THE SENATE BUDGET SUB COMMITTEE
NUMBER THREE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES WILL COME TO AN ORDER
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE- THE
SENATE CONTINUES TO WELCOME
PEOPLE IN PERSON AND OVER OUR
TELECONFERENCE FOR THOSE WHO
WHICH TO PROVIDE COMMENT THROUGH
THAT AVENUE TODAY'S NUMBER IS
GOING TO BE 1-877-226-8160 THREE
WITH AN ACCESS CODE UP. SEVEN
THREE SIX TWO EIGHT THIRTY FOUR
AS ALWAYS WE'RE MEETING IN ROOM
TWELVE HUNDRED OF THE TEN TWENTY
ONE- STREET BUILDING I ASKED OF
THE REMAINING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
PLEASE JOIN US- WHAT WE HAVE
QUORUM. WE WILL BE BEGINNING TO
HEAR OUR BUDGET PROPOSALS ARE
UNDER BUDGET PROPOSAL- HEARING
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
SERVICES- BEFORE THAT CONSULTING
HE PLEASE- NEVER MIND SO CLOSE-
SO WILL HOLD ON TO THE SENATOR
RETURNS WITH THAT IN MIND I'D
LIKE TO BRING UP THE FIRST
ISSUE. ON THE AGENDA AND
WELCOME- I DIRECTOR. I'M REALLY
BAD WITH NAMES BUT DIRECTOR I'VE
MEMORIZED YOUR NAME YOU'VE BEEN
HERE OFTEN. SO THE FIRST ISSUE
ON THE AGENDA IS GOING TO BE THE
CALFRESH AND NUTRITION PROGRAMS
OVERVIEW. WILL BE WELCOMING THE
DIRECTOR- TO START BY ANSWERING
THE QUESTIONS IN THE AGENDA WITH
THIS OVERVIEW AND THEN I'D LIKE
TO ALSO WELCOME UP AT LEÓN
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE TO WELCOME
TO JOIN US IN THE WELL. GOOD
MORNING I THINK YOU MADAM CHAIR
AND MEMBERS CAN JOHNSON
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
SERVICES I THANK YOU FOR THE
ATTENTION ON THE CALFRESH
NUTRITION WORK- THAT IS
HAPPENING ACROSS CALIFORNIA AS
YOUR GENDER REFERENCES CALFRESH
CALIFORNIA'S VERSION OF THE
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ALSO KNOWN AS
SNAP. AN ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM
THAT PROVIDES ELIGIBLE
HOUSEHOLDS WITH FEDERALLY FUNDED
MONTHLY BENEFITS TO PURCHASE
FOOD. THE PROGRAM IS EXPECTED TO
SERVE OVER TWO POINT SEVEN
MILLION HOUSEHOLDS THIS YEAR
REPRESENTING FOUR POINT EIGHT
MILLION CALIFORNIANS. WAITING TO
THE PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF
CALIFORNIA IN THE FALL OF TWENTY
TWENTY ONE ABOUT THREE POINT
NINE MILLION MORE CALIFORNIANS
OR TEN POINT 3% WOULD HAVE BEEN
IN POVERTY WITHOUT SAFETY NET
PROGRAMS. CALFRESH KEPT ONE
MILLION CALIFORNIANS OUT OF
POVERTY OR TWO POINT 6% UP FROM
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND IN TWENTY
NINETEEN DUE TO BOTH THE
TEMPORARY AND ONGOING CHANGES.
I'M AT FOR YOUR QUESTIONS
RELATED TO CASELOAD AND THE
BUDGET WE CONTINUE TO SEE CAO
CAO FRESH CASELOAD INCREASES IN
FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY ONE
TWENTY TWO APPROXIMATELY TWO
POINT SIX MILLION HOUSEHOLDS
WERE SERVED BY CALFRESH.
COVERAGE PER MONTH FOR THE
TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET THE DEPARTMENT
PROJECTS THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
CASELOAD WILL INCREASE BY SIX
POINT FOUR PERCENT. SERVING
AGAIN OVER TWO POINT EIGHT
MILLION AVERAGE HOUSEHOLDS PER
MONTH FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL
YEAR. AND THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
CASELOAD FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY
THREE TWENTY FOUR TWENTY FOUR
WILL INCREASE BY ZERO POINT TWO
PERCENT. THE FEDERAL CALFRESH
BENEFITS BUDGET IS APPROXIMATELY
NINETEEN POINT ONE BILLION IN
TWENTY TWO TWENTY THREE AND
EIGHT POINT NINE BILLION. IN
BUDGET YEAR. THIS INCLUDES A
TWELVE POINT 5% COLA INCREASE
FOR THE MAXIMUM ALLOTMENTS
BEGINNING OCTOBER ONE IF TWENTY
TWENTY TWO. THE ESTIMATED IMPACT
OF THE COAL IS SEVEN HUNDRED AND
THIRTY. THIRTY SEVEN ENGINE
THIRTEEN POINT NINE MILLION AND
CURRENT YEAR AND NINE HUNDRED
SEVENTY THREE POINT SEVEN
MILLION IN BUDGET YEAR. THE YEAR
OVER YEAR DECREASE IS AN
ESTIMATED BENEFITS REFLECTS THE
END OF EMERGENCY ALLOTMENTS
PANDEMIC ELECTRONIC BENEFIT
TRANSFER ALSO KNOWN AS P. B. P.
B. T. AND CALFRESH TEMPORARY
STUDENT ELIGIBILITY EXPANSION.
THE BUDGET PROPOSAL AT JANUARY
ALSO INCLUDES AT THE CALFRESH
MILITARY HOUSING ALLOWANCE
DISREGARD- INCLUDES FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND TOTAL FUNDS TWO HUNDRED
AND FIFTY THOUSAND GENERAL FUND
AND AUTOMATION COSTS ASSOCIATED
WITH IMPLEMENTING THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF S. B. NINE
FIFTY. WHICH SEEKS A FEDERAL
WAIVER TO EXCLUDE THE BASIC
AMOUNTS FOR HOUSING PROVIDED TO
SPECIFIED UNIFORM SERVICE
MEMBERS FROM CAMPBELL INCOME IN
THE DETERMINATION OF
ELIGIBILITY. WE ESTIMATE THIS
WILL ALLOW THIRTEEN THOUSAND
MILITARY FAMILIES TO BE NEWLY
ELIGIBLE FOLK FOR CALFRESH
BENEFITS. AS IT RELATES TO OUR-
SEE THAT CASELOAD SIMILAR TO
CALFRESH WE CONTINUE TO SEE THIS
CASELOAD INCREASE IN TWENTY ONE
TWENTY TWO APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN
THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED
HOUSEHOLDS WERE SERVED BY SEEK
OUT PER MONTH. IN THE TWENTY
THREE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET CDSS
PROJECTS THE CASELOAD FOR
CURRENT YEAR TO INCREASE BY NINE
POINT TWO PERCENT. AND IN BUDGET
YEAR INCREASING BY FOUR POINT 2%
OR SEVENTEEN THOUSAND FOUR
HUNDRED HOUSEHOLDS SERVED. SEE
THAT BENEFITS WHICH INCLUDE THE
TWELVE POINT 5% COLA THAT I
REFERENCED ARE EXPECTED TO BE
APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED POINT
FOUR MILLION GENERAL FUND IN
CURRENT YEAR IN SEVENTY FIVE
POINT EIGHT MILLION. IN BUDGET
YEAR. ALSO AS IT RELATES TO THE
CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD BACK
FOOD PROGRAM THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET INCLUDES SIX HUNDRED AND
NINETY TWO MILLION TOTAL FINES
OF EIGHTEEN MILLION GENERAL FUND
IN CURRENT YEAR. AND SIX HUNDRED
NINETY THREE POINT FIVE MILLION
TOTAL FUNDS NINETEEN POINT FIVE
MILLION GENERAL FUND IN BUDGET
YEAR. FOR THIS PROGRAM BASED ON
EXPECTED CLAIMS AND COLD
INCREASES WHICH REPRESENTS. A
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY POINT FOUR
MILLION DOLLAR TOTAL FIND. AT
CHANGE FROM THE BUDGET ACT OF
TWENTY TWENTY TWO. FOODBANKS THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET INCLUDES
EIGHTY SIX POINT SEVEN MILLION
IN CURRENT YEAR AND THIRTY FOUR
POINT SEVEN MILLION IN BUDGET
YEAR FOR THE FEDERAL FOOD BANK
PROGRAMS. AND ONE HUNDRED FORTY
EIGHT POINT NINE MILLION AND
CURRENT YEAR AND SIXTY FIVE
POINT EIGHT MILLION IN BUDGET
YOUR FOR THE STATE FOOD
PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAMS THE DIG
DECREASE- IS DUE TO THE
REDUCTION IN THE CHALFORD
AUGMENTATION IT ALSO REFLECTS
THE ONE TIME NATURE OF THE
FEDERAL EMERGENCY FOOD
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ALSO KNOWN AS
T. FAP- THE FEDERAL TEETH THAT
PROGRAM- AND RESILIENCY GRANT.
IS ALSO REFLECTED IN THAT
REDUCTION. LET COMMITTEE ASKED
ABOUT A GOALS TOWARDS OUR
CALFRESH ADMINISTRATION
METHODOLOGY- I WILL SEE THE
BUDGET INCLUDES AFTER CURRENT
YEAR- INCLUDING TV T. REFLECTS
TWO POINT ONE BILLION DOLLARS IN
TOTAL FUNDS SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY
POINT THREE MILLION IN GENERAL
FUND. WHICH REPRESENTS AN
INCREASE OF TWO HUNDRED ONE
POINT FOUR MILLION TOTAL FUNDS
FROM THE BUDGET ACT OF TWENTY
TWENTY TWO. AND BUDGET YEAR
CALFRESH ADMINISTRATION INCLUDES
TWO BILLION TOTAL FUNDS SEVEN
HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR POINT
SEVEN MILLION OF WHICH ARE
GENERAL FUND. WHICH REPRESENTS A
PROJECTED DECREASE OF ONE
HUNDRED AND THIRTY POINT TWO
MILLION TOTAL FUNDS REVISED. AT
THAT CURRENT YEAR. THE DECREASE
DECREASE REFLECTS THE RAMP DOWN
IN FUNDING FOR THE CALIPHATE
AUGMENTATION THE END OF P. P. T.
F. FUNDING FOR SPECIAL FOOD
PROGRAMS THE SENSE ADDING OF THE
CALIPHATE'S TEMPORARY STUDENT
ELIGIBILITY EXPANSION AND THE
COMPLETION OF INITIAL CROSS
TRAINING FOR CALFRESH.
SIMPLIFICATIONS AT OUT ALSO. IS
THE METHODOLOGY BEGINNING IN
BUDGET YOU'RE A B. TWO OH SEVEN
REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH REPRESENTATIVES
OF COUNTY HUMAN SERVICE AGENCIES
AND THAT CAT COUNTY WELFARE
DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION TO UPDATE
THE BUDGETING METHODOLOGY USED
TO DETERMINE THE ANNUAL FUNDING
FOR COUNTY ADMINISTRATION FOR
CALFRESH PUT. THAT PROGRAM EVERY
THREE YEARS- THIS.
ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING IS
LARGELY DEPENDENT ON CHANGES TO
THE CASELOAD AS YOUR AGENDA
POINTS OUT. THE BASE WAS
ESTABLISHED IN FISCAL YEAR
200-012-0002 AND HAS BEEN
ADJUSTED EACH YEAR FOR CASELOAD
INCREASE OR DECREASE.
ADJUSTMENTS ARE MADE TO THE
SPACE SPENDING FOR STAFF
DEVELOPMENT COST CONTRACTS
LEGACY SYSTEMS AND OTHER NON
CASELOAD DRIVEN ITEMS. THIS
METHODOLOGY AGAIN IS AB WE'RE
REVISITING REBASE WE HAVE BEEN
CONDUCTING SURVEYS WE'VE BEEN
ENGAGING WITH STAKEHOLDERS ALSO
HELD A LISTENING SESSION- BUT
AGAIN ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS
INFORMING WHAT WE WILL BRING TO
YOU IN THE MAY REVISION. FOR
FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE
REBATES FOR CONFERENCE ADMIN AND
WITH THAT I'LL BE HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. NOTHING SO
MUCH RECTOR WILL SUCH ONE OF MY
- ANSWERED IT RIGHT THERE SO I'D
LIKE TO TURN OVER TO LA. TOWN TO
THE QUESTION. I'M SO SORRY
COOLEY SABAH CORE. SENATORS
MENJIVAR HERE. WHENEVER HE-
EGGMAN. ROAF GROWTH HERE ROTH.
ROTH HERE HAVE A QUORUM. GOOD
RYAN ANDERSON. ANALYST JUST A- A
COMMENT ABOUT- AND CALFRESH
CASELOAD WHICH IS BEEN BEHAVING
RATHER UNUSUALLY THE LAST FEW
YEARS SO. THE OUR OFFICE WHICH
IS CHARGED WITH- PROJECTING
COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
PROGRAM HAS A MODEL WHICH
PROJECTS CALFRESH CASELOAD
LARGELY AS A- PRODUCT OF THE
LABOR MARKET- IN RECENT YEARS
WE'VE HAD TO DISREGARD THE-
RESULTS OF THAT MODEL BECAUSE
THEY'VE BEEN SO OUT OF LINE
WITH- THE ACTUAL DATA THEY
SUGGEST BASED ON- THE RELATIVE
STRENGTH OF. THE LABOR MARKET
THAT CASELOAD SHOULD BE
DECREASING WHEREAS IN FACT IT'S
BEEN INCREASING MONTH OVER
MONTH. A IN SEARCHING FOR AN
ANSWER AS TO WHY THIS DISCONNECT
FROM HISTORIC TRENDS- ONE ANSWER
WHICH SEEMS PLAUSIBLE WHICH HAS
COME UP IS THE IMPACT OF
EMERGENCY ALLOTMENTS WHICH
YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT IN THE NEXT
PANEL- THERE ARE MANY THAT THE
YOU KNOW WE'LL HEAR ABOUT THE
AVERAGE BENEFIT OF EMERGENCY
ALLOTMENTS IS. I BELIEVE AROUND
NINETY DOLLARS PER FAMILY BUT
THAT DISTRIBUTION IS VERY ON
EQUAL OF FAMILIES WHO ARE
EMPLOYED FOR MAKING OUTSIDE
MONEY THEY THEY MAY BE RECEIVING
HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS EXTRA IN
BENEFITS EVERY MONTH AND WHEN IT
COMES TIME TO FILL OUT YOUR
REDETERMINATION PAPERWORK THAT.
HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS BENEFIT
MIGHT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE
WHEREAS IF YOU'RE ONLY GETTING
SAY TWENTY THREE DOLLARS A MONTH
YOU YOU MIGHT DECIDE THIS
PROGRAMS NO LONGER WORTH. THE
TROUBLE. WITH THE EXPIRATION OF
THOSE EMERGENCY ALLOTMENTS- IN
THE IN THE SPRING IT'S POSSIBLE
THAT WE WILL SEE CALFRESH
CASELOAD REALIGN WITH HISTORIC
TRENDS WHICH MEANS THAT WE MAY
START TO SEE. A DECREASE IN THAT
CASE LOAD THERE'S SOMETHING TO
BE MINDFUL OF- IT'S TOO EARLY.
IT'S AS OF YET- A WE DON'T HAVE
THE DATA TO SUGGEST THAT IS
ACTUALLY HAPPENING BUT IT IS A
POSSIBLE DYNAMIC THAT WE JUST
WANT TO ALERT YOU TO. THANK YOU
SO MUCH AND JUST TO CONFIRM YOUR
THE POSSIBILITY OF THE DECREASE
IN CASELOAD IS BECAUSE THE AS
ARE NO LONGER GOING TO BE
SUPPLEMENTING AND PEOPLE DON'T
SEE THIS AS A WITH. A PROGRAM
THAT'S REALLY GONNA HELP AMOUNT
THAT WOULD BE OUR-
PRESUPPOSITION OF COURSE THAT
WOULD BE- ASSUMING THAT THE
DISCONNECT WE ARE SEEING
BETWEEN- HISTORIC THE HISTORIC
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LABOR
MARKET AND CALFRESH KEESLER
TRAINS WHICH WOULD SUGGEST THAT
CASELOAD SHOULD BE MUCH LOWER IN
THIS PROGRAM. THAT THAT
DISCONNECT IS BECAUSE OF
EMERGENCY ALLOTMENTS IT'S
POSSIBLE IT'S DUE TO OTHER
FACTORS. PERFECT THANK YOU SO
MUCH I TOOK DIRECTOR Q. BRIEFLY
JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
SUMMER EBT PROGRAM BUT
RESEARCHERS ARE BEING
IMPLEMENTED TO FOUND THAT UP. TO
BE READY TO GO SURE AND I KNOW
WE HAVE ANOTHER AT MAYBE WE CAN
WHICH I KNOW THAT WOULD ACTUALLY
HELP OKAY BECAUSE I'M WE'RE
GONNA TALK LATER ABOUT THAT-
COMMITTEE MEMBERS THIS ANY
COMMENTS ON THE OVERVIEW. FOR
PERFECT THANK YOU SO MUCH. I AM
WOULD DRIVE INTO OUR OUR PANEL
HERE ON THIS HUNGER CLIFF IN
WHAT L. A. O. JUST MENTIONED THE
END OF THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY
ALLOTMENTS HERE IN CALIFORNIA. A
WELCOMING BACK THE DIRECTOR
JOHNSON- AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME
BECKY SO BUFF GOVERNMENT
RELATIONS DIRECTOR OF CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF FOOD BANKS AND
YOU CHANGE THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
OF PUBLIC POLICY AT GRACE AND
CHILD POVERTY CALIFORNIA. N.
