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The 2024-25 Budget: Child Welfare
As shown in Figure 2, new 2024-25 proposals for child welfare programs comprise mainly budget solutions. Specifically, the proposed solutions would:

Eliminate FURS. The Governor’s budget proposes to reduce funding for FURS by $30 million General Fund in 2024-25 and ongoing, which would fully eliminate current funding for the program. FURS provides immediate supports to current and former foster youth and their caregivers who are experiencing interpersonal conflict or other situations that risk destabilizing the placement. The program, which initially was funded as part of the 2019-20 budget package, includes a statewide hotline and in-person county mobile response units. The statewide hotline was implemented in March 2021 and counties implemented their mobile response teams in July 2021.
Eliminate SILP Housing Rate Supplement. The budget proposal would reduce funding for the SILP housing supplement by $18.8 million General Fund in 2025-26 and ongoing, which would eliminate current funding for the rate supplement. The supplement is intended to align SILP rates with counties' Fair Market Rents. The rate supplement and necessary automation costs were funded as part of the 2023-24 budget package. The supplement has not yet been implemented; the rates currently are scheduled to be automated in 2023-24 and 2024-25, with full implementation in 2025-26.
Eliminate Los Angeles County Public Health Nurse Pilot. The budget proposal also would reduce funding for Los Angeles County’s child welfare public health nursing pilot program by $8.25 million General Fund in 2024-25 and ongoing, which would fully eliminate current funding for the program. This program is intended to be an early intervention program through which public health nurses partner with the county child welfare agency to provide preventative services to children and families at imminent risk of entering or re-entering the child welfare system, but currently not served by other public health nurse programs (namely, the Child Welfare Public Health Nursing General Program or Health Care Program for Children in Foster Care). Although the pilot initially was funded as part of the 2019-20 state budget package, implementation was delayed due to the COVID-19 public health emergency and the program ultimately was approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in spring 2023.
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reached no final conclusion, it suggested that it would be preferable to serve these acutely ill wards by contracting out to private or
state hospitals.
Improving Staff Recruitment and Retention for Medical and Mental Health Care Positions. One persistent barrier to the
provision of adequate health and mental health services for Youth Authority wards identified by the TAP has been the difficulty in
recruiting and retaining qualified professional staff. A key element of this problem has been the relatively low salaries for these
positions relative to the private sector as well as other state agencies. While the Youth Authority is authorized to provide recruitment
and retention bonuses to some of these classifications to improve this situation, it has not received funds specifically for this purpose.
The work group on medical and mental health recommended that adequate resources be dedicated to this sector to meet statutory
and constitutional obligations.
Developing a Comprehensive Gang Strategy 
Gang affiliations among wards in Youth Authority institutions is a pervasive problem. Yet management of gang problems varies from
institution to institution and has included techniques which have received negative media coverage. One ongoing issue has been
whether to segregate wards by gang affiliation or to put members of rival gangs within the same units. Some institution
superintendents prefer to segregate to prevent hostilities from flaring up, while others feel it is important not to legitimize these
divisions by basing institutional decisions around them. The work groups noted that the Youth Authority has been relatively
successful in identifying gang members and activity, but has not developed sufficient ways to intervene and manage gang-related
problems. As a result, the TAP recommended that the Youth Authority establish a multidisciplinary task force to develop a
department-wide strategy to address the gang problem within institutions.
Improving Relationship Between The Youth Authority and the Counties 
Improvement in State-County Relations Is Needed. In recent years, the relationship between the Youth Authority and the
counties, particularly county probation departments, has deteriorated to the extent that there is little communication between the two
groups. There are a number of reasons for this including elimination of the Youth Authority's role in monitoring county juvenile
detention facilities, and implementation of a sliding scale fee structure which requires the Youth Authority to regularly bill the
Attorney General James Reaches $310,000 Settlement-in-Principle with Syracuse Landlord for Failing to Address Lead-Based Paint Hazards
The funds will also be used to identify and resolve all potential lead hazards at D’Angelo’s properties with a history of lead violations.  “William D’Angelo cut corners and failed to address serious lead hazards at his properties, putting countless children and their families in danger,” said Attorney General James. “In Syracuse and throughout New York state, the life-changing health impacts of lead exposure disproportionately affect children of color. My office will always fight to protect children from lead poisoning and work with our partners in government and advocacy to keep families safe. I am grateful to County Executive McMahon and Mayor Walsh for standing with us against this public health crisis.” In July 2023, Attorney General James, County Executive McMahon, and Mayor Walsh filed a lawsuit against D’Angelo and his company, alleging that he repeatedly and persistently violated lead safety laws at nearly two dozen rental properties in Syracuse. Over the past eight years, there were at least 360 violations of lead safety laws at properties owned by D’Angelo. At least 16 children, 11 of them children of color, were poisoned by lead while living at these properties.Lead-based paint in