EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT AND USER SUPPORT (Updated Request)
• Child Welfare Services Budget Methodology ? ADOPT SB 2030 STANDARDS
• Dual Agency Rate?REQUEST ADOPTION
• Item 0530 Information Technology ? FUND CRITICAL EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT AND USER SUPPORT
• Transitional Housing Program-Plus ? URGE FULL FUNDING CONSISTENT WITH LAST YEAR?S BUDGET AGREEMENT
• Medi-Cal Performance Standards Proposal
• Private Adoption Agency Reimbursement Payments Program Reimbursement Rate Increase Request—SUPPORT
• Technical Clean-up of Kin-GAP Plus Program – URGE ADOPTION OF PLACEHOLDER TRAILER BILL LANGUAGE
• Cost-of-Doing-Business – Restore Process to Budget Program Administration Based on Reasonable Current Costs
• Linkages Program ? REQUEST SUPPORT TO AUGMENT LINKAGES BY $1.85 MILLION (GF)
• Administration's CalWORKs Proposals ? OPPOSE
• Adult Protective Services (APS) ? URGE SUPPORT TO AUGMENT APS BY $20 MILLION (GF)
• Information Technology ?
  FUND CRITICAL EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT AND USER SUPPORT
• Child Welfare Services Workload and Budgeting -
  MAINTAIN EXISTING FUNDING COMMITMENTS AND IMPLEMENT NEW BUDGETING METHODOLOGY
• Child Welfare Services Workload and Budgeting
  MAINTAIN EXISTING FUNDING COMMITMENTS AND IMPLEMENT NEW BUDGETING METHODOLOGY
• Technical Clean-up of Kin-GAP Plus Program -
  URGE ADOPTION OF PLACEHOLDER TRAILER BILL LANGUAGE

 

2006/2007 Memos

• IT Budget Memo Assembly
• Budget Memo CWIA – Assembly
• Cost-of-Doing-Business – Fully Fund County Program Administration
• Item 4260: Medi-Cal Administration – FULLY FUND COUNTY MEDI-CAL ELIGIBILITY OPERATIONS
• Budget Overstates Quarterly Reporting Savings for Food Stamps – URGE RESTORATION OF NEEDED PROGRAM FUNDS
• Medi-Cal Citizenship Documentation Requirements
• Conlan Lawsuit – Adopt Clear Timeframes for Assessing Impact on County Eligibility Determination Processes
• CalWORKS Program – URGE RESTORATION OF NEEDED
  PROGRAM FUNDS
• Item 0860: State Board of Equalization: Sales and Use
  Tax Administration Cost Allocation – REJECT LEGISLATIVE ANALYST’S RECOMMENDATION

 2005/2006 Budget Updates


A major (possibly the major) advocacy issue each year is enactment of the State Budget. Every year, the CWDA office provides the counties with a series of "updates" on the status of the State Budget. The "Budget Updates" include information about the Governor's proposals, budget subcommittee actions, Budget Conference Committee actions, leadership negotiations, and Governor's vetoes.

Update #1 - Budget Overview Update #2 - Summary of Major Findings by the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) Update #3 - May Revise Overview Update #4 - Budget Subcommittees Complete Action on the May Revision Update #5 - Conference Committee Begins Update #6 - Conference Committee Final Actions Actions Grid Update #8 - Senate Takes Vote, No Budget Yet Update #9 - A Compromise is Reached Update #10 - Budget Is Signed Update #11 - Budget Vetoes

 Budget Advocacy Letters

2005/2006 Memos

• May Revision - Budget Overstates Quarterly Reporting Savings - URGE RESTORATION OF NEEDED PROGRAM FUNDS
• May Revision - CalWIN Conversion Support
• May Revision - Child Welfare Program Improvement Efforts - SUPPORT IMPROVEMENT FUND; REJECT FUNDING CUT
• May Revision - Pay for Performance - Support Funding Structure; Amend Trailer Bill Language
• Budget Memo - Medi-Cal/Healthy Families Bridging Proposal - Senate
• Budget Memo - Medi-Cal Single Point of Entry Eligibility Proposal - Senate
• Budget Memo - Additional Information on Eligibility Determination by the Single Point of Entry Vendor
• Budget Memo - CalWorks - Senate
• Budget Memo - Foster Care - Senate
• Budget Memo - IHSS - Senate
• Budget Memo - New Bridge for Medi-Cal Healthy Families - Senate
• Budget Memo - Child Welfare Workload Standards and Funding Analysis - SB 2030 - Senate
• Budget Memo - Reject Time Limit for CALWORKs Stage Three Childcare - Standards - Senate
• Budget Memo - County Medi-Cal Data Monitoring - Reject Private Vendor Model - Senate