ELIZA'S FROM SPUR A PART OF THIS
PANEL IS COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE
GOING TO BE HEARING TO SOME
STAKEHOLDER PER PROPOSALS
USUALLY WE HEAR THEM AT THE END
OF THE HEARING- IT JUST SEEMED
APPROPRIATE TO. EMBED THEM INTO
THIS PANEL AS IT RELATES TO IT.
SO WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE
DIRECTOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH
MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS AGAIN
KIM JOHNSON CALIFORNIA PART IN
THE SOCIAL SERVICES I JUST
WANTED AGAIN START WITH
TREMENDOUS APPRECIATION. FOR THE
PARTNERS ACROSS THE STATE IN ALL
THAT'S BEEN DONE IN RESPONSE TO
THE PANDEMIC IN GETTING
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT OUT INTO
COMMUNITY. AT THIS- SECTION OF
YOUR AGENDA AND THE RESOURCES
THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT ARE ABSOLUTELY
SIGNIFICANT. AS SPECIFICALLY AT
THE COMMITTEE ASKED ABOUT THOSE
RESOURCES I'LL START WITH THE
CALFRESH EMERGENCY ALLOTMENTS
THESE WERE TEMPORARY INCREASES
TO REGULAR CALFRESH BENEFITS
AMOUNTS BURNING HOUSEHOLDS TO
THE MAXIMUM. CALFRESH BENEFIT
ALLOTMENT REGARDLESS OF SIZE OR
INCOME THEY WERE AUTHORIZED FOR
MARCH OF TWENTY TWENTY. TWO
FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR
PRELIMINARY TOTAL ISSUED
BENEFITS ARE FOURTEEN POINT ONE
BILLION DOLLARS WITH AN AVERAGE
ALLOTMENT OF TWO HUNDRED AND
THIRTY TWO DOLLARS MUCH PER
MONTH PER HOUSEHOLD. I EMERGENCY
ALLOTMENTS AT A MONTHLY BASIS
AVERAGE FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY
THREE MILLION DOLLARS ACROSS
CALIFORNIA. CITY CUT
CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT
INDEED EMERGENCY ALLOTMENTS
EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR
THE FINAL ISSUANCES OF THAT LAST
FEBRUARY MONTH WERE RECEIVED BY
AT PARTICIPANTS IN CALIBRATION
MARCH OF THIS YEAR. ARE THESE
WERE OBVIOUSLY INTEGRAL IN
HELPING LIFTING FAMILIES MAKING
LITTLE TO NO EARNINGS OUT OF
POVERTY FOR EXAMPLE OF HOW WORKS
ASSISTANCE UNIT WITH ONE ADULT
AND TWO YOUNG CHILDREN THE
EMERGENCY ALLOTMENTS A LONG PULL
FAMILIES MAKING LITTLE TO LOAN
NO EARNINGS AND OR SIX HUNDRED
DOLLARS PER MONTH. OUT OF
POVERTY USING THE ESTEPONA
POVERTY MEASURE TAKES OF THE
OREGON WERE SIGNIFICANT
INCREASES. A PANDEMIC ELECTRONIC
BENEFITS TRANSFER IT CAN'T P. B.
T. WAS ALSO A TREMENDOUS
RESOURCES PROVIDED FOOD BENEFITS
TO FAMILIES. WHO SCHOOL AGE
CHILDREN AND YOUNG CHILDREN
UNDER AGE SIX LOST ACCESS TO
FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEALS
DURING. TO THE PANDEMIC RELATED
TO SCHOOL AND CHILD CARE
FACILITY CLOSURES. AT THE
CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS
ACCENTS THAT'S THE P. B. T.
PROGRAM AT THE END OF AT THE
TWENTY TWO TWENTY THREE SCHOOL
YEAR. A TOTAL OF OVER TEN
BILLION DOLLARS IN BENEFITS WILL
BE ISSUED AFTER THE COURSE AT
THIS PROGRAM. ALSO JUST NOTE
THAT AT THERE WAS EIGHT TEN
CENTS REIMBURSEMENT AT FORT PER
MEAL INCREASE SERVE BY THE CAP
FOR THOSE IN THE CHILD AND ADULT
CARE FOOD PROGRAM THAT'S ALSO
SET TO EXPIRE. IN JUNE OF TWENTY
TWENTY THREE. THE COMMITTEE
ASKED ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THESE
LOSSES IN WHO IT IMPACTS MOST WE
DO. AT BASED ON HOW THE-
EMERGENCY ALLOTMENTS IN
PARTICULAR WERE DRIVEN WE DO
ANTICIPATE OLDER ADULTS. I IN
WORKING FAMILIES LIVING IN
POVERTY ARE LIKELY TO BE THE
MOST IMPACTED BY THE LOSS OF THE
FEDERAL AT BENEFITS. AT THESE
HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVE INCOME LEVELS
COUNTED IN THE CALFRESH BUDGET
THAT ARE MORE LIKELY GOING TO
DECREASE BENEFITS THE MINIMUM
ALLOTMENT LEVELS. AT THE MINIMUM
ALLOTMENT LEVEL IS CURRENTLY.
SET AT TWENTY THREE DOLLARS PER
MONTH. BASED ON THE FEDERAL
RULES ALL. CAL HOW WILL SEE A
MINIMUM THE NINETY FIVE DOLLAR
REDUCTION IN THEIR MONTHLY
CALFRESH BENEFITS. I WE DO
ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE
ADDITIONAL RELIANCE IN NEED ON
LOCAL FOOD BANKS- IN OTHER.
PROGRAMS AND I ALSO JUST NOTE
THAT WE ARE HAPPY AS WE CONTINUE
WORKING WITH SOME RESEARCH
ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING BACK THAT
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH TO LOOK
AT THE TRUE IMPACT OF THIS LOSS
OVER TIME. TO BRING BACK THOSE
FINDINGS TO THE COMMITTEE. IN
TERMS OF S. AGAIN MITIGATION
EFFORTS I WANT TO AGAIN APPLIED
TO ADD THE WORK OF. THE
LEGISLATURE IN THE GOVERNOR TO
HAVE THAT HAPPEN OUT THERE WILL
BILITY EXCUSE ME OF- MEALS IN
SCHOOLS NOW FOR ALL CHILDREN
ACROSS OUR STATE THAT CERTAINLY
GOING TO HELP- A LARGE NUMBER OF
CHILDREN GOING FORWARD- PART OF.
OUR EFFORTS ARE ENSURING THAT
WE'RE DOING OUTREACH TO ALL OF
OUR CALFRESH RECIPIENTS BOTH ON
REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE CHANGE
TO THE BENEFITS OVER TIME RIGHT
WE ANTICIPATE. ADDITIONAL CALLS
AND INQUIRIES RELATED TO AT THE
END OF THE EMERGENCY ALLOTMENTS
BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THEIR
INFORMATION IS UPDATED SO THEY
ARE IN FACT RECEIVING. AT THE
APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT
BASED ON ALL OF THEIR FAMILY
CIRCUMSTANCES. OUT WE ALSO-
CONTINUE OBVIOUSLY OUT REACH
MORE BROADLY WITH OUR AVERAGE
PARTNERS IN CALFRESH FOR ANY
NEWLY ELIGIBLE FAMILIES- WE- ARE
ALSO. GLAD TO HAVE INVESTED WITH
THE LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS NUTRITION
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR TRIBES
THAT SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT THIS
SUMMER. AND WE ALSO ARE IN THE
PROCESS OF DOING OUTREACH WITH
GREAT PARTNERS- ON THE
CALIFORNIA AND VEGETABLE ET T.
PILOT. BECHLY BT PILOT MARKET
MATCH WORK AGAIN. CALPERS
RECIPIENT CAN FURTHER LEVERAGE
IN MATT AND MAXIMIZE- THERE-
FOOD RESOURCES- IT MANY
RETAILERS AND OTHER- FOOD BANKS
ACROSS THE STATE. WE'RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO IT TAKE INPUT EXPAND
OF THE CAL. FOR THIS PER AS
WELL- AND OF COURSE ALSO
HAVEN'T. OVER TIME A LOT IN FOOD
BANK INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL
BE- SUPPORTIVE I WILL SAY IN
TOTALITY THESE ARE BOTH NEW
INVESTMENTS AND- WE'RE GRATEFUL
AND GLAD TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE
ARE ALL. GETTING TO THE
INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO
NEED THEM BUT CERTAINLY AREN'T
EQUIVALENT TO WHAT YOU JUST
HEARD ME SPEAK TO- IN THE
FEDERAL RESOURCES THAT WE
RECEIVED TODAY. I ALSO JUST WANT
TO NOTE THAT ON THAT NOTES AND
THE- FEDERAL. CHANGES WE ARE
OBVIOUSLY BRING OUR VOICE TO
THINGS LIKE FARM BILL
REAUTHORIZATION AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL WERE SPECIFICALLY CALLING
OUT. AT THE NEED FOR IT MANY
DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING
THAT'S NOT BENEFIT ADEQUATE
ADEQUACY THROUGH ADDRESSING
INFLATION BY CONDUCTING A
REGULAR REVIEW OF THE THRIFTY
FOOD PROGRAM- INCREASING
EQUITABLE STEP PROGRAM ACCESS BY
ELIMINATING SIMPLIFYING
EXCLUSIONARY POLICIES FOR
SPECIFIC POPULATIONS. LIKE THOSE
WITH ABLE BODIED ADULTS WITHOUT
DEPENDENTS ALSO REFERENCES A
BODS REPEALING THE FIVE YEAR BAR
PROHIBITING SNAP TO IMMIGRANTS.
I REDUCING PROGRAM ACCESS
BARRIERS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS
EXPANDING THE RESTAURANT MEALS
PROGRAM EXPANDING THIS THIS
SUPPORT FOR THE EMERGENCY COULD
ASSIST PRESIDENT ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM AGAIN WE CONTINUE TO
HAVE DIFFERENT DISASTERS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE WHERE THAT
SUPPORT IS NEEDED. ENHANCING THE
COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD
PROGRAM BY ALLOWING MORE PRODUCT
FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THAT ABSOLUTE
BOX TO ACCOMMODATE ANY
SHORTAGES. EXPANDING PROGRAM
ACCESS FOR COMMUNITIES IN HIGH
COST OF LIVING REGIONS- ALSO
ESTABLISHING A DEMONSTRATION
PROJECT FOR INDIVIDUALS
DETERMINED CHRONICALLY HOMELESS
SIMILAR TO THE ELDERLY
SIMPLIFIED APPLICATION PROJECT.
IN MORE SO AGAIN JUST AGAIN
LENDING OUR VOICE TO THE
IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEED TO BE
PUBLICLY BE MADE TO STAFF AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL. AND THEN FINALLY
THE COMMITTEES ASKED. THAT
CONGRESS DID WHEN THEY ENDED AT
PANDEMIC EBT CREATED A SUMMER
EBT PROGRAM TO ADD A SUPPLEMENT
TO FAMILIES. CALFRESH BENEFITS
AND THAT YOU COMMITTEES ASKING
FOR LOOKING AT THIS YES THE
ANSWER IS YES WE ARE. WE
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE USDA
FNS TO UNDERSTAND THE PARAMETERS
OF THIS PROGRAM. OBVIOUSLY THIS
WILL BE A CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION- AS WELL SO WE ARE
LOOKING TO KIND OF GET ALL OF
OUR WORK PLANS OUTLINED OUR DATA
COMPONENTS AND YEAH I'M LOOKING
FOR AND AT POTENTIALLY.
LAUNCHING THE PROGRAM THE SUMMER
ANY ANY INFORMATION RELATED TO
COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE BROUGHT.
TO THE LEGISLATURE IS PART OF
THE MAY REVISION. BEFORE WE TURN
OVER TO THE STAKEHOLDER- I'LL
START WITH SOME QUESTIONS FOR
THE DIRECTOR. YOU KNOW ONE OF
THE BIGGEST THING THAT STOOD OUT
YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN VERY FOCUSED
ON THIS HUNGER CLIP FROM. AND I
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I READ THIS
OUT LOUD CALFRESH KEPT ONE
MILLION CALIFORNIANS OUT OF
POVERTY IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE.
LIKE THIS IS SO CRUCIAL AND YOU
MENTIONED I MEAN I APPRECIATE
THE EFFORTS AND ALL THE PROGRAMS
THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THE PILOT
OF THE- FOOD AND VEGETABLES BUT
STILL A PILOT AND- IN NOT
EVERYONE IS ELIGIBLE BECAUSE
CALIFORNIANS- YOU KNOW THIS IS.
A DIRE SITUATION THAT WE'RE
SEEING AND I MY FIRST QUESTION
TO YOU IS ELLIE- MENTION THE
POTENTIAL OF DECREASING
CALFRESH. PARTICIPATE
PARTICIPATION TO YOU WHICH WILL
CREATE AGREE WITH THAT ANALYSIS.
AGAIN WE'RE CURRENTLY PROJECTING
A POINT 2% INCREASE INTO BUDGET
YEAR THAT'S OUR CURRENT
PROJECTION AND I THINK I
CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE L. A.
S. COMMENTS RELATED TO- WHAT THE
PROGRAM OFFERS IS CHANGING
SIGNIFICANTLY FROM WHAT IT'S
LOOK LIKE OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS- BUT AGAIN- HAVE A- STRONG
DESIRE TO CONTINUE TO REACH. OUT
FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO WE
ARE CURRENTLY WHO ARE NOT
CURRENTLY ENROLLED ARE AND ARE
AN ACT AND ARE ELIGIBLE. SO WE
WANT TO CONTINUE OUR OUTREACH
EFFORTS IN AGAIN LEARN FROM
THINGS LIKE THE S. S. I. S. S.
B. EXPANSION WHICH WAS
SUCCESSFUL IN DOING A- NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT MODALITIES IN
REACHING. A POPULATION TO AND
HISTORICALLY BEEN ELIGIBLE FOR
THE PROGRAM. SO I AGAIN WE ARE
AT THIS POINT PROJECTING A POINT
2% INCREASE IN THE BUDGET YEAR.
AND YOU MENTIONED WHEN YOU KNOW
YOU YOU TOUCHED ON THE SUMMARY
B. T. PROGRAM AND YOU SAID
HOPEFULLY THE LUNCHEONS IN THE
SUMMER WAS THAT. SUMMER TWENTY
TWENTY FOUR CORRECT PERFECT
THANK YOU SO MUCH- COLLEAGUE
SENATORS. OKAY IT WOULD JUMP.
STATE PROPOSALS NOW AND IN
TWENTY IN THERE TURNING IT OVER
TO BECKY. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR
AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU
TODAY- AGAIN MY NAME IS BECKY SO
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT
AFFAIRS FOR THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF FOOD BANKS. OUR
ORGANIZATION REPRESENTS FORTY
ONE MEMBER FOOD BANKS WITH THE
MISSION TO END HUNGER IN
CALIFORNIA- THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU
ABOUT THE STATE OF HUNGER IN
CALIFORNIA THE CHALLENGES THAT
WE FACE THIS YEAR IN
OPPORTUNITIES FOR MITIGATING
HARM THROUGH CRITICALLY NEEDED
BUDGET INVESTMENTS- SIMPLY PUT.
CALIFORNIA IS FACING A
CATASTROPHIC HUNGER CRISIS THIS
YEAR. WITH THE SIGNING OF THE
CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT
OF TWENTY TWENTY THREE AND
ENDING OF THE FEDERAL PUBLIC
HEALTH EMERGENCY AS WE'VE TALKED
ABOUT ALREADY. TO CRITICAL
PROGRAMS TO HELP TO MITIGATE
HUNGER OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS
COME TO AN END CALFRESH
EMERGENCY ALLOTMENTS AND
PANDEMIC EBT. WE ARE VERY
GRATEFUL FOR THE ADMINISTAFF
ADMINISTRATION HAS FULLY
MAXIMIZED CAL FRESH EMERGENCY
ALLOTMENTS AND PANDEMIC EBT. FOR
AS LONG AS THEY WERE FEDERALLY
ALLOWABLE AND WE'RE ALSO EQUALLY
GRATEFUL FOR THE ROBUST FARM
BILL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU
JUST HEARD ABOUT- PUBLISHED LAST
TIME LAST MONTH INCLUDING
IMPROVING SNAP THE BENEFIT
ADEQUACY AND PERMANENTLY ENDING.
HARMFUL AND RACIST RULES LIKE
THE A BROAD TIME LIMIT IN
COLLEGE STUDENT RULES FEDERALLY.