residential housing is a pervasive problem in Syracuse, where 81 percent of the housing stock was built before lead-based paint was banned in New York in 1970. Lead poisoning in Onondaga County is highest among children of color, the majority of whom live in Syracuse. In 2022, 510 children in Onondaga County had elevated levels of lead in their blood, and 90 percent of those children lived in Syracuse. More than 11 percent of the Black children tested in 2021 had elevated blood lead levels, compared to just two percent of white children tested.Over the last 30 years, D’Angelo has owned and managed at least 48 rental properties with at least 116 individual rental units in Syracuse. According to city and county records, all of D’Angelo’s rental properties were built prior to 1940, and therefore are all presumed to contain lead-based paint. Most of these properties are in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color. D’Angelo currently owns 39 rental properties in and around Syracuse, 22 of which have had lead-related violations.
2024 Public Comments to Preliminary Applications
Unfortunately Red Hill Rd is classified as a ML3 road ( closed to non-highway licensed vehicles) and may not be eligible for grant funding. Navajo Flats underwent significant improvements in 2013, funded by OHV RTP, and San Luis Obispo County grants. The project planner was the SLRD Landscape Architect at the time. Traffic control barriers were placed, including a welded steel pipe fence to protect the adjacent Navajo Creek. Rock obstacles were placed to delineate parking and the entire staging area was graded. Concrete pads for camping locations were placed, and shade structures were later installed by volunteers. A youth track was constructed. The existing vault toilet was deemed to be adequate and was left in place without improvements. Informational kiosks were installed. Unfortunately, from our perspective, the area was dealt a setback when it was turned over to Parks Management. A previous Forest Adventure pass site became a fee area, and the cost increased from $5 for a day use pass to $10 for parking and $20 for overnight camping. This has displaced use to adjacent dispersed camping areas along Red Hill Rd with associated resource impacts. Because Navajo Flats only recently underwent significant improvements we submit that there may be limited opportunity for further expansion and improvement of the site. The area may not be large enough to include a 4X4 obstacle course, and a project of this type should be preceded by a user survey to determine interest. Adding more camping and parking may require the addition of a additional vault toilet. The current spacing of the parking is pleasant, with enough space between sites. Adding more sites could increase density and potentially detract from the visitor experience. There is some potential for expanding the area past the youth track further up McGinnis Creek trail , but this may or may not be desirable due to resource impacts. Navajo Flats seems to have sufficient capacity for even large events, such as the New Year's day ride every year. We conclude that this may be a situation where " if it's not broken, don't fix it." With respect to the Upper Oso Campground improvement, this is clearly needed because the area was heavily damaged by storms during 2023.
California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities
In 2011, the state enacted legislation and the voters adopted constitutional amendments (in 2012) known as 2011 realignment, which gave counties fiscal responsibility for child welfare. 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). In addition to dedicated 2011 realignment dollars, counties also may choose to spend other local funds (such as county general fund resources) on child welfare programs. As a result of Proposition 30 (2012), under 2011 realignment, counties either are not responsible or only partially responsible for child welfare programmatic cost increases resulting from federal, state, and judicial policy changes. Proposition 30 establishes that counties only need to implement new state policies that increase overall program costs to the extent that the state provides the funding for those policies. Counties are responsible, however, for all other increases in child welfare costs—for example, those associated with rising caseloads. Conversely, if overall child welfare costs fall, counties retain those savings. Parameters set by realignment and Proposition 30 have resulted in the state choosing to implement many new child welfare program components as county options and consequently also result in California’s 58 counties making different implementation choices for child welfare programs. 
Some Recent Major Initiatives
This section describes some policy areas of recent legislative focus. The policy areas described here are not inclusive of all of California’s major child welfare initiatives, but rather are those most relevant to this report. 
Implementing Continuum of Care Reform (CCR). Beginning in 2012, the Legislature passed a series of legislation implementing CCR. This legislative package makes fundamental changes to the way the state cares for youth in the foster care system. Namely, CCR aims to: (1) end long‑term congregate care placements; (2) increase reliance on home‑based family placements, including those with relatives/kin; (3) improve access to supportive services regardless of the type of foster care placement a child is in; and (4) utilize universal child and family assessments to improve placement, service, and payment rate decisions.
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VET TEC update: The pilot program concludes this April - VA News
I was honestly looking forward to going back to school with a hopeful chance of having job placement Immediately after with this program. During the covid 19 pandemic for the past 2 and a half years it completely messed up my schooling and my internship so I did not retain or learn anything and my lack of skills even with a degree are basically useless because I have no training and honestly at this point it’s like I know nothing. Guess The vet tech program was not for me.
Good luck out there, especially with inflation and an extremely competitive job market. I have been searching for a Remote entry level good paying position for several months and nothing.

