The Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) this week released its report Ready or Not 2021: Protecting the Public’s Health Against Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism providing an annual assessment of states’ level of readiness to respond to public health emergencies. The report measures states’ performance on 10 key emergency preparedness indicators and found room for improvement…
Read More »This week, the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) issued a report providing an overview and recommendations to improve the Legislature’s oversight of the Governor’s emergency spending authorities. The report details the existing authorities available to the Administration in incurring emergency costs in light of the Governor’s proposals for COVID-19 emergency spending and authority. Namely, the…
Read More »California Health Policy Strategies (CHPS) recently issued a policy brief providing an overview of the California Department of Health Care Services’ (DHCS) California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) implications for reentry and justice-involved populations. CHPS details the background of the Newsom Administration’s CalAIM proposal and discusses potential changes in health services delivery and financing for…
Read More »Recently, the California Budget & Policy Center issued its report, “Confronting Racism: Overcoming COVID-19 and Advancing Health Equity.” The report assesses the inequities unveiled during the COVID-19 pandemic, including racism’s impact on the health of children, families, and individuals, the COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on communities of color, and pandemic-induced economic hardship. The report calls on…
Read More »This week, the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) published a report providing an overview of the state’s California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) proposal, a sweeping set of reforms to expand, transform, and streamline Medi-Cal service delivery and financing. This week’s report from the LAO is the first in a series addressing different components of…
Read More »This afternoon, the California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) issued a report describing how COVID-19 spending is reflected in the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) budget. The LAO report provides information on CDPH’s COVID-19 spending, as well as funding that has flowed through CDPH’s budget to California’s 61 local health departments to support local response…
Read More »This week, Children Now issued its 2020-21 California County Scorecard of Children’s Well-being, an interactive tool detailing data on how children are doing in each of California’s 58 counties. The tool tracks 39 key indicators of children’s well-being over time, by race/ethnicity, and relative to other counties from prenatal stages to the transition to adulthood….
Read More »This week, California State Auditor Elaine Howle issued a report detailing the state’s management and administration of federal Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF) appropriated to California by Congress in March 2020. Recall, Auditor Howle designated the state’s management of federal funds to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic as a “high-risk statewide issue” given the significant amount…
Read More »The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) Essentials for Childhood (EfC) Initiative recently published a newly developed resource entitled, “California Child Wellbeing Coalition e-Guide.” The e-Guide was developed for individuals and entities serving Californians and interested in collaborating or connecting with local coalitions, boards, and other organized…
Read More »Following the issuance of the Governor’s FY 2021-22 Proposed Budget last Friday, the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) issued its overview report this week. The LAO report provides a high-level assessment of the Governor’s proposed investments, highlighting areas for further legislative consideration and providing commentary on potential legislative actions relative to proposed investments. The LAO report…
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