WHILE WE WILL CONTINUE TO
ADVOCATE FOR THESE FEDERAL
POLICY FIXES I'M CALIFORNIA MUST
CONTINUE TO LEAD TO WHERE THE
BUDGET INVESTMENTS AND POLICY
SOLUTIONS. TO ADDRESS RECORD
LEVELS OF HUNGER HERE IN
CALIFORNIA- CALFRESH EMERGENCY
ALLOTMENTS WHICH WERE BOOSTING
CAL FRESH BENEFITS UP TO THE
MAXIMUM LEVEL- ENDED ON MARCH
TWENTY SIX AND STARTING THIS
MONTH FIVE MILLION CALIFORNIANS.
CALFRESH RECIPIENTS WHO
CURRENTLY RELY ON THESE FOOD
BENEFITS ARE FACING A DRAMATIC
DROP IN THEIR BENEFITS OF AN
AVERAGE OF EIGHTY TWO DOLLARS
PER PERSON PER MONTH. I'M THIS
REPRESENTS A LOSS AS WE HEARD OF
ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS. PER MONTH STATEWIDE-
MANY HOUSEHOLDS HAVE SEEN THEIR
BENEFITS DROP DOWN TO JUST TO
TWENTY THREE DOLLARS PER MONTH
BARELY ENOUGH TO COVER A LOAF OF
BREAD A DOZEN EGGS AND A GALLON
OF MILK. ENCANA MAKING ME TEAR
WHICH IS I AM ALSO A HUGELY
SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM SUPPORTING
LOW INCOME CHILDREN WITH FOOD
BENEFITS ON AN EBT CARD. ENDS
AFTER THE SUMMER OF THE CURRENT
SCHOOL YEAR WHICH WE KNOW IS
OFTEN THE HUNGRIEST TIME OF THE
YEAR FOR CHILDREN WHEN SCHOOL IS
OUT. AT ITS HEIGHT PBT PROVIDED
ABOUT SIX BILLION DOLLARS- SIX
BILLION DOLLARS IN BENEFITS
ADJUST IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE. TO
OVER FOUR MILLION CHILDREN.
INTERESTED PARTIES TO PROGRAMS
INTO PERSPECTIVE IN TWENTY
TWENTY ONE ALONE. CALFRESH
EMERGENCY ALLOTMENTS AND PBT
ACCOUNTED FOR ONE THIRD. OF THE
FOOD SAFETY NET OR ABOUT THREE
BILLION MEALS. THAT IS THE SCALE
OF THE GAP WE'RE FACING IN
TWENTY TWENTY THREE. WE KNOW
THAT'S NOT RECIPIENTS AND STATES
THAT HAVE ALREADY ENDED
EMERGENCY ALLOTMENTS- MANY
MONTHS AGO REPORTED IT VISITING
FOODBANKS MORE EATING LESS FOOD
AT MEAL TIMES AND SKIPPING MORE
MEALS. WE EXPECT THE SAME IN
CALIFORNIA. WE ALSO KNOW THAT
CALIFORNIA CAN'T FILL THE
ENTIRETY OF THE GAPS AT THE END
OF EMERGENCY APARTMENTS IN PBT
WILL CREATE. BUT THERE ARE
SEVERAL CONCRETE SOLUTIONS THAT
CAN HELP TO MITIGATE HARM AND
THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE LONG
TERM SOLUTION TO END HUNGER HERE
IN CALIFORNIA. IN ADDITION TO
INVESTMENTS IN CRITICAL PROGRAMS
LIKE CALFRESH IN ENSURING THAT
THE NEWLY FEDERALLY AUTHORIZED
SUMMER EBT PROGRAM CAN BE
MAXIMIZED AS YOUR YOU'LL KILL
FOR IT IN A MINUTE. WE ASK YOU
TO PROTECT AND BOLSTER FUNDING
FOR FOOD BANKS AS THEY WILL NOT
BE ABLE TO MITIGATE THE HUNGER
CRISIS ALONE. CHALHOUB IS A
HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS THAT
PROVIDE STATE FUNDING TO FOOD
BANKS TO PURCHASE CALIFORNIA
GROWN AND PRODUCED FOODS TO
DISTRIBUTE AND THEIR
COMMUNITIES. WE ARE EXTREMELY
GRATEFUL FOR THE HUNDRED TWELVE
MILLION DOLLAR ONE TIME AMOUNT
PROVIDED IN THE TWENTY TO TWENTY
THREE BUDGET. AND WE MUST ENSURE
THAT SIXTY MILLION IS ALLOCATED
IN THE TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR
BUDGET AS PLANNED AND IS SET AS
THE NEW ANNUAL BASELINE MOVING
FORWARD. WE ASKED TO MEET THAT
ONE DOLLAR ENABLES FOOD BANKS TO
PROVIDE FIVE MEALS. CAL FOOD IS
EFFICIENT IT SUPPORTS FOOD
ROBERT READING. CULTURALLY
APPROPRIATE FOODS- AND IT
SUPPORTS CALIFORNIA SUITE
ECONOMY. IN ADDITION WE ASK YOU
TO INVEST A HUNDRED EIGHTY
MILLION ONE TIME IN FOODBANKS
CLIMBING CAPACITY RESILIENCE
FUNDING. AND LASTLY- I WAS OKAY
WE CAN DIVE INTO NUMBER TWO
AFTER I WAS LOOKING FOR NUMBER
ONE OKAY YEAH- THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE ABOUT THAT
AND LOOK FORWARD TO ANY
QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
OKAY SO COLLEAGUES IN FRONT OF
US IS THE STAKEHOLDER PROPOSAL
NUMBER ONE THE CATHOLIC
EXPANSION. I'M AND I ACTUALLY
HAVE A QUESTION FOR DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE IF THEY CAN. COME UP
. THANK YOU. I'M IN A GRATEFUL
YES YOU KNOW LIKE- BECKY
MENTIONED IN THE CURRENT
PROPOSED BUDGET. THERE IS AN
ALLOCATION OF SIXTY MILLION
DOLLARS FOR THIS- AND IT SEEMS
LIKE FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS
THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN
THIS- BUDGET LINE- IS THERE
ANYTHING YOU CAN SHARE REGARDING
MAKING THIS A PERMANENT. BASE
LINE FOR THIS ENTITY. JEANINE DR
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE- I AT THIS
TIME OUR FINANCE SUPPORTS THE
PROPOSALS INCLUDED IN THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET- BUT WE CAN
CERTAINLY TAKE ALL OF THE
INFORMATION HERE BACK FOR
CONSIDERATION. ADJUSTING REYES
GOVERNANCE M. I CAN GIVE THEM
INSIGHT INTO THOSE INVESTMENTS
SO THOSE INVESTMENTS WERE ONE
TIME INVESTMENT INCLUDING TWENTY
ONE BUDGET ACTING TWENTY TWO
BUDGET ACTUALLY CARRIED OVER.
THE SO THERE AGAIN THERE'S NOT
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT PROPOSED
BY THE GOVERNOR BEYOND THOSE IT
WISHES AND YOU HEAR IT OVER YEAH
SO THOSE WERE THOSE WERE ONE
TIME WHERE WAS. SENT TO MAINTAIN
THAT FOR THAT POINT IN TIME-
BUT- I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS IS RUNNING
ON THAT. RIGHT IT JUST SEEMS YOU
KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING
EVERYTHING HAS A NEW BASELINE
THANK YOU KNOW THE NUMBERS THAT
WE WERE DEALING WITH FOR YEARS
NOW EVERYTHING'S DIFFERENT
MEANS. YOU KNOW EGGS ARE NO
LONGER TO DOLLARS A CARD ANY AND
WE HAVE TO REEVALUATE EVERYTHING
NOW SO I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING
HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD SO WE'RE
NOT COMING BACK EVERY SINGLE
YEAR LIKE. THIS IS WHAT I NEED
EACH YEAR THIS IS WHAT I NEED
HERE AND JUST TO A BASELINE SO
DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN SEEING
WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE MOVING
FORWARD BUT FOR NOW I'M
APPRECIATIVE THAT LEASE WE HAVE
IT FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR. AND
SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO MOVING
FORWARD THANK YOU SO MUCH THANK
YOU BYE. CALLING THE QUESTION
ON. OKAY BECKY UP STAKEHOLDER
PROPOSAL NUMBER TWO. IS THERE
ANYTHING ELSE WHEN ADAM NUMBER
TWO. ON THE- CAPACITY RESILIENCY
FUNDING- COULD I JUST ADD ONE
MORE THING YEAH AND SO FOR THE
HUNDRED EIGHTY MILLION TO
REQUEST FOR A ONE TIME FINDING
AND CLIMBING CAPACITY RESILIENCY
WOULD ENABLE THOSE FOOD BANKS TO
UNDERTAKE REALLY WELL- OVERDUE
AND NECESSARY FOOD BANK
IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS- EXPANDED
WAREHOUSE SPACE. PURCHASING NEW
REFRIGERATION UNITS- YOU KNOW
FOOD DOESN'T MOVE ITSELF SO
THINGS LIKE TRUCKS AND EQUIPMENT
THAT WAREHOUSES NEED TO MOVE THE
FOOD. AND SO THAT BUDGET
INVESTMENT WOULD REALLY HELP TO
SUPPORT FOOD BANKS. NOT ONLY AM
TO TURN YOU KNOW RECEIVE MORE
FOOD BUT ALSO THEN TO HAVE THE
RESOURCES TO ADEQUATELY
DISTRIBUTE THAT FOOD AND MAKE
SURE THAT THEY HAVE WAREHOUSE
SPACE SO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
KIND CONSIDERATION OF THAT
BUDGET REQUEST. WHAT THANK YOU
SO MUCH ON THAT. YOU KNOW I SEE
IN THE TWENTY TWO ONE BUDGET
INCLUDED THE CAPACITY GRANTS FOR
THAT- TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIKE WAS THAT. JUST MEDIAN
HALF OF THE CAPACITY NEED YEAH.
YEAH I THINK NO THANK YOU FOR
THAT QUESTION SO WHEN WE DID A
SURVEY OF FOOD BANKS- A FEW
YEARS AGO. THE RESPONSE WE GOT
FROM FOOD BANKS IS THAT THERE IS
A TOTALITY OF OVER SEVEN HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLARS IN NEEDS- ACROSS
THE FOOD BANK NETWORK. AND THOSE
ARE FOR THINGS THAT I YOU KNOW
JUST MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO IT'S
FOR INFRASTRUCTURE TRUCKS
TRANSPORTATION. THINGS LIKE-
SOLAR POWER ON ON AT FOODBANKS
BACKUP GENERATORS ESPECIALLY FOR
THOSE THAT OFTEN RESPOND TO
DISASTERS. AND SO THE TOTALITY
OF THE NEED AS MUCH HIGHER THAN
WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING AND- AND
THIS YEAR'S REQUEST OR A HUNDRED
EIGHTY MILLION. WOULD ENABLE
MANY MORE FOOD BANKS I'M TO
EXPAND THEIR CAPACITY EVEN
FURTHER SO THE HUNDRED EIGHTY
TWO MILLION A COUPLE OF YEARS
AGO. HOUSE ALLOWED TO BANKS TO
START MANY PROJECTS BUT DOESN'T
REPRESENT THE TOTALITY OF NEED.
THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION
AND DEPRIVE FINANCED WE KNOW IF.
ALL THAT MONEY WENT OUT THE DOOR
. OR MAYBE YOU'RE- YEAH I THINK
YOU FOR ASKING OUT SO- MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ALL OF THE
FUNDING FROM THE. HUNDRED AND
THAT I THOUGHT I'M SORRY BUT
THIS IS NOT THE MOST CURRENT
INFORMATION BUT I'M ABOUT A
MONTH AGO WHEN I WHEN I
INQUIRED. I'M I THINK IT WAS
ABOUT FORTY OR FIFTY MILLION
THAT HAD ALREADY GONE OUT THE
DOOR SO THOSE PROJECTS ARE. ARE
IN PROCESS MANY FOOD BANKS ARE
GETTING THEM STARTED- BUT ALL OF
IT HAS BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR THAT
MAKES SENSE. GOT IT BUT ONLY
FORTY MILLION HAS GONE OUT
APPROXIMATELY FORTY MILLION HAS
GONE OUT THE DOOR. I DON'T KNOW
IF THAT'S A QUESTION DEPARTMENT
FINANCER THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GLAD
TO GET BACK TO THE COMMITTEE
WITH THE GRAPHICS AND HOW MUCH
IS ACTUALLY BEEN ALLOCATED AND
ADDING TO THE POINT. WE HAVE AN
AWARDS OUT BUT WHAT'S BEEN
ALLOCATED IMPROVE PROJECTS
PERFECT THANK YOU- THE NUMBER OF
. SOMETHING JUST CAUGHT MY
ATTENTION WHEN YOU SAID THAT
WHAT KIND OF KILOWATT SIZE
GENERATORS ARE YOU LOOKING FOR
EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THAT IS A
GREAT QUESTION THAT I DON'T KNOW
THE ANSWER TO OFF THE TOP OF MY
HEAD I THINK IT WOULD DEPEND
DEPEND FOOD BANK BY FOOD BANK-
BUT I KNOW FOR EXAMPLE. THAT
SOMETHING THAT- FOR EXAMPLE FOOD
FOR PEOPLE UP IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY
HAS BEEN LOOKING OUT GIVEN THAT
THEIR- HAVE RESPONDED TO
NUMEROUS FIRES AND SORT OF
FLOODING AND DISASTER SITUATIONS
OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS SO I'M
SORRY THAT I CAN'T ANSWER IN
TERMS OF THE SPECIFICS BUT IT'S
AGAIN JUST THINKING ABOUT THINGS
ABOUT KEEPING THE FOOD COOL MAKE
YES AS A SPOILED DOESN'T HAVE
GOTTEN YOU KNOW THOSE ARE GAS
GENERATORS RIGHT THERE'S NO
ELECTRIC ONES RIGHT. OF A RIGHT
STAY TO CALIFORNIA WITH
TECHNOLOGY. K. AND IS ACTUALLY
JUST. THAT IS SOMETHING. I'M
CAME UP- A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO
DURING THE FIRES WHEN. YOU KNOW
FOOD FOOD BANKS HAD A LOT OF
FOOD IN THEIR WAREHOUSES BUT OF
COURSE WHEN POWER GOES OUT. OR
EVEN IF IT'S NOT ACTUALLY A FIRE
BUT A POWER SHUT OFF IT YOU KNOW
FOR CVS IS THIS RIGHT. THEN IT
CAN HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON
SPOILAGE OF THE FOOD THAT THEY
WERE PLANNING TO DISTRIBUTE SO-
I TOTALLY AGREE. IT WAS JUST.
INTERESTING CAUGHT MY EYE THAT
TEMP. THIS BODY IS ELIMINATING
ALL GAS GENERATORS AND YOU ARE
IN NEED OF GAS GENERATORS TO
KEEP YOUR FOOD FROM SPOILING. SO
WE JUST. JUST CAUGHT MY
ATTENTION THANK YOU. FULLER THE
- RIGHT WE'RE GONNA HOLD THOSE
TWO I- YOU SO MUCH. PRESENTE ON
THOSE TWO. AND MOVE ON TO THE
THIRD STAKEHOLDER PROPOSAL-
ANDREW TALKING ABOUT CALVET.
FIFTY DOLLARS. MINIMUM THANK YOU
CHAIR MEMBERS- INTERCHANGING DR
PUBLIC POLICY FOR GRACE AND
CHILD POVERTY CALIFORNIA- I
DON'T THINK I CAN PUT IT BETTER
THAN DOCTOR JOHNSON AND BECKY
ARE YOU DID ON THE MAGNITUDE OF
HUNGER CLASS I JUST WANNA THANK
YOU. CHAIR I FEEL LIKE WE DON'T
GO A WEEK WITHOUT YOU TALKING
ABOUT IT I'M INCLUDING YOUR YOUR
PROFIT REMARKS TODAY- I THINK
JUST LOOK NO FURTHER THAN- THE
AGENDA TO SEE THAT- THE SCALE OF
THE IMPACT. IN TERMS OF RUN
NUMBERS DEPARTMENTS BUDGET FOR
CALFRESH IS BEING CUT IN HALF
BUT WE KNOW THAT ULTIMATELY YOU
KNOW IF FAMILIES ARE GONNA BE
HURT THE WORST- AND WE KNOW FROM
THE PRIOR HUNGER CLIFF. AFTER
THE END OF THE ARE A BOOST AFTER
TOOK TWENTY TEN- THAT THERE'S
ACTUALLY A DECADE OF ELEVATED
HUNGER AND HARDSHIP AND SO-
CALIFORNIA HAS TO ACT AND WE CAN
BE MORE APPRECIATE THAT THE
SENATE BUDGET PLAN YESTERDAY. I
WOULD DO JUST THAT AND WOULD
INVEST IN THE MINIMUM CALFRESH
BENEFITS THAT IT WOULD NOT BE
TWENTY TWO DOLLARS WE HAVE A
MINIMUM OF FIFTY DOLLARS-
ESPECIALLY WITH THE- WITH THE
LOSS OF THE EMERGENCY
ALLOTMENTS. ON IT WAS SPOKEN TO-
THAT YOU KNOW THE
DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT WILL BE
ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND
OLDER ADULTS. THOSE WHO ARE MOST
LIKELY TO BE IN A HOUSEHOLD OF
ONE OR TWO. AND I KNOW THAT YOU
HEARD FROM TRINIDAD- RECENTLY-
WHO GAVE POWERFUL TESTIMONY
ABOUT WHAT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE
SOMEONE. WHO'S LIVING WITH A
DISABILITY- AND THE
TRANSPORTATION COSTS I MEAN A
LITTLE ON THE FOOD COSTS THAT
HAVE GONE UP- BUT REALLY. WHAT
IT MEANS TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE
THAT EBT BENEFIT EVEN ONCE YOU
ACCESS THE- THE PROGRAM- AND
JUST BROUGHT THE- THAT. THE
IMPACT OF THIS WILL MAKE YOU
KNOW THE APPROXIMATE NINETY FIVE
MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT. THAT
REVERBERATES ACROSS OUR FOOD
SYSTEM. YOU KNOW- IT THE EVERY
DOLLAR IN COVERAGE GENERATES AS
MUCH AS ONE DOLLAR AND EIGHTY.