JB
	April 9, 2024 at 12:55	

Great program in an area in which both the government and the military services acknowledge they are WOEFULLY short on employment numbers… so terminate. Makes sense considering Congress can barely pass the required authorization bills let alone anything else.

Chris clark
	April 9, 2024 at 11:29	

Why wasn’t this program disclosed when I have inquired about benefits multiple times over the last three years for pilot programs? All I got was use your gi bill for Gen Ed’s and the housing step to pay for the rest. Why wasn’t this advertised? Would have been greatly successful if education reps told us about it. Hope it gets refunded to help others and you know maybe actually tell people about it.

Francois Pelletier, CW3 USA (Ret)
	April 5, 2024 at 08:30	

Vet Tech program reads like a successful endeavor. Ok. Let’s terminate. So nice.
Pelletier CW3, USA (Ret)

Brian
	April 4, 2024 at 19:31	

Just got my certificate of eligibility… guess that was all for nothing!

T.
	April 4, 2024 at 11:34	

Still baffles the mind how a very successful program gets terminated. Each year, more and more veterans jumped onto this program and thrived. But I guess when something is successful, cut it off ASAP.
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In August 2020, Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, placed a robocall to approximately 5,500 New Yorkers falsely claiming that mail-in voting would result in voters’ information being disseminated to law enforcement, credit collection companies, and the Centers for Disease Control.  Wohl and Burkman claimed that the call originated from a “civil rights organization” called Project 1599. These calls violated state and federal law because they threatened voters with dire consequences for exercising their right to vote.  
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Overview and Update on the Prison Receivership
For example, under ISUDTP, medication assisted treatment is made available at all prisons to people with an assessed SUD need. The state currently spends about $281 million annually on ISUDTP.
Implementation of Information Technology (IT) Improvements. The federal court found that the IT (such as electronic files that track appointments) to complete essential medical care tasks was “practically non‑existent” in California prisons. To address these deficiencies, the Receiver procured various IT systems. The largest of the IT projects was the Electronic Health Record System (EHRS). The EHRS was developed to provide an electronic health record for each patient that would (1) be available at all prisons, (2) eliminate the need for paper files that must be transported between prisons, (3) provide real‑time data on the level of care provided, and (4) standardize and coordinate medical record entries that were previously difficult to access in the paper‑based system. Development of the EHRS began in 2013 and was first implemented statewide in 2017, with additional improvements to the system in later years. The has state dedicated a total of about $400 million to the project including the addition of functionality after completion. The state spent about $34 million in 2022‑23 to operate the EHRS, including maintenance and vendor licensing fees. 
Changes to Pharmaceutical Services. When establishing the Receivership, the federal court found that there were “serious, long‑standing problems with dispensing medication, renewing prescriptions, and tracking expired prescriptions” and that chronically ill patients were not able to refill their prescriptions in a timely manner. To address these deficiencies, the Receiver took several steps to standardize and centralize pharmaceutical practices across the prison system. For example, the Receiver established a drug formulary to improve consistency in prescribing practices and introduced a central‑fill pharmacy to coordinate pharmaceutical services across prisons. Notably, from 2004‑05 (the year before the Receivership) through 2021‑22 (the most recent year for which complete data exist), the pharmaceutical budget increased from $212 million to $319 million after adjusting for inflation—an increase of 50 percent. (The pharmaceutical budget reflects only the cost of pharmaceuticals and not the cost of medication management or administration.)