ESPECIALLY IN PLACES LIKE
CALIFORNIA ON TOUGH ECONOMIC
TIMES BECAUSE WE ARE THE PLACES.
WHERE FARMERS ARE PICKING THE
FOOD WHERE IT'S BEING. GROWN
WHERE. IT'S BEING TRUCKED. AND
THEN OBVIOUSLY ACROSS THE RETAIL
SO. AND I JUST WANTED. YOU KNOW
THE- THAT POINT MADE BY THAT THE
L. A. IN TERMS OF THE CASELOAD.
YOU KNOW I DO I THINK THAT THE
AS- DEFINITELY TO BE PUT ON THE
TABLE- IN IN HOW WE LOOK AT
THIS. BUT IT'S ALSO THE COST OF
LIVING. WHEN FAMILIES HAVE HIGH
COSTS LIKE DEPENDENT CARE- LIKE
SHELTER COSTS THOSE ARE TAKEN
INTO THE CALPERS EQUATION AND SO
YOU CAN HAVE FAMILIES. WHO ARE
ARE ARE EARNING WAGES- BUT STILL
ARE ELIGIBLE FOR CALFRESH. AND
SO I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY
UNDERSTAND LIKE WHY THERE COULD
BE OTHER CONTEXTUAL FACTORS. FOR
CASELOAD WHEN. THERE IS LOW
UNEMPLOYMENT AND THAT MAKES THIS
INVESTMENT EVEN. MORE AND MORE
IMPORTANT BUT I BUT I THINK THE
COMMENTS- BY DOCTOR JOHNSON. ON
THE GERMANS COULDN'T TO CONTINUE
TO REACH OUT AND IN RULED MORE
ELIGIBLE- FOLKS WERE STILL AT
71% OR SO OVERALL IN TERMS OF
PARTICIPATION. EVEN LESS FOR
OLDER ADULTS ARE TALKING ABOUT
THIS ISSUE- FINALLY I JUST
WANTED TO QUICKLY SPEAK TO SOME
E. T. BECAUSE I'M SO APPRECIATE
YOU BRINGING. THAT UP- AND I
COULDN'T BE HAPPIER TO HEAR THAT
THE ADMINISTRATION IS PLANNING.
FOR SUMMER TWENTY TWENTY FOUR WE
WILL HAVE THE FINAL SUMMER OF
PANDEMIC EBT THIS SUMMER. BUT
THE BENEFIT WILL BE FAR LESS
UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO THE
DECISION. BY CONGRESS THE SAME
DECISION BY CONGRESS TO
PREMATURELY ENDED THE EA'S. AND
HASTEN THE HUNGER CLIFF ALSO
MEANS THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A
MUCH SMALLER PANDEMIC E. B. T.
BENEFIT. THAT WILL. PAY FOR THE
PERMANENT SUMMARY B. T. PROGRAM.
BUT IT'S ONLY GONNA BE AT FORTY
DOLLARS A MONTH INSTEAD OF SIXTY
WHICH IS WHAT. THE USDA
EVALUATED AND JUST THAT
EVALUATION SHOWED. IT'S THE RARE
INTERVENTION. OKAY AVAILABLE
LEVEL OKAY. BUT I THINK IT'S
REALLY. POINT THAT IT REDUCED
VERY LOW FOOD INSECURITY THE
WORST FORM OF HUNGER. BY A THIRD
AND- RELATIVELY LESS YOU KNOW
NORMAL STUDENTS YOU TO BUY A
FIFTH SO WE TALK A LOT ABOUT
REVERSING INEQUITIES. THIS IS A
PROGRAMS DEMONSTRATED TO
ACTUALLY REACH THOSE THAT WE'RE
GOING TO TARGET THE MOST. AND
SOME BACK OF THE NAPKIN MATH
WE'LL SEE WHAT THE DEPARTMENT
COMES FORWARD WITH. YOU KNOW IT
SHOULD BE AROUND. TEN MILLION
DOLLARS OR SO WE THINK BASED ON
WHAT CALIFORNIA SPENT ON ADMIN
FOR P. B. T. AND WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT- THREE POINT FOUR MILLION
KIDS. SHOULD BE ELIGIBLE MINIMUM
AND ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED THIRTEEN
MILLION DOLLARS IN IN FEDERALLY
HER PERCENT FULLY FUNDED
BENEFITS. AGAIN YOUR PLAY THAT
MULTIPLIER. REALLY THIS IS A
FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY THANK YOU
SO MUCH AND- YOU KNOW YOU TOOK
ONE OF MY TALKING POINTS THOSE
GOING TO SAY YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE
FOR EVERY DOLLAR WE PUT. WE GET
ONE POINT EIGHT BACK IN GDP- AND
YOU MENTION IT SOMETHING
REGARDING. YOU KNOW THE
CORRELATION BETWEEN PEOPLE
WORKING IN AND STILL BE
KNOWLEDGEABLE THAT'S MY MOM. MY
MOM WORKS SHE CLEANS HOUSES AND
SHE STILL ELIGIBLE FOR CALFRESH
BECAUSE EVEN THAT'S NOT ENOUGH
RIGHT SO. NOT TALK THROUGHOUT
THESE HEARINGS LIKE THINGS ARE
LIKE PERSONAL TO ME A LOT OF
THESE THINGS ARE PERSONAL TO ME
BECAUSE- I REFLECT OR REPRESENT
DISTRICTS- THAT. ARE GOING
THROUGH THIS LIKE THESE ARE REAL
STORIES AND I THINK OFTEN WE
HAVE TO. HAVE THEIR IN MIND OR
OF LIKE THESE ARE PEOPLE'S LIVES
LIKE BEHIND ALL THESE STORIES
RIGHT SO. JUST BRING THAT UP
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND YOU I
DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTION FOR YOU
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR
ME- CENTER ROUGH IF YOU HAVE
ANYTHING. PERFECT THANK YOU FOR
THAT PROPOSAL WE'RE GONNA HOLD
ITEM OPEN. AND MOVE ON TO OUR-
FOURTH AND FINAL STAKEHOLDER
PROPOSAL AS IT RELATES TO THE
HUNGER CLIFF. YOU LIKE. THANK
YOU CHAIRMAN OF OUR IN THE
COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS THE
LAZIEST AND THE FOOD AND
AGRICULTURE POLICY DIRECTOR AT
CBRE- AND I WANT TO THANK
EVERYONE WHO CAME BEFORE ME ON
THE PANEL FOR OUTLINING THE
SCOPE OF THE HUNGER CLIFF. IT IS
BAD AND JUST AS YOU SAID
CHAIRMAN OF OUR IT IS AFFECTING
PEOPLE'S LIVES DIRECTLY AND
PAINFULLY. WHAT I THINK WE'RE
ALL TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS ON
THIS PANEL PROPOSALS THAT OUR
TOOLS TOOLS TO ADDRESS THAT
CLIFF HOW CAN WE FILL SOME OF
THAT GAP I DON'T THINK ANY OF US
THINK. THE STATE HAS ENOUGH
MONEY TO FULLY FILL FILL THE GAP
LEFT BY THE FEDS- BUT WE HAVE
SOME TOOLS AT OUR DISPOSAL TO
BOTH- RAISE THE FLOOR AND RAISE
THE CEILING- AND- I'M GONNA BE
TALKING ABOUT TODAY- CALFRESH
FOOD VEGETABLES. VEGETABLE
SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFITS YOU MAY
HAVE HEARD ABOUT PROGRAMS LIKE
THIS CALLED HEALTHY FOOD
INCENTIVES- DOUBLE UP FOOD BUCKS
MAS FRESCO MARKET MATCH. AND
OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN PILOTED IN
A NUMBER OF FORMS THAT HAVE NOT
BEEN INTEGRATED INTO CALFRESH.
BUT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT TODAY
IS A PROGRAM THAT THE STATE DUE
TO THE HARD WORK OF CSS AND OSI
HAS STOOD UP YOU HEARD ABOUT IT.
BRIEFLY IN THE REMARKS. THAT IS
A SUPPLEMENTAL BENEFIT PROGRAM
WHERE THE WAY IT WORKS THE
CUSTOMER GOES TO A RETAILER OR
GROCERY STORE FARMERS MARKET
THEY BUY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
THEY PAY WITH THE EBT ACCOUNT.
AND THEM THE MONEY IS MATCHED
WHAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR THIS
REGION VEGETABLES. PENNY FOR
FANNIE DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR REBATED
BACK TO THEIR CARD. THAT IS A
PROGRAM THAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT
NOW AT. SEVEN FARMERS MARKETS
INTO GROCERY STORES BY THE END
OF THE SUMMER SHOULD BE AT
NINETY FIVE RETAIL LOCATIONS
ACROSS THE STATE- THIS. IS
CALIFORNIA PIONEERING WE'RE
FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF
MASSACHUSETTS THEY WERE THE
FIRST TO DO THIS TEN YEARS AGO.
WE'RE NOW DOING IN OTHER STATES
ARE FOLLOWING OUR FOOTSTEPS WE
KNOW FROM EARLIER RESEARCH IS
THAT THIS PROGRAM ACHIEVE THREE
GOALS. REDUCES HUNGER WHEN
PEOPLE HAVE MORE MONEY IN THEIR
POCKETS. AND IMPROVES HEALTH
BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BUYING FRUITS
AND VEGETABLES AND EATING THEM
AND IT'S A PORTS TO YOUR POINT
CHAIRMAN OF OUR- THE
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY IN THE
CALIFORNIA ECONOMY AT LARGE AND
IT'S A THE MULTIPLIER OF THIS IS
EVEN HIGHER- THAN. THAN JUST
BASE LEVEL SNAP BENEFITS
BECAUSE- AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
CIRCULATE MORE MONEY ESPECIALLY
CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY. RIGHT NOW
THEY'RE IN THE PILOT THAT WAS
AUTHORIZED IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN
THIS FIVE MILLION DOLLARS SET
ASIDE FOR TWENTY TWELVE MONTH
PERIOD. WHAT SENATOR WIENER
ASSEMBLY MEMBER ARAMBULA ARE
PUTTING FORWARD IN THE PROPOSAL
IS NINETY FOUR MILLION DOLLARS
TO BE SPENT OVER TWO YEARS.
APPROXIMATELY NINETY MILLION OF
IT GOING STRAIGHT INTO PEOPLE'S
POCKETS IN THE FORM OF REBATES.
THE CURRENT PILOT AT THE NINETY
PLUS RETAILERS. IS GOING TO HAVE
GOOD IMPACT IS ALREADY BUT I WAS
PROBABLY GONNA REACH TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF HOUSEHOLDS. WE
COULD REACH HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OR MILLIONS. AT REALLY
IT'S JUST A FUNCTION OF MONEY
THAT THE STATE CAN PUT TOWARDS
IT SO THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS
THERE TO EXPAND. AND BRING ON
MORE RETAILERS WE THINK THIS IS
COMPLEMENTARY TO THE MINIMUM
BENEFIT PROPOSAL WE JUST HEARD
ABOUT THAT THAT'S THAT'S THE
FLOOR NO ONE GETS LESS THAN
FIFTY. THIS WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE
TO GET SIXTY BUCKS MORE NO
MATTER WHAT THEIR BASE LEVEL
BENEFIT IS SO RAISING THE
CEILING. ARE ALSO IMPORTANT TO
NOTE IN THE STATE BUDGET
ENVIRONMENT IT'S NOT ONLY
EFFECTIVE BUT SUPER EFFICIENT
96% OF THE MONEY THAT HAS BEEN
PROPOSED. WOULD END UP IN
PEOPLE'S POCKETS THE EBT SYSTEM
IS INCREDIBLY EFFICIENT. AT
DELIVERING BENEFITS DIRECTLY TO
PEOPLE- AND WE THINK THAT'S
IMPORTANT WHEN WE HAVE LIMITED
RESOURCES. SO THERE MANY PEOPLE
WHO SUPPORT THIS- RETAILERS
EAGER TO OFFER IT THE STATE HAS
SET UP THE TECHNOLOGY TO SCALE
IT. AND CALFRESH PARTICIPANTS
NEEDED. IF THERE WAS EVER A TIME
TO SCALE A PROVEN PROGRAM IT'S
NOW EVEN DURING A DIFFICULT
BUDGET YEAR. AND THERE ARE FEW
PROGRAMS THAT I CAN THINK OF
THAT WOULD BE AS EFFECTIVE AND
EFFICIENT. AT ADDRESSING THE
HUNGER CLIFF. I ONLY HOPE THE
COMEDIAN LEGISLATURE WILL
SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM TO MAKE
HEALTHY FOOD MORE AFFORDABLE FOR
LOW INCOME CALIFORNIANS THANK
YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
PRESENTATION- JUST CLARIFICATION
CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS. THIS IS
TO EXPAND IT FOR TWO MORE YEARS.
YES THE ASK IN IN THE BUDGET
PROPOSAL IS A ONE TIME ASK TO BE
SPENT OVER TWO YEARS I'D SAY
THERE'S A LONG TERM VISION TO
DESIRE TO SEE A PERMANENT BUT
THIS IS A STEPPING STONE TOWARDS
THAT. OKAY AND I SEE THAT RIGHT
NOW THE PILOT TO STAND TO KNOW
IT'S AN ONLY CERTAIN COUNTIES
IT'S A TO EXPAND IT JUST.
STAINED WITHIN THOSE COUNTIES OR
STATE WIDE. I WOULD SAY THE
VISION IS FOR IT TO EXPAND AS
BROADLY AS THEY CAN THAT WILL BE
DEPENDENT ON THE FUNDING THAT'S
AVAILABLE AS WELL AS THE
RETAILERS WHO SORT OF RAISE
THEIR HAND AND SAYING I WANT. TO
DO THIS AND THEY HAVE TO MEET
SOME TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION SO.
NOTHING HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO
LIMIT IT TO COUNTIES IT'S REALLY
BEEN. WHO ARE THE RETAILERS WHO
CAME FORWARD AND WE'RE WILLING
TO BE THE GUINEA PIGS IN THE
PILOT. AND WHO ARE THE RETAILERS
WHO WILL IN THE NEXT ROUND RAISE
THEIR HAND- BUT I SO FAR AS I
KNOW THERE'S NO. HARD AND FAST
RULE OF LIKE ONLY THESE COUNTIES
AND NOT THOSE OTHER ONES.
PERFECT AND YOU KNOW I AM NO
STRANGER TO THE BENEFITS THAT
THIS BRINGS. AND I SEE YOU KNOW
RATING IN THE DESCRIPTION SOME
OF THOSE BENEFITS CAN YOU SPEAK
A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC TO
THE PILOTS SO FAR. IS I KNOW
IT'S- VERY NEW. IS THERE
ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE ON HOW THE
PILOTS GOING SO FAR. PEOPLE'S
AWARENESS OF THIS SURE. I MEAN I
THINK THE- FOR. AS A CO SPONSOR
OF THE LEGISLATION TWENTY
EIGHTEEN THAT AUTHORIZED AT THE
BIGGEST QUESTION IN MY MIND I
THINK THAT WE WERE TRYING TO
PROVE WHAT THE PILOT WAS. CAN
CALIFORNIA SET UP THE
TECHNOLOGY. SO THAT THIS CAN BE
REBATED TO PEOPLE'S ACCOUNTS.
AND I AM VERY PLEASED TO SAY
THAT WHEN THIS LAUNCHED IN
FEBRUARY AND UP UNTIL NOW. NO
RETAILER OR CUSTOMER THAT I KNOW
HAVE HAS. HAS SAID I HAVE AN
ISSUE WITH THIS. SO WE WE'VE
CREATED A SYSTEM THAT WORKS- IN
TERMS OF. WE HAVE NOT DONE THE
ANALYSIS- OURSELVES YET TO KNOW
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS SERVED. IT
IS I BELIEVE WE'RE IN THE RANGE
OF. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
A MONTH GOING OUT THE DOOR I
THINK BY THE END OF THE SUMMER.
WE'RE GONNA SEE THAT GROW A LOT
BECAUSE ONE OF THE RETAILERS AS
EIGHTY FIVE LOCATIONS IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THAT'S
MOTHER'S NUTRITIONAL CENTER IT'S
NOT ONLINE YET SHOULD BE THERE
IN IN BY AUGUST- SO THAT'S- WE
HAVEN'T. HAD ENOUGH TIME SINCE
FEBRUARY TO KNOW HOW MANY.
HOUSEHOLDS ARE REACHING THE
SIXTY DOLLAR MONTH CAP OR WHAT
THE AVERAGE AMOUNT IS WILL HAVE
GOOD DATA SOON UNFORTUNATELY.
NOT IN TIME TO INFORM THIS
BUDGET- BUT WE KNOW. PEOPLE ARE
USING IT THEY LIKE IT AND WE
HAVE NOT HEARD COMPLAINTS ABOUT
THE SYSTEM. GREAT YEAH OF COURSE
THAT MAKES SENSE- JUST FINAL
QUESTION. M. FOR MY KNOWLEDGE
THIS IS A ROLLOVER IF ALL THE
FUNDS AREN'T. UTILIZED BY IN THE
END OF THE PILOT. GREAT QUESTION
SO THE LEGAL AUTHORIZATION FOR
THE PROGRAM FROM THE TWENTY
EIGHTEEN LEGISLATION ENDS.
BASICALLY AT THE END OF THIS
CALENDAR YEAR. SO UNLESS ACTION
IS TAKEN. TO REMOVE THAT SUNSET
OR EXTEND THAT SUNSET. I BELIEVE
THE DEPARTMENT WOULD NO LONGER
BE ABLE TO RUN THE PROGRAM SO
THAT'S ONE THING THAT WOULD
BRING IT TO A- SCREECHING HALT.
THE OTHER IS IF MY ANY RUNS OUT.
I THINK IT THIS POINT GIVEN THE
TIMING THERE'S ABOUT FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL
BENEFITS ITSELF. UNLIKELY TO RUN
OUT. BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
UNCLEAR WHETHER IT WILL. I I'M
HOPEFUL I THINK WE ALL ARE THAT
IT WILL EXTEND US THROUGH AT
LEAST NEXT BUDGET CYCLE- BUT HOW
MUCH RUNWAY IS. IS GOING TO.
WILL HAVE TO. MONITOR THE BURN
RATE- SO. THERE IS. A HARD STOP
IN LESS WE- GET RID OF THAT
SUNSET OR EXTENDED. THING AND I.
WILL SAY THAT THAT IS PART OF A
CONVERSATION WITH THIS PROPOSAL
FOR SURE. SENATE RECOGNITION.
OUR DIRECTOR I DON'T KNOW IF
THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANTED
ADDRESS SOME OF THE- FOR
PROPOSES THAT YOU HEARD.
ALLERGISTS GENERALLY STAY AT
SOME OF THE- INITIATIVES AND
EFFORTS AGAIN YOU'VE HEARD OUR
PRINT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
DEPARTMENT. WE ARE GRATEFUL
ALWAYS SEPARATING GAUGE WHEN IT
COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS AND-
HELPING ABBY THOUGHT PARTNERS IN
OUR WORK TOGETHER AND WE'LL PLAN
TO CONTINUE TO DO SO. THANK YOU
SO MUCH L. A. O. DEPARTMENTS ANY
COMMENTS ON ANY OF THESE AND-
PROPS OR NEW PROPOSALS- JEANINE
DR DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE I HAVE
NO FURTHER COMMENT BUT ARE YOU
CONCUR WITH ALL THE- COMMENTS
MADE BY THE- DIRECTOR OF THE
DEPARTMENT. PERFECT GOOD MORNING
AT GENTRY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES ALSO JUST WANTED
TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THAT-
THE DIRECTOR MENTIONED WE GET
BACK TO YOU ON. WE WERE ABLE TO
OBTAIN IT WITH RESPECT TO THE
FOOD BANK CAPACITY GRANT
FUNDING. ALL A HUNDRED AND
EIGHTY TWO MILLION IS ALREADY
ENCUMBERED AND SEVENTY SEVEN
MILLION IS ALREADY OUT THE DOOR.
I DON'T THINK YOU SO MUCH FOR
THE QUICK TURNAROUND OFFICIOUS.
SKIT TEAM. WE'RE GONNA HA. OFF
FOR I SEQUEL TO PROPOSE. OPM
OPEN AND NOW MOVE ON TO THE NEXT
ISSUE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
COMING UP FOR THE PRESENTATION.
MOVING ON TO ISSUE NUMBER THREE-
ON AMINI PANEL REGARDING THE EBT
SECURITY. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME
RYAN AT GILLETTE. NOPE YEAH. YES
. IF I'M READY RICK- WE NEED
JOINING US ON THE ZOOM AND THEN
LIMA SILVER. FROM THE
NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES OF
ELLIE.
GO AHEAD RUN. THANK YOU. AT BUT
I'M TRYING TO LET I AM THE CHIEF
DATA OFFICER AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR
WITH THE DEPARTMENT SOCIAL
SERVICES. CDSS IS REQUESTING
SEVENTY SIX POINT FIVE MILLION
OVER THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS
TO SUPPORT CARD SECURITY
ENHANCEMENTS FOR THE ELECTRONIC
BENEFITS OR EBT CARD AS A
REMINDER EBT THAT SAID THAT YOU
T. SYSTEM IS THE MECHANISM
MECHANISM FOR DELIVERY OF PUBLIC
ASSISTANCE BENEFITS INCLUDING
CALFRESH CAL WORKS CASH AID AS
WELL AS PANDEMIC EBT PROGRAMS.
CARDS CAN BE USED AT ATMS AND
POINT OF SALE DEVICES THROUGHOUT
THE NATION THESE FUNDS WILL BE
USED TO IMPLEMENT CHIP TAP
TECHNOLOGY TO BETTER PROTECT
CARDHOLDERS AND REDUCE THEFT.
OVER THE PAST YEAR THE STATE HAS
WITNESSED A RISE IN EBT BENEFITS
IN FEBRUARY OF TWENTY TWENTY
THREE THE MOST RECENT MONTH FOR
WHICH WE HAVE A FULL DATA
AVAILABLE THE STATE REPLACED
APPROXIMATELY SIX POINT FOUR
MILLION IN COWARDS BENEFITS AND
THREE POINT TWO MILLION IN
CALFRESH BENEFITS DUE TO THEFT.
THERE TWO TYPES OF THEFT THAT
ARE CURRENTLY OCCURRING AT THE
FIRST IS CALLED GETTING CITIZENS
WHEN A MALICIOUS ACTOR INSTALLS
A DEVICE ON A POINT OF SALE
TERMINAL OR AT AN ATM MACHINE
THAT READS INFORMATION OFF OF
THE CARD- WHICH THEY CAN THEN
USE TO CREATE A CLONE CARD. AND
SCAMMING IN WHICH SOMEONE USES
PHISHING OR SOCIAL ENGINEERING
TO TRICK SOMEONE INTO DISCLOSING
THE CARD INFORMATION. IN
CALIFORNIA WE FACE BOTH TYPES OF
CHALLENGES BUT SKIMMING
REPRESENTS THE BULK OF THE
THEFT. THE BEST WAY TO COMBAT
SKIMMING IS THROUGH INCREASED
CARD SECURITY BY IMPLEMENTING
CHIP TOP TECHNOLOGY. TIPTOP
ENCRYPTS CARD INFORMATION MAKING
IT MUCH MORE DIFFICULT FOR A
MALICIOUS ACTOR TO STEAL THIS
INFORMATION AND MAKE A CLOWN
CAR. OVER THE COMING MONTHS.
THAT'S WILL BE MOVING
AGGRESSIVELY TO DEPLOY CHIP TOP
TECHNOLOGY. THIS IS A MAJOR
INITIATIVE IN CALIFORNIA IS ON
TRACK TO BE THE FIRST STATE IN
THE NATION TO USE TIP TOP
TECHNOLOGY ON ITS EBT CARDS. THE
POINT CHIP TECH TECHNOLOGY WILL
INVOLVE A SIGNIFICANT OVERHAUL
OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM. SOME OF
THE KEY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
INCLUDE CARD REPLACEMENT WE
ESTIMATE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO.
RIP REPLACE- APPROXIMATELY FIVE
MILLION CARDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY
OUT THERE. I COUNTY EQUIPMENT
REPLACEMENT ALL COUNTY
ADMINISTERED ADMINISTRATIVE
EQUIPMENT MUST BE REPLACED WITH
DEVICES THAT CAN PRODUCE-
CHIPPED IN THE TOP CARDS. THIS
INCLUDES ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED EACH
OF CARD PRINTERS PIN DEVICES AND
BOUNCING FREE DEVICES. EBT
SYSTEM ENHANCEMENT AND FIS
RESOURCES- IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT
TIPTOP EBT THE EBT SYSTEM WILL
HAVE CHANGES REQUIRED- LED BY A
DEDICATED TEAM OF EBT VENDOR
RESOURCES THIS INCLUDES UPDATES
TO THE FIRMWARE WITHIN POINT OF
SALE. DEVICES- AND A NUMBER OF
OTHER. ENHANCEMENTS TO THE TO
THE EXISTING SYSTEM- AND THEN
POINT OF SALE DEVICES EBT ONLY
RETAILERS IN PARTICULAR FARMERS
MARKETS HAVE A SPECIALTY DEVICE
THAT THEY USE TO PROCESS THOSE
TRANSACTIONS THERE'S ABOUT NINE
HUNDRED FIFTY OF THOSE DEVICES
THAT WE WOULD NEED TO REPLACE-
AND THEN FINALLY FUNDING FOR.
COUNTY AND A CLIENT COUNTY
COMMUNICATIONS MAKE CHEVRON IS
AWARE OF THESE CHANGES IN THOSE
TO ACTUALLY USE THE NEW CARD
ONCE THEY ONCE THEY HAVE IT.
THERE'S A QUESTION THAT YOU
RAISED ABOUT PRIVATIZATION- ONCE
DEVELOPMENT IS COMPLETE CARDS
WILL BE MAILED OUT ON A ROLLING
BASIS OVER ABOUT SIX MONTHS. AS
WE THINK ABOUT HOW TO PLAY CARDS
ONCE THEY BECOME AVAILABLE WE
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
PRIORITIZE FAMILIES ARE MOST
LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY
ELECTRONIC BENEFITS AFTER DUE TO
THEIR COUNTY REP RESIDENTS.
THERE'S CERTAIN HOT SPOTS WHERE
WE'RE SEEING MORE OF THIS
OCCURRING THAN OTHER PLACES- SO
THAT'S THAT'S DEFINITELY ONE THE
LENSES THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT
BUT WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO
SEEK. INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS
AND OF COURSE THIS THIS PANEL-
FOR OTHER CONSIDERATIONS AS WE
FIGURE OUT HOW TO. DEPLOY THOSE
CARDS. MOVING ON TO THE SECOND
QUESTION- HOW IS EBT THEFT
IMPACTING- DIFFERENT-
PARTICIPANTS IN THE AND- SAFETY
NET PROGRAMS- HOUSEHOLDS THAT
ARE VICTIMS OF THE AFTER
TYPICALLY ALREADY IN A FINANCIAL
SITUATION FACED WITH
INSTABILITY. MANY HOUSEHOLDS
RECEIVING CAL WORKS CALFRESH AND
OTHER SAFETY NET PROGRAMS RELY
ON THE BENEFITS DELIVERED
THROUGH THEIR EBT CARDS. TO PAY
RENT BUY GROCERIES- MEET THE
BASIC THEIR BASIC NEEDS. ALL THE
STATE DOES REPLACE STOLEN
BENEFITS AND I WOULD NOT THIS IS
NOT A PRACTICE THAT ALL OTHER
STATES NECESSARILY DO. EVEN A
SHORT DISRUPTION CAN HAVE A
SEVERE CONSEQUENCE ON THESE
HOUSEHOLDS. WE DO NOT AT THE
TIME HAVE GRANULAR LEVEL ON THE
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS IMPACTED
DUE TO THE NATURE OF HOW THE
STATE IS COLLECTED WE'RE WORKING
TO STREAMLINE AND RESOLVE THAT
COLLECTION ISSUE- BUT FOR NOW WE
CAN ONLY ESTIMATE BASED ON THE
NUMBER OF REPLACEMENT BENEFITS-
THAT. HAVE GOOD BAG IT FOR
REPLACEMENT ISSUANCES THAT HAVE
BEEN MADE. USING THIS APPROACH-
BETWEEN THE PERIOD OF JANUARY
TWENTY TWENTY THREE MARCH TWENTY
TWENTY THREE SO THE FIRST
QUARTER OF THE YEAR SO. WE
ESTIMATE THAT APPROXIMATELY
FORTY THREE THOUSAND HOUSEHOLDS
UTILIZING EBT CARDS AT TO
RECEIVE THE BENEFITS EXPERIENCED
SOME LEVEL OF FACT. I DO THINK
IT'S IMPORTANT PUT THIS IN
CONTEXT WITH OVER THREE MILLION
HOUSEHOLDS PARTICIPATE IN ONE OR
MORE OF THE CALFRESH CAL WORKS
AND COPY PROGRAMS THIS MEANS
THAT YOU KNOW. LITTLE OVER 1% OF
HOUSEHOLDS- HAVE BEEN IMPACTED
BY THEFT. I DO THINK THIS
CONTACT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT
SPEAKS TO WHY WE NEED TO BE A
LITTLE BIT CAREFUL AND CAUTIOUS
AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE
OVERHAUL THE SYSTEM. GIVEN THE
SCOPE OF THE CHANGES INVOLVED
WHAT WE WANT TO AVOID IS
CREATING A SITUATION WHERE. IN
THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO UPGRADE
THE SECURITY OF THIS WE MOVE TOO
FAST AND CREATE SOME SORT OF A
BIGGER CHALLENGE THAT COULD HAVE
AN IMPACT ON THE OTHER 99% OF
HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAVE- IN COST
THEM TO HAVE THEIR BENEFITS
INTERRUPTED. OBVIOUSLY KNOW A
LOT OF THEFT IS IT AN ACCEPTABLE
AMOUNT OF THEFT BUT WE JUST NEED
TO TAKE ALL THESE FACTORS INTO
CONSIDERATION. IN TERMS OF WHAT
WE'RE DOING IN THE INTERIM.
WHILE WE ARE ARE MOVING FAST ON
ON TIP TOP TECHNOLOGY- WE HAVE A
FEW ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE
IMPLEMENTED IN SOME OTHER THINGS
ON THE HORIZON SO- IN. EARLIER
THIS THIS YEAR WE DEPLOYED- THE
CARD VERIFICATION VALUE TO OUR
SIDE LAST YEAR. WE PLAYED HARDER
EDUCATION VALUE TO COMBAT THE
SCAMMING PORTION OF THIS OF THIS
IS THAT THE- SORT OF THREE
NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE ON THE BACK
OF THE YOU KNOW MAYBE A PERSONAL
CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD. THAT SAME
SORT OF TECHNOLOGY IT WORKS A
LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THIS
CONTEXT BUT IT REALLY SHOULD
REDUCE. INCIDENCES OF SCAMMING.
AND SINCE WE IMPLEMENTED THAT WE
ACTUALLY SAW REPORTS OF SCAMMING
GO DOWN BY AN ESTIMATED 95% SO
THAT THAT TECHNOLOGY IS BEEN
VERY EFFECTIVE AT REDUCING
SCAMMING. WE ALSO BLOCK OUT OF
STATE ATM TRANSACTIONS- FOR THE
CASH SIDE- WE BLOCK TRANSACTIONS
AT OUT OF STATE FMS RETAILERS IF
WE'VE SEEN PATTERNS OF- CALFRESH
OR- SNAP. TRAFFICKING AND FRAUD
AT THOSE RETAILERS. THOSE
RETAILERS- WE'VE BEEN USING DATA
ANALYTICS TO IDENTIFY LIKE
LOCATIONS WERE SKIMMING DEVICES
MAY HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. AND
DINNER PARTNER WITH OUR- LOCAL.
COUNTY INVESTIGATORS SAID HAVE
THE REMOVED. WE LIMIT WITHDRAW
WINDOWS BENEFIT LOW DAYS- TO
MAKE A LITTLE BIT. EASIER FOR
THE LEGITIMATE CARDHOLDERS SAID
TO GET THEIR BENEFITS- WE'VE
BEEN RAISING AWARENESS THROUGH
ENHANCE CLIENT COMMUNICATION
AND- EFFORTS JUST TO MAKE PEOPLE
AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.
CONVINCE ARE ENCOURAGED THEM TO
CHANGE THEIR PEN AND TAKE
ACTIONS TO PROTECT THEIR CARDS-
WE'VE STREAMLINED PROCEDURAL
REQUIREMENTS FOR- CLIENTS THAT
ZIP FILE THEFT CLAIM SO ONCE
THEY DO HAVE THEIR BENEFITS
STOLEN MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN.
GET THEIR BENEFITS REPLACES AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE- AND THEN
WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING WITH
LOCAL AND FEDERAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES INCLUDING
THE U. S. SECRET SERVICE AND THE
FBI TO INVESTIGATE THAT CLAIMS.