California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities
Examining how these programs could more effectively serve families at risk for child maltreatment could help the Legislature further address child welfare disproportionalities and disparities. 
Appendix: Selected References
Bhushan, Devika et al. “Roadmap for Resilience: The California Surgeon General’s Report on Adverse Childhood Experiences, Toxic Stress, and Health.” Office of the California Surgeon General, December 2020. https://osg.ca.gov/2021/09/27/roadmap‑for‑resilience‑california‑surgeon‑generals‑report/
Casey Family Programs, “How did the blind removal process in Nassau County, N.Y., address disparity among children entering care?” Updated April 2021. https://www.casey.org/media/21.07‑QFF‑TS‑Blind‑removals‑Nassau.pdf 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Risk and Protective Factors.” Child Abuse and Neglect Resources, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Page last reviewed April 2022. https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/childabuseandneglect/riskprotectivefactors.html 
Dettlaff, Alan and Reiko Boyd. “Racial Disproportionality and Disparities in the Child Welfare System: Why Do They Exist, and What Can Be Done to Address Them?” The Annals of the American Academy, Volume 692, Issue 1, November 2020. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716220980329 
Dettlaff, Alan et al. “Disentangling substantiation: The influence of race, income, and risk on the substantiation decision in child welfare.” Child and Youth Services Review, Volume 33, Issue 9, pages 1630‑1637, September 2011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.04.005 
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2024 Public Comments to Preliminary Applications
I may come to support the grant request from Tread Lightly! that includes trail signage, but as the current signage have had too little input from off-road enthusiasts, I cannot yet support this aspect of the grant application. I have heard rave reviews from environmental organizations about how great it is to work with Tread Lightly! on signage, but have yet to hear the same from off-road and over-snow enthusiasts. Much more outreach needs to be made by Tread Lightly! with the off-road community before I can support the use of the OHV Trust Funds to be used for signage that works against the OHV and OSV communities, rather than to benefit the OHV and OSV communities. Amy Granat - 5/2/2024

I would like to comment on the Tread Lightly grant application on behalf of the California Off Road Vehicle Association. I was a little confused at first when I read the application. I didn't understand buying materials without having a specific location to use it. I spoke to Branden today at the trail day in the Cleveland National Forest and he said that they want to be ready to go if/when they find an area in need. I know Tread Lightly is engaged in helping OHV, as I have gotten several small grants from Tread Lightly to cover costs of cleanups in OHV areas. By having money in the bank, ready to spend, they can fix problems before they become bigger. I imagine money that is not used would be returned, so please fund this grant and let Tread Lightly lead us to swift resolution to the coming, unforeseen, problems. Ed Stovin - 5/4/2024

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Hello, 30 year resident of the eastern sierra and writin today in support of the ground ops grant for Valley Outdoors. The Inyo nf needs help maintaining its roads because the shrinking engineering dept cant do it on its own. Regrading and improving 180 dips and waterbars in critical areas will strengthen the roads ability to withstand storms, thereby reducing the need for post storm maintenance. The local jeep club and others eagerly support the efforts of Valley Outdoors and ask for your consideration of this grant.