AND CONDUCT OPERATIONS. SO FAR
THIS IS RESULT IN OVER SEVENTY
FIVE ARRESTS ACROSS MULTIPLE
COUNTIES AND- WE CONTINUE TO.
PURSUE ADDITIONAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES. FINALLY
CALIFORNIA'S IS PARTICIPATING
COALITION OF OTHER STATES THAT
ARE WORKING TO IDENTIFY
ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES ON THESE
ISSUES AND ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO SHARE OUR BEST
PRACTICES WITH THEM AS WELL. I'M
MORE MEDIA HORIZON WE DO PLAN TO
DEPLOY A NEW MOBILE APP E. T.
ADS WHICH WILL PROVIDE
CARDHOLDERS WITH SOME SELF
SERVICE FUNCTIONALITY TO FREEZE
THE CARD CHANGE THEIR PEN A
LITTLE BIT MORE EASILY- THAT
HOPEFULLY WILL HELP. CUT DOWN ON
ON- THEFT. YOUR FINAL QUESTION-
REGARDING THE FEDERAL CHANGES
FOR REPLACING STONE SNAP
BENEFITS CALIFORNIA SUBMITTED
ITS STATE PLAN TO FOR FEDERAL
FOOD THAT REIMBURSEMENT IN
FEBRUARY OF TWENTY TWENTY THREE
AND IS ANTICIPATING EVAN S.
APPROVAL IS IMMINENT. ONCE
BROUGH CALIFORNIA WILL BEGIN
RECEIVING FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT
FOR FOOD THEFT CLAIMS REDUCING
FINANCIAL IMPACT TO THE STATE
GENERAL FUND WHICH IS NOW THE
SOLE SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR FOOD
THEFT REIMBURSEMENT CLAIMS.
THESE FEDERAL CHANGES DO NOT
IMPACT THE TIMELINE OR
DEVELOPMENT OF THE B. TWO CARD
SECURITY EFFORTS PUT FORTH IN
THIS BUDGET PROPOSAL THIS
PROPOSAL STRICTLY SEEKS TO
MODERNIZE EBT CARDS AND DOES NOT
INCLUDE FUNDING FOR CLIENT
REIMBURSEMENTS DID. ET SEPT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH RUN
- GOING TO MOVE OVER TO. AND
WELCOME- RICK RAINEY. COUNTY SAN
DIEGO. AND THEN LIMA SILVER FROM
NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. WE'LL
START WITH RICK. A GOOD MORNING
THIS ONE DO A SOUNDCHECK YOU CAN
HEAR ME OKAY. YES ARE VERY GOOD
GOOD MORNING THE- ADAM SUGAR
AND- MEMBERS. OF THE COMMITTEE.
REQUIRING DIRECTOR FOR SELF
SUFFICIENCY SERVICES WITH THE
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO. HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY THANK YOU
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE
TESTIMONY THIS MORNING- IN THE
QUESTIONS UP WITH FORWARD- THE
FOR. ONE BEING- DESCRIBING HOW.
THE RAPIDLY INCREASING LEVELS OF
TV TWO THOUSAND HAVE AFFECTED
OUR CLIENTS WE SERVE. HOW DOES
THIS AFFECT PARTICIPANTS IN THE
CAL WORKS CALFRESH IN CAP
PROGRAMS WHAT IS THE MAGNITUDE
OF THIS STUFF. AND WHO IS MOST
OF AFFECTED SO FROM A LOCAL
PERSPECTIVE COUNTIES ARE VERY
CONCERNED ABOUT THE ONGOING
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN AB TWO
SKIMMING AND SCAMMING. AND THE
IMPACT OF THIS HOUSE ON OUR
VULNERABLE CUSTOMERS. WE DO NOT
WANT TO SEE OUR CUSTOMER SPACE
YOU FICTIONS OR INCREASED HUNGER
. BECAUSE THE BENEFITS HAVE BEEN
STOLEN. TO SHARE SOME. FROM SAN
DIEGO AND THIS OF THIS ISSUE.
SINCE SEPTEMBER FIRST OF TWENTY
TWENTY TWO. WE REPLACED NEARLY
FIVE POINT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS
IN STOLEN CASH BENEFITS. AND
NEARLY FOUR POINT FIVE MILLION
IN SOUL FOOD ASSISTANCE BENEFITS
REPRESENTING OVER FIFTEEN
THOUSAND. UNIQUE CLAIMS. AND
SINCE JANUARY OF TWENTY TWENTY
TWO WE RECEIVED MORE THAN TWENTY
NINE THOUSAND. I REQUEST TO
REPLACE TO REPLACE STOLEN
BENEFITS. SOME OF THE CUSTOMERS
THAT HAVE THEIR BENEFITS STOLEN-
THIS OCCURS MULTIPLE TIMES WHICH
CAN PLACE THEM AT FURTHER RISK
OF INFECTION. WHEN THEY ARE
UNABLE TO PAY THEIR RENTS ARE
TIMELY AND FIRST FOR SEVERAL
MONTHS IN A ROW ESPECIALLY AS
THE- THOSE ARE ENDING. THE
GROWING THEFT OF FOOD BENEFITS
COMBINED WITH THE ENDING OF THE
PANDEMIC EMERGENCY ALLOTMENTS.
ANYONE GOING INCREASE IN FOOD
COSTS. BASED FAMILIES AT EVEN
GREATER RISK OF FOOD AND
SECURITY ALMOST US. REGARDING
THE SECOND QUESTION- WHAT
PROBLEMS HAVE ARISEN. WITH THE
BENEFITS ARE REPLACEMENT
PROCESS. HOWEVER RECENT CHANGES
FROM THE STATE CDSS IMPACTED THE
BENEFIT REPLACEMENT PROCESS FOR
CLIENTS. AND WHAT MORE COULD CSS
AND COUNTIES BE DOING. YOUR FOR
THE STREAMLINED THE BENEFIT
REPLACEMENT. WE GREATLY
APPRECIATE THE STATE'S EFFORTS
AT CDSS EFFORTS AND THE CHANGES
TO SIMPLIFY THE REIMBURSEMENT
PROCESS AND TIMELINES. EVEN WITH
THOSE CHANGES THE VOLUME IS SO
GREAT THAT THIS IS PRETTY
NOTICEABLE OPERATIONAL IMPACT
AND- AND SIGNIFICANT IMPACT WORK
LOCAL WORK WHAT- EACH MONTH WE
RECEIVED THOUSANDS OF PHONE
CALLS AND IN PERSON. REQUEST
REGARDING- BENEFITS THAT HAVE
BEEN STRUGGLING. ON THE FIRST
WORKING DAY OF APRIL OF THIS
YEAR- WE RECEIVED MORE THAN TWO
HUNDRED REFERRALS FOR BENEFIT
REPLACEMENT JUST IN OUR CALL
CENTER AND IS NOT THIS IS NOT
INCLUDE- THE REQUESTED IT MADE.
THAT ARE MADE IN PERSON AT OUR
OFFICES- WE RECOGNIZE THE NEED
TO GET THE STOLEN FUNDS
REIMBURSED QUICKLY. AND STRIVE
TO MEET THE PROCESS THAT THAT WE
CAN DO THIS AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE- WE HAVE HAD TO
ASSEMBLE SPECIAL TEAMS ARE HERE
IN OUR COUNTY BOTH IN OUR CALL
CENTER. AND AT OUR OFFICES AS
WELL AS ADDITIONAL STOPPING OR
FISCAL DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE
THE BALK TO INCREASE THE
CAPACITY TO. ADDRESS THE VOLUME
OF BENEFITS REPLACEMENT COMING
UP. THIS IS BE BECOMING VERY
TRICKY CHALLENGE AND A BALANCING
ACT. AS WE ARE ALSO WORKING TO
PROCESS- THE RESTARTING OF THE
MEDICARE RULES- AS PART OF THE
CONTINUOUS COVERAGE ON WINDING.
WE CONTINUE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL
ONGOING CASE WORK FOR OTHER
PROGRAMS. WE'VE GOT MANY MANY
ENQUIRIES- AND QUESTIONS
REGARDING THE END OF THE
CALFRESH MURDERS YOU ALLOTMENTS-
AND WE ARE DOING THIS ALL WHILE
EXPERIENCING THE HIGHEST.
CALFRESH CASELOAD- IN OUR ENTIRE
HISTORY. AND THE FINAL QUESTION-
PLEASE SHARE FEEDBACK REGARDING
RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW THE STATE
. SHOULD IMPLEMENT THE EBT CARD
SECURITY COUNCILS AND ANY
ADDITIONAL MEASURES THAT THE
STATE AND COUNTY SHOULD TAKE IN
THE MEANTIME TO ADDRESS THE B.
TWO THEFT ISSUE. SO COUNTIES
HAVE BEEN ARE URGING AND WORKING
WITH THE STATE TO INCREASE PARTS
SECURITY. AND WE'RE VERY GLAD TO
SEE- THE CSS PROPOSAL TO REPLACE
THE CURRENT DVD CARDS WITH THE
MORE SECURE CHIP TECHNOLOGY.
WHICH WILL LOWER THE REST OF THE
BENEFITS OF BEING SCAMMED. FROM
AN EQUITY PERSPECTIVE THOUGH WE
THINK THIS IS CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT TO OUR CUSTOMERS THAT
THEY HAVE THE SAME PROTECTIONS
AND SECURITIES AVAILABLE THAT
YOU AND I DO. THROUGH THE OUR
CURRENT BANKING SYSTEM WITH ATM
CARDS AS WELL AS PRODUCTS PARTS.
THIS IS AN URGENT ISSUE AND WE
WANT TO SEE THE CHIP CARD
TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTED AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE TO MINIMIZE THE RISK
THAT OUR CUSTOMERS. WILL
CONTINUE TO FACE- AS THEIR
BENEFITS OR STOLEN. FINALLY AS
HAS ALREADY REFERENCE WITH LOCAL
LEVEL GRANDSTANDING WITH THEM
WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT. OVER
THE ATTORNEY. LOCAL ONE FBI- AS
WELL AS THE STATE IN EFFORTS TO
APPREHEND THESE CRIMINAL
PREDATORS. AS WELL AS EDUCATING
RETAILERS TO BE VIGILANT IN
CHECKING FOR AND REMOVING
SKIMMING DEVICES. ALL THESE
EFFORTS SHOULD CONTINUE THEY ARE
INSUFFICIENT TO FULLY ADDRESS
THE ISSUE- AND THE AND THE
VOLUME OF THOSE- LEVEL CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY GOING ON. SO WE URGE
YOU TO. DEPLOY. THIS TECHNOLOGY
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. AND- UP
WITHOUT- HAPPY ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU WOULD TURN OVER TO LEE
UP FIRST WITH QUESTION. THAT MY
NAME IS LENA SILVER I'M AN
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF LITIGATION
AND POLICY ADVOCACY AT
NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL SERVICES OF
L. A. COUNTY THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR THE INVITATION TO ADDRESS
THE SUBCOMMITTEE. WHILE SKIMMING
CASES HAVE TRICKLED INTO OUR
HOTLINE OVER THE LAST DECADE
WE'VE SEEN A PRECIPITOUS RISE
SINCE THE END OF TWENTY TWENTY
ONE THAT HAS COST HUNGER
HOMELESSNESS AND GRIEF FOR
THOUSANDS ALREADY LIVING ON THE
EDGE. CONSIDER MARTHA WHO WAS
CHECKING OUT A COSCO WHEN SHE
LEARNED SHE HAD NO CALFRESH
MONEY ON HER EBT CARD IMAGINE
THE EMBARRASSMENT OF RETURNING
HER ITEMS ON TOP OF THAT THE
THEFT OCCURRED MORE THAN TEN
DAYS BEFORE SO SHE RECEIVE NO
REIMBURSEMENT AT ALL. NIKITA A
SINGLE MOM TO FOUR CHILDREN AND
A COW WORK STUDENT HAS BEEN
ROBBED FIVE TIMES IN THE PAST
FIVE YEARS STRUGGLING TO FEED
HER CHILDREN AND PAY RENT EACH
TIME. THE COUNTY DENIED
REIMBURSEMENT OF THE THEFT IN
JANUARY TWENTY TWENTY THREE
MISTAKING THE FINDING THAT SHE'D
ALREADY BE RE ALREADY HAD BEEN
REIMBURSED BECAUSE WHAT WAS
ROBBED WAS THE MONEY THAT WAS
REIMBURSED THAT WAS STOLEN THE
PRIOR MONTH. WE WERE ABLE TO
OVERCOME THAT HURDLE- BUT
BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN A VICTIM OF
CRIME THREE TIMES IN THE PAST
TWELVE MONTHS THEY PUT HER MONEY
ON A TWENTY FIVE DAY HOLD TO
INVESTIGATE HER FOR FRAUD. WE
THINK CDSS FOR SIMPLIFYING THE
REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS IN JANUARY
TWENTY TWENTY THREE IT HAS MADE
A TRUE DIFFERENCE AT THE STATE
CAN DO MORE TO REDUCE THE HARM
IN THE MEANTIME. FIRST THE STATE
SHOULD ALIGN CASHIER AND
CALFRESH RULES BY REIMBURSING
ALL STOLEN CALFRESH BENEFITS.
ONE LOST CALFRESH IN NOVEMBER
TWENTY TWENTY TWO WHEN HIS RE
CERTIFICATION WAS UNLAWFULLY NOT
PROCESSED. IN FEBRUARY TWENTY
TWENTY THREE WE HOPE TO GET
SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND PACK
BACK PAY FOR HIS HOUSEHOLD
EIGHT. BEFORE HE EVEN KNEW THE
MONEY WAS ON HIS CARD IT WAS
STOLEN IN A SINGLE DAY IN
FLORIDA. HE ONLY RECEIVED ONE
MONTH OF REIMBURSEMENT. UNDER
THE PENDING FEDERAL CHANGES HE
WOULD RECEIVE TWO BUT THERE'S NO
TIMELINE FOR THAT AND IT.
PRESENTLY AND HE HAS TO KEEP
TRACK NO WHEN THE CHANGE HAPPENS
AND WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE
CHANGE HAPPENING. GO BACK TO
DPSS AND ASK FOR HIS SECOND
REIMBURSEMENT. IT IS NOT FAIR
THAT SOMEONE LIKE ONE CANNOT BE
MADE WHOLE SIMPLY BECAUSE THE
EBT SYSTEM DOES NOT PROVIDE
BASIC CONSUMER PROTECTIONS.
SECOND CDSS MUST IMMEDIATELY
REVISE REGULATIONS TO REQUIRE
REIMBURSEMENT WITHIN THREE DAYS
IN ALL SITUATIONS. CURRENTLY THE
TIME FRAME IS TEN BUSINESS DAYS
OR TWENTY FIVE CALENDAR DAYS IF
THERE'S AN AUTOMATIC FRAUD
REFERRAL FOR ANYONE ROBBED MORE
THAN THREE TIMES IN TWELVE
MONTHS OR OVER ONE THOUSAND
DOLLARS OR MORE THAN THEIR
MONTHLY ALLOTMENT. THE WITH
REQUIRES QUOTE PROMPT
REPLACEMENT OF BENEFITS IN ORDER
TO MINIMIZE THE HARM TO
RECIPIENTS. THREE DAYS IS THE
TIME FRAME FOR CURING A NOTICE
TO PAY RENT- QUIT AND THE MAX
THE PEOPLE MUST WAIT TO RECEIVE
EMERGENCY CALFRESH IT SHOULD BE
NO DIFFERENT HERE. FURTHER THE
STATE MUST END MANDATORY ESSAY
YOU REFERRALS WHICH ARE OUT OF
STEP WITH THE RAMPANT NATURE OF
SKIMMING AND RE VICTIMIZES THE
VICTIMS. THIRD CDS SESSION
ELIMINATE MANDATORY SUPERVISORY
REVIEW OF EVERY SINGLE TWO TWO
FIVE NINE FORM WHICH YOU HEARD
IN SAN DIEGO IS THOUSANDS OF
FORMS A MONTH IN THIS. MANY FOR
SOME OF THE L. A. COUNTY WHICH
IS ONE THIRD OF ALL
BENEFICIARIES IN THE STATE. OF
SUPERVISORS REVIEW SLOWS THE
PROCESS CAUSES BACKLOGS AND
PREVENTS SAME DAY ISSUE INTO
BENEFITS FOR COUNTIES LIKE LA
WITH TELEPHONIC SIGNATURE WHERE
A PERSON CAN MAKE A SINGLE CALL.
DESCRIBED THE THEFT HAVE THEIR
ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE AND THEIR
MONEY COULD BE REIMBURSED THEM
RIGHT AWAY WITHOUT ANY DELAY.
CWD IS CAN ADOPT A TARGETED
APPROACH TO REVIEWING THESE
FORMS AFTERWARD. MOREOVER THE
LEGISLATURE SHOULD REQUIRE CAL
SAUCED EXPEDITE BOTH THE
AUTOMATION OF THE REPLACEMENT OF
SKIN BENEFITS AND ALSO
PROGRAMMING THE EBT TWO TWO FIVE
NINE FOUR WHICH IS THE
REIMBURSEMENT FORM. INTO
BENEFITS CAL IMMEDIATELY. MOST
IMPORTANTLY THE ONLY WAY TO END
THIS MADNESS IS TO EXPEDITE THE
TIME FRAME FOR CONVERTING TO
CHIP TECHNOLOGY. THE STATE HAS
KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS THAT
SCAMMERS CAN EASILY CLONE EBT
CARDS WITHOUT SHIP. YET IS THE
THEFTS ROSE IN SPRING OF TWENTY
TWENTY TWO THE STATE SPENT
MILLIONS UPDATING TO CVV
TECHNOLOGY WHICH YES HAS REDUCED
SCAMMING BUT- THE MAIN BOOK OF.
THE HARM OCCURS TO SKIMMING. THE
LAUNCH TIME FRAME FOR WHICH I AM
AWARE LEAVES OUR CLIENTS
VULNERABLE AND WE STATE DOLLARS
A STARK I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE
STATE TO SCRUTINIZE THE TIME
FRAME FOR ANY MONTHS THAT CAN BE
CAUGHT. IN ROLLING OUT CARDS
PEOPLE RECEIVING CASH AGE SHOULD
BE PRIORITIZED AS WELL AS HEART
HEAVILY TARGETED REASON. REGIONS
THE STATE MUST ALSO ENSURE MOM
AND POP VENDORS ARE NOT LEFT
BEHIND OFTEN THESE ARE THE ONLY
MARKETS IN LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES. AND THEY WILL NEED
THE MOST HELP NAVIGATING THE
NEW- SYSTEM. WHAT INCUMBENT ON
THE STATE TO SHORTEN THE TIME
FRAME IN THE MEANTIME THE STATE
AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TO CONTINUE
TO ENGAGE WITH BANKS AND E. B.
T. VENDORS TO PREVENT TAMPERING.
AND POINT OF SALE DEVICES AND
ATMS. OUR CLIENTS LIVE IN FOOD
AND DRINK DESERT'S THEY HAVE NO
CHOICE BUT TO RETURN TO THE SAME
ATM WHICH IS WHY REPEATED
SKIMMING AND THEFT OCCURS- IN
THE ONUS CONTINUES TO BE ON.
COUNTY WILL FOR DEPARTMENTS AND
LAW ENFORCEMENT TO LOOK AT THE
DATA AND IDENTIFY TAMPER
DEVICES. FINALLY OUT REACH
MATERIALS MUST BE PRODUCED IN
ALL THRESHOLD LANGUAGES TO
EDUCATOR EBT HOLDERS ABOUT HOW
TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM
SKIMMING. CHANGE THEIR PIN
NUMBER WHICH IS QUITE A BURDEN.
DIFFICULT FOR ELDERLY CLIENTS
SPECIFICALLY AND ANYONE WHO. IS
NOT FAMILIAR WITH TECHNOLOGY AND
TO GET REIMBURSEMENTS. THANK YOU
. THANK YOU SO MUCH- BEFORE WE
TURN OUR WORDS QUESTIONS ON OUR
AND- BERMAN FINANCIALLY ON A
COMMON. FOR ARGININE DR
DEPARTMENT FINANCE NO ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS DODD. GREAT THANK YOU
SO MUCH OF WHAT'S WRONG WITH
THAT DEPARTMENT- AND IT'S KIND
OF A GOOD TI¾N TO WANT SOBRE
SMASHED OVER HERE- I APPRECIATE
THAT YOU GAVE. GIVEN HOW WE'RE
GOING TO PRIORITIZE A ROLLOUT-
AND YOU MENTION ON A REGIONAL
BASIS FOR THOSE HOT SPOTS. IS
YOUR ROOM TO ALSO INCLUDE THE
BENEFITS OF CASH AID THE
CALVERTS RECIPIENTS WHICH- I SEE
MAKE UP 80% OF THE FAITH. YES
ABSOLUTELY YEAH. I THINK. WELL
LET ME LET ME CLARIFY. THAT CASH
MAKES UP THE BULK OF THE THEFT
DOLLARS IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY
MAKE UP THE BULK OF THE THEFT
CASES AND THIS IS WHERE WE DON'T
QUITE HAVE THE GRANULARITY OF
DATA THAT WE WANT YET. BUT ONCE
WE FIX THIS TWENTY TWO FIFTY
NINE FORM PROCESS WE WILL HAVE A
LOT BETTER DATA ON IT. WE'VE
BEEN HEARING ANECDOTALLY THAT
THERE'S ACTUALLY INCREASING
RATES. OF CALFRESH. BENEFICIARY
LIKE THE END OF HAVE THEIR
BENEFITS ON IS A SMALLER DOLLAR.
BECAUSE OF JUST THE NATURE OF
HOW THOSE BENEFITS WORK- SO
THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING
AT IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO KEEP
AN EYE ON- BUT ABSOLUTELY. OPEN
TO CONSIDERING FOCUSING ON ON
CALYX APPS ABSOLUTELY YEAH A
YEAR JUST MAKES SENSE YOU KNOW
THESE INDIVIDUALS BUT THAT'S
ONLY HALF. ITS LITERALLY ALL
THEY HAVEN'T I DON'T THINK WE
NEED TO HEAR MORE STORIES UP YOU
KNOW WE'VE- ARTICLES HAVE. HAVE
MENTIONED SO MANY STORIES THAT
RELAXES THE WHOLE HEARING ON
WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THESE
PEOPLE. A. GREAT- THANK YOU AND
- MY NEXT QUESTION IS. WE'VE
HEARD SOME OF THE NOTICES PEOPLE
ARE GETTING IS THAT THE STATE OR
COUNTY SENDING THOSE NOTICES
THAT THEY'RE BEING INVESTIGATED
. DOES ANYONE KNOW. SO I THINK.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CHANGE
THAT WAS VERY WELCOME AS A
PERSONAL LONGER HAS TO REPORT
THE THEFT FIRST TO THE EBT
HOLLANDIC DISPUTE CLAIM NUMBERS
AND THAT WOULD PRODUCE OF A
NOTICE THAT SAID YOU BASICALLY
YOUR CLAIM WAS DENIED WHICH
PEOPLE WITH AN APPEAL BUT IT
WASN'T A TRUE DENIAL IT WAS.
DENIAL ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL AND
THAT SORT OF A LOT OF PEOPLE FOR
MAKING- REPORTS THEN- I TALKED
TO ABOUT AUTOMATIC FRAUD
REFERRALS THAT ARE BEING MADE
AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT
THE NOTICES REFER TO. I
PERSONALLY HAVEN'T SEEN ONE BUT
YES AND IN THE ARTICLE THAT I
HEARD THAT AND WE ARE WE RECEIVE
REPORT BACK FROM THE COUNTY WHEN
WE ADVOCATE FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE
THEIR- EBT. FORM REIMBURSED THE
IT WAS AT THAT IT'S ON A HOLD
BECAUSE OF FRAUD INVESTIGATION
SO THEY PROBABLY AREN'T THAT
PROBABLY IS THE FORM THAT
THEY'RE GETTING. ON THESE
AUTOMATIC FRAUD REFERRALS ARE
NOT REQUIRED BY STATE LAW
THEY'RE THEY'RE IMPLEMENTED
THROUGH A. C. L.'S THAT IT- TO
THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE CAME
OUT IN IN TWENTY THIRTEEN WHEN-
CACHET REIMBURSEMENT STARTED.
THE WEEK REQUIRES THAT THERE BE
PROTOCOLS FOR SYSTEM INTEGRITY
AND THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT WAS
CREATED OVER TEN YEARS AGO AND
LIKE I SAID IS VERY. OUT OF STEP
IN MY OPINION WITH HOW RAMPANT
FRAUD IS HOPE. HOPE CONTINUOUSLY
TARGETED PEOPLE ARE AND ALSO
HELP. BENEFITS HAVE RISEN
THANKFULLY DUE TO THE CORRECT
THE LEGISLATURE THOUSAND
DOLLARS'S YOU KNOW OFFICIAL
FAMILY FORGETS MORE THAN THAT
THAT'S ONE MONTHS OF. OF
BENEFITS SO. THESE PARTICLE
SHOULD CHANGE IMMEDIATELY AND NO
ONE'S CACHET EVEN IF. THERE'S A
DETERMINATION THEY SHOULD BE
INVESTIGATED FOR SOME REASON
WHICH AGAIN I WOULD THINK IT'S
AN EXTREMELY RARE OCCASION I
CAN'T QUITE THINK OF ONE. PEOPLE
SHOULD GET THEIR MONEY IN THREE
DAYS BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID. ALL
THEY HAVE AND IT'S USUALLY
TRAINED ON THE VERY FIRST OF THE
MONTH EVEN BEFORE. THEY WAKE UP
IN THE MORNING- YEAH SO. THANK
YOU FOR THE INSIGHT BUT I GUESS
I SO DON'T KNOW IF THAT NOTICES
COMING FROM THE STATE OR THE
COUNTY. IT WOULD BE THE COUNTY
PROBABLY COUNTY OKAY. THANK YOU-
I'M A DIRECT. STOOD MY NEXT
ROUND OF QUESTIONS TO- RICK OVER
HERE AN APOLOGY AND NO ONE ELSE
CAN SEE HIM. I'M RICK. FIRST A
THE MENU TO. A TIME. IS WIRE THE
CLIENT RECEIVE THE- NOTICES
STATING THAT THEY'RE BEING
INVESTIGATED ALREADY.
TRAUMATIZED OR BEING RE
TRAUMATIZED AND THE SECOND BURKE
HOWARD'S RECIPIENTS WHO GET ALL
THEIR BENEFITS STOLEN. ARE THEY
OFFERED THE ARRAY OF BENEFITS
THAT COME FROM CAO WORKS FOR
EXAMPLE THE COW WORKS HOUSING
SUPPORT PROGRAM. AND HELPING
PERHAPS ALLEVIATE THE POTENTIAL
HOMELESSNESS THAT COULD COME OUT
OF THIS- I KNOW THERE WERE
EXAMPLES IN THE ARTICLE IS
ABOUT. YOU KNOW MOMS WITH BABIES
FINALLY NEEDED MONEY TO GO TO A
SHELTER FOR THAT DAY BECAUSE
THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY SOMETHING
YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT IS
THAT WHAT SUPPORT SERVICES ARE
BEING OFFERED TO THEM. TO OUR
THESE- INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES
. THANK YOU FOR THOSE QUESTIONS
SO TO ADDRESS THE FIRST QUESTION
ON THE NOTICES AS PENSION- IT IS
ENOUGH- ST DIRECTION TO- MAKE
REFERRALS- TO OUR SPECIAL
INVESTIGATION UNITS- WHICH DONE
DOES COME WITH A- SERIES OF
NOTICES ARE FROM THE- LOCAL
COUNTY- RECENTLY THERE ARE SO
MANY. ARE REFERRALS IT IS
LITERALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO- JUST
AUTO REFER AS YOU ONCE DID PRIOR
TO THIS. ISSUE OCCURRING-
THERE'S JUST NO WAY TO PROCESS
THEM- AND OUR SPECIAL
INVESTIGATIONS UNIT SO WE'VE
INSTITUTED EACH COUNTY IS
DIFFERENT. BUT IN SAN DIEGO. A
LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT
PROCESS WHERE WE ARE. SPREE THE
REQUEST FOR BENEFIT REPLACED. IN
ORDER TO IF THERE'S ANY REASON
TO EVEN REPORT TO SPECIAL
INVESTIGATIONS AT ALL IT IS VERY
EASY TO. USE SEE ON MOST OF THE
CASES ARE THAT THE BENEFITS HAVE
BEEN STOLEN OUT OF STATE. TAKEN
OUT OF AN ATM- FAR AWAY FROM
WHERE THE CUSTOMER IS- AND WE
GET ONCE WE CAN. DOCUMENT OR-
ADDRESS THAT VERIFIED OUT THEN
WE DON'T MAKE A REFERRAL IF IT'S
NOT WARRANTED- SO WE TRY TO
MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF-
REFERRALS OVER TO SPECIAL
INVESTIGATION AS WELL AS THE
NOTICES GOING OUT. AND THEN WE
ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO REPLACE
BENEFITS ARE WITHIN A VERY SHORT
TIME FRAME WE'RE AVERAGING- HERE
IN SAN DIEGO- A SEVENTY FIVE
PERCENT. OF OUR REPLACEMENT
BENEFIT REQUESTS ARE BEING
REPLACED EVEN THREE WORKING DAYS
ARE WORKING HARD TO TRY TO GET
THAT TO ONE WORKING DAY. IN
TERMS OF THE- ARRAY OF SERVICES
FOR CAL WORKS- THE ANSWER THE
QUESTION IS YES ANY ANY BENEFITS
ANCILLARY BENEFITS STOCK OUR
CALVET FAMILIES ARE. IN NEED OF-
WHICH COULD BE TRIGGERED BY A
BENEFITS- SKIMMING OR SCAMMING-
WE IMMEDIATELY ENGAGE WITH OUR-
EMPLOYMENTS- AT SERVICES CASE
MANAGERS AND WORK WITH THE
FAMILY TO ACCESS THE ARRAY OF
ANCILLARY SERVICES HOUSING
SUPPORT. FAMILY STABILIZATION
AND SMOKE OR TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE- TRIED TO EITHER INTERVENE OR
STOP- A- A CRISIS FOR THE FAMILY
PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO-
HE DICTION OR BECOMING HOMELESS
OR ADDRESSING IMMEDIATE FOOD.
NEEDS AND YOU USE ON THE THING
THAT WAS GOING TO BRING IS THE
TIME FOR YOU KNOW WE HAVE A
REQUEST OF BRING DOWN TO DAYS
YOU'RE SAY 70% OR WITH THE
THREE- YOU SOME OF THE ARTICLES
WE READ PAPER WAITING A MONTH
AND A HALF- AND- YOU KNOW IT WAS
LA TIMES I'M ASSUMING THEY WERE
TALKING BY L. A. COUNTY. MONTH
AND A HALF. SO YOU I'M WONDERING
WHAT IS NEEDED TO HELP ASSIST
WHAT'S UP RESOURCES COUNTIES
NEED TO BRING THIS DOWN EVEN
JUST TO THE TEN DAYS RIGHT I'M I
DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S DATA ON
WHAT THAT'S LOOKING ACROSS ALL
FIFTY EIGHT COUNTIES IN
CALIFORNIA AND HOME. HAS IT
GOTTEN BETTER WE'VE SEEN THIS
TREND OF IT GETTING BETTER- AND
BECAUSE IF WE CAN'T EVEN MEET
THE TEN DAY THRESHOLD IT'S GONNA
BE VERY DIFFICULT EVEN MOTOR
THREE DAY TRIP THRESHOLD WHICH
IS. I MEAN THREE DAYS IS A LOT.
EVEN THAT IS A LOT BUT- SO DO
YOU DO YOU KNOW HOW THE TRENDS
ARE MOVING HOUSE L. A. COUNTY
LOOKING LIKE. I CAN'T SPEAK TO
L. A. COUNTY BUT I CAN ALSO
SORRY MAKE I WAS LOOKING AT
THEM. YOU KNOW OVER HERE. THANK
YOU. OKAY SO I DON'T I MEAN I
DON'T HAVE UPDATED DATA I CAN
TELL YOU ANECDOTALLY I TRY TO
LOOK AT THE CASES THAT HAVE BEEN
COMING INTO OUR HOTLINE- WE
AREN'T SEEING THE THIRTY PLUS
STATE DELAYS THAT WE SAW BEFORE
I THINK PART OF WHAT WAS
HAPPENING BEFORE WAS THE
CONFUSION. ON MEETING ALL THE
DIFFERENCE VERY COMPLEX STEPS OF
REIMBURSEMENT WHICH HAVE BEEN
SIMPLIFIED. BUT IN LOOKING AT
THE CASES THAT THAT HAVE COME
INTO THE LAST FEW WEEKS AT LEAST
CERTAINLY TAKING EVERY DAY OF
THE TEN DAYS AND OFTEN INTO TWO
WEEKS THREE WEEKS THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE SAYING- SO AGAIN. WE KNOW.
IN LOS ANGELES AND OTHER
CONTACTS THAT SUPERVISORS REVIEW
WITH THE HUGE CASELOADS IS AN
EXTREME BURDEN- I AND WE'VE SEEN
IN OTHER CONTEXTS THAT WHEN
SUPERVISORS REVIEW THAT'S NOT
REQUIRED IS REMOVED THAT- TIME
FRAMES FOR TURNING AROUND
BUSINESS PROCESSES ARE MUCH
IMPROVED SO THAT'S WHY I REALLY
DO. THINK REMOVING SUPERVISORS
REVIEW WHICH AGAIN IS NOT IN
STATE LAW REMOVING THAT AND
HAVING A TARGETED APPROACH WOULD
WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE- BUT
I MEAN IT JUST NEEDS TO BE A
REQUIREMENT. I WILL SAY THAT
PEOPLE WHO GET HA SOMETIMES GET
LUMP SUMS AND WE'VE HAD CLIENTS
WHO IS H. A. IS ROBBED
IMMEDIATELY. IT'S JUST A VERY
TRAGIC SITUATION ENGINE ARE
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE LIKE THE
MONEY THAT'S PUT IN PEOPLE'S
CARDS AND THEN THERE LANDLORDS
WAITING FOR IT AND IT'S BEEN
STOLEN AND THEN THEY HAVE TO
WAIT ANOTHER TEN DAYS. TO GET
REIMBURSED SO IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO SHORTEN THIS TIME
FRAMES OF THAT GREATEST HARM OF
EVICTION IS NOT ON THE TABLE
WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE. DROPPED
RANK YOU SPEAK ON THAT- IT'S NOT
A STATE REQUIREMENT ON THE
SUPERVISORY REVIEW. I'M SUPER
YACHT AT SO I JUST WANT TO START
BY SAYING WE ACTUALLY ALREADY
OR- HAVE PLANS IN PLACE TO WORK
WITH COUNTIES TO TRY TO BETTER
UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR TIME FRAME
IS. WE DON'T HAVE DATA ON THAT
YET BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE
BEEN THINKING ABOUT AS WELL. WE
DEFINITELY WOULD GET A WANTED TO
HEAR MORE ABOUT SUPERVISORY
REVIEW AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING
THAT'S- SO WHY THAT'S IN PLACE-
AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN
DO TO MAKE IT. EASY TO BE
STREAMLINED DATA OTHER PARTS
PROCESS WERE DEAF OPEN HEARING
THAT. KEVIN DE YOU HAVE A
IMPLEMENTED IN DIEGO. RICK WHERE
I DON'T THERE'S NO KEVIN HERE. I
WILDER'S THE- WOW. THE. I'M
SORRY CAN YOU REPEAT THE
QUESTION YEAH SPEAKING ABOUT THE
- SUPERBOWL OR- SUPERVISORY
REVIEW. D. IN NOT ALL COUNTY
HAVE THAT DO YOU HAVE INSIDE
COUNTY. WE HAD A TEMPER CEASED
OUT BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME IS
JUST GREAT AND WE WERE NOT ABLE
TO- TO ACHIEVE- EVEN THE TEN
DAYS. DURING THAT PROCESS SO- WE
HAVE A SUPERVISOR ESCALATION AT
THIS POINT IF THERE IS A-
SUSPICION DOT THE- BENEFITS
REPLACEMENT CRIME IS NOT BALLOT.
BUT BUT IN MOST OF THE CASES IT
IS A BALLOT AND- IT IS ALLOW US
WITH OUR NATIONAL RESOURCES THAT
WE PUT ON OUR STAFF. WHICH HAS
STRETCHED US TREMENDOUSLY IN
TERMS OF OUR OPERATIONAL
PERFORMANCE- YOU KNOW WE'RE
DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
REPLACE BENEFITS AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE. IT IS SEEN THAT IT'S
WORK IN A ATTEMPT HALT DO YOU
INTO PROPS MAKING THAT A
PERMANENT- PROCESS. WE WOULD
SUPPORT WORKING WITH THE STATE
IN CSS TO MAKE THAT A PERMANENT
PROCESS. PERFECT THANK YOU
SENATE ROTH. THANK YOU A MANAGER
JUST TO MAKE JUST A COMMENT I
GUESS IS TOUCHES ALL OF US- YOU
KNOW MY WIFE'S- SISTER- IS A-
IS. I GUESS PERMANENTLY DISABLED
VERY VERY MODEST MEANS I DON'T
REMEMBER WHICH OF THE BENEFIT
PROGRAMS MAY NOT BE ONE OF THESE
BUT- I SHE'S OBVIOUSLY ELIGIBLE
FOR MANY OF THEM. BUT TOOK A
WHILE TO FINALLY GET-
ELIGIBILITY DETERMINED AND GET
THE BENEFIT TO. ESTABLISHED AND-
HAVE THE MONEY SENT TO SOMETHING
WHETHER WAS AN EBT CARD OR AN
ACCOUNT- THE MONEY LANDS SHE
GOES TO ACCESS IT THE MONEY'S
GONE. SHE REPORTS THE PROBLEM-
HAS TO GO THROUGH QUITE A-
NUMBER OF HOOPS TO ESTABLISH
THAT IT WAS NOT. HER PROBLEM AT
SOMEBODY ELSE'S. FINALLY GETS
THAT FIXED MORE MONEY IS ON THE
WAY. IT'S SENT TO EITHER THE
SAME CARD OF THE SAME ACCOUNT.
IT SWEPT AGAIN- START THE
PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN I THINK
SHE GOT IT ON THE- THIRD TRIBE
IT MAY IT MAY HAVE BEEN ONE MORE
SWEEP. BEFORE IT GOT. PINNED
DOWN SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT TO
THANK YOU FOR WORKING THIS
PROBLEM BECAUSE- YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT PEOPLE. WHO LIVE IN AND I
WILL SAY INCREDIBLE
CIRCUMSTANCES AND THAT'S NOT A
POSITIVE. WHO HAVE NO MONEY. WHO
YOU KNOW. DON'T HAVE WHEN YOU DO
WHEN SOMEBODY TAKES IT IT'S THE
MONEY THEY USED TO BUY THEIR
GROCERIES OR PUT A GALLON OF GAS
IN THE CAR. AND THEY DON'T HAVE
ANYWHERE TO TURN. AND SOMETIMES
THEY HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT
CAN HELP. SOMETIMES THEY DON'T
SO YOU'RE DOING THE LORD'S WORK
BY TRYING TO FIX THIS THING
BECAUSE WE NEED TO FIX IT SO
THANK YOU THANK YOU MEDICARE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH I THINK YOU
KNOW AND- SOMETIMES PERHAPS
PUBLIC FORGETS YOU KNOW IT
DOESN'T HAPPEN TO THE
LEGISLATORS BY TOUCHES OUR LIVES
IN OUR PERSONAL OUR FAMILIES AS
WELL I MEAN YOU KNOW NO ONE IS-
CAN ESCAPE YOU KNOW SOME OF THE
SOME HORRIFIC. EVENTS ARE
HAPPENING REGARDING THIS MY LAST
QUESTION AND YOU KNOW I'VE I
APPRECIATE THIS DIALOGUE HERE-
LOOKING AT SOME POTENTIAL NEXT
STEPS BERMAN LAST QUESTION FOR
YOU. ORIONIS ON THE- IT SOUNDS
WHEN I HEARD THAT THE STATE
REQUIRES A NOTICE TO BE SENT
OUT. TO- INDIVIDUALS MEN. AND
SAM LETTING THEM KNOW THAT
THEY'RE BEING INVESTIGATED. CAN
YOU TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE
NECESSITY BEHIND THAT AND HOW WE
CAN. IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER
RIGHT NOW AND HOW WE CAN ADDRESS
JUST SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS BUT
JUST ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN
PROVIDE IN TERMS OF INSIDE. YEAH
ABSOLUTELY AT BUT I DON'T HAVE A
GREAT ANSWER RIGHT NOW STILL
NEED TO CHECK BACK ON MY TEAM
WITH MY TEAM JUST TO UNDERSTAND
EXACTLY WHERE THOSE REQUIREMENTS
ARE ONE OF THEM ARE. ACTUAL
REQUIREMENTS OR OR- SAID MISS
SELFRIDGE POINT- HOW MUCH THAT
IS AN ACL WE CAN CHANGE YOU KNOW
AGAIN WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT
PEOPLE ARE GETTING THEIR
BENEFITS. HOPEFULLY ONE MAKE
SURE THEY'RE NOT GONNA BENEFIT
STILL THE FIRST PLAY BUT- ABSENT
THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE REPLACING THEM AS
EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY AS
POSSIBLE AND TO YOUR POINT NOT
RE TRAUMATIZING THEM BY-
SUGGESTING THAT YOU KNOW MAYBE
THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT. THAT
THEY DID- SO WE'LL WE'LL GET
BACK TO YOU WITH A LOT MORE
INFORMATION ON WHAT THAT PROCESS
LOOKS LIKE AND DEFINITELY OPEN
TO. EXPLAIN HOW TO FIX IT
PERFECT- JUST BECAUSE I LOVE
RECAPS JUST MAKE SURE SOME OF
THE NEXT STEPS IC IS LIKE. IF WE
CAN LOOK INTO- PRIORITIZING SOME
CAL WORKS- AT. THE CLIENTS
FAMILIES TO BE PRIORITIZING THE
ROLLOUT. OF THE CHIP EBT CARDS I
THINK THAT'S THAT'S REALLY
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT I HEAR
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BECAUSE
WORKING WITH COUNTIES TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT THIS SECONDARY
REVIEW. SEEING HOW IT COULD BE-
HOW WE CAN PROVIDE RESOURCES
DOWN AT THE COUNTIES TO REMOVE
THIS IF IT'S- IF IT SEEMS
APPROPRIATE YOU KNOW PERHAPS
LEARNING FROM COUNTIES LIKE SAN
DIEGO AND HOW THEY'VE
TEMPORARILY HALTED THAT HOW WE
CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT- WHAT
MY BIGGEST TAKEAWAY HERE IS. YOU
KNOW TEN DAYS IS A LOT- WE'RE
SEEING THAT THREE DAYS IS A
READY FOR YOU SAID FOR. CATTLE
EMERGENCY CALFRESH FOR PEOPLE
WITH NO FOOD AND GET CALPERS IN
THREE DAYS IT SHOULD BE A NO
HEAT NO DIFFERENT HERE AND AGAIN
THAT A LANDLORD CONSENT TO A
THREE DAY NOTICE TO PERRIN OR
QUIT AND IF YOU DON'T GET YOUR
MONEY IN THREE DAYS AND THEY
HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO EVICT YOU
THERE'S NO PROTECTIONS THERE.
THAT MAKES SENSE TO JUST HAVE
LIKE A UNIFORM NUMBER. TO BE
RESPONDED TO OTHER THINGS THAT
KID ARMORED USES LIKE THAT
INFECTIONS- LOOKING SO HAVING
CONVERSATIONS AROUND THAT AND
THEN HOW WE CAN SUPPORT OUR
COUNTIES. TO GO THAT DOWN TO
THOSE THREE DAYS. M. AND THEN.
RYAN THE OUTREACH MATEER IS AN
OLD BASED LANGUAGES THAT SEEMS
LIKE VERY BASS LINE TO ME- AS A
MINIMUM ENSURING THAT
INDIVIDUALS- HAVE. HAD NOTICES
IN THEIR LANGUAGE LIKE TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT THAT BUT THAT THOSE
ARE THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAYS FROM
THE SENATE ROTH WAS THERE
ANYTHING GREAT PERFECT. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS
CONVERSATION RICK THANK YOU SO
MUCH NOT KEVIN THANK YOU RICK.
FOR JOINING US ON ZOOM. AND
WE'RE GONNA HOLD THAT ITEM OPEN
AND MOVE ON TO. FISHER NUMBER.
FOUR WELCOME BACK DIRECTOR
JOHNSON.
I THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS CAN JOHNSON CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
AND I WILL. COME BACK TO OUR
CONVERSATION AROUND THE
CALIFORNIA FOOD ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM AND JUST AGAIN GIVEN THE
EARLIER PANELS AND CONVERSATION
OBVIOUSLY WANT TO. IMPRESS UPON
THE COMMITTEE OUR CONTINUED
COMMITMENT TO WHAT WE AGREED
UPON TOGETHER WHICH IS TO
PROVIDE FOOD BENEFITS TO ALL
CALIFORNIANS WERE INCOME
ELIGIBLE IN AGE FIFTY FIVE YEARS
AND OLDER REGARDLESS OF THEIR
IMMIGRATION STATUS. AT THE
DEPARTMENT PROPOSED A BUDGET
CHANGE PROPOSAL REQUESTING
EIGHTEEN PERMANENT POSITIONS TO
SUPPORT THE C. PAP EXPANSION-
AND THE PROPOSAL AND MAKE
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES OBVIOUSLY TO
THE STATE'S ELIGIBILITY FISCAL
REPORTING SYSTEMS AND STAFFING
AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS.
THE REQUESTED RESOURCES WILL
LEAD. INSTEAD THE COUNTY WELFARE
DEPARTMENTS AND ALL COUNTY
LETTERS RELATED TO THE EXPANSION
OF THE PROGRAM STAFF WILL
SUPPORT LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION
LUNCH AN OUTREACH CAMPAIGN
PROVIDE POLICY INSTRUCTION AND
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
COUNTIES. AND MONITOR PROGRAM
PERFORMANCE THE POLICIES MUST
SEAMLESSLY INTERACT WITH
EXISTING COMPLEX CALFRESH
ELIGIBILITY POLICY AND BENEFIT
DETERMINATIONS STRUCTURE. THE
REQUESTED RESEARCH POSITIONS ONE
GAUGE THE COUNTIES AND THE S.
STATEWIDE AUTOMATED WELFARE
SYSTEM ARE SALAS AND
STAKEHOLDERS IN AUTOMATION
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OR
SPECIFICALLY THE SAUCE WILL NEED
TO CREATE A NEW PROGRAM WITHIN
THE STATE ELIGIBILITY SYSTEM TO
BETTER CAPTURE THE SEAT THAT
PARTICIPANTS. IN ADDITION THESE
RESOURCES WILL DETERMINE DATA
COLLECTION AND REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS ANALYZE AND
VALIDATE DATA AND AGAIN PROVIDE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO COUNTIES
ALSO THE RESOURCES REQUESTED FOR
THE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AT AND
DEVELOPMENT. DIVISION WILL
DESIGN IMPLEMENT THAT OUTREACH
CAMPAIGN WHICH WILL LAUNCH AHEAD
OF INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF
EXPANSION WILL FOCUS ON GETTING
THE WORD OUT TO THE HARDEST TO
REACH. OUR POPULATIONS YET RICH
CAMPAIGN WILL BE DEVELOPED IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH IMMIGRANTS
SERVING COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS STATEWIDE AND WILL
INVOLVE SIGNIFICANT STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT THROUGH DEVELOPMENT
AND ROLL OUT- ALSO- IN ADDITION
THE MARKETING AND MEDIA
CONTRACTOR WILL CONDUCT TARGETED
OUT REACHING COLLABORATE WITH
TRUSTED PART PARTNERS WITHIN THE
TARGET COMMUNITIES TO CONNECT
THE NEW ELIGIBILITY. ELIGIBLE
POPULATION TO SEE FAT- AGAIN
THOSE SPECIFIC POSITIONS ARE
OUTLINED IN PAGE FIFTEEN OF THE
AGENDA AND THAT'S KIND OF THAT
KEY- SUPPORT AND WORK THAT
THEY'LL BE DOING. THE COMMITTEE
ASKED IS ARE THE EIGHTEEN
POSITIONS INCLUDED IN THE
PROPOSAL- HERE TO HELP SHORTEN
THE TIMELINE THEY ARE NOT THEY
ARE AT TO EAT ACTUALLY-
ACCOMPLISH THE ORIGINAL TIMELINE
THAT WE. SET FORTH AT GOING
FORWARD. I INTO AT THE
GOVERNOR'S BED IN THE PROPOSAL
FOR THE TWO YEAR DELAY OF
JANUARY FIRST TWENTY TWENTY
SEVEN- AGAIN THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET REFLECTS A LONGER
TIMELINE FOR EXPANSION. OF THE
INITIATIVE AT BENEFITS WOULD
START NO LATER THAN JANUARY ONE
OF TWENTY TWENTY SEVEN AS
OPPOSED TO THE ORIGINAL DATE OF
JANUARY ONE OF TWENTY TWENTY
FIVE. THE PROPOSED ADJUSTED- IN
THE TIMELINE WILL ALLOW FOR ANY
ADDITIONAL CONSIDER REALLY RATE
IT EXCUSE ME CONSIDERATIONS
RELATED TO IMPLEMENTATION
OPERATIONS AND POLICY
DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS- NEW FORMS
A BENEFIT CODES AND REQUIRED
REPORTS. WELL AGAIN THERE'S NOT
A DELAY IN THE OVERALL CAL STAR
SYSTEM MIGRATION PROJECT THE
FOLLOWING CONSIDERATIONS IN
TOTALITY HAVE A BEARING ON
PLANNING. A WIN THE PROGRAMMING
CAN BEGIN AND THE OVERALL
TIMELINE FOR EXPANSION AND
BENEFIT ISSUANCE. PROVIDING
ADDITIONAL NUTRITION THROUGH
CALFRESH THE FACT EXPANSION TO A
LOW INCOME OLDER ADULTS AGAIN
REGARDLESS AB STATUS REMAINS OUR
PRIORITY- GOING FORWARD AND WE
ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING
TOGETHER. WITH YOU THAT WOULD BE
A COUNTIES CAL SAUCE LEGISLATURE
AN ADDITIONAL STAKEHOLDERS- TO
HELP INFORM ANY POTENTIAL
UPDATES TO THIS TIMELINE IN THE
MAY REVISION. AT THE FINAL
QUESTION DEPARTMENTS PLAN TO
IMPLEMENT EXPANSION WE CONTINUE
TO WORK THROUGH THE MILESTONES
IN ACTION ITEMS AT INPUTS
INCLUDE AMENDING THE STATE PLAN.
AND SUBMITTING TO THE FOOD
NUTRITION SERVICES OR FNS AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL UPDATING AGAIN
REBEL RELEVANT SECTIONS OF
REGULATIONS DEVELOPING NEW
REVISED. CURRENT FORMS AND
NOTICES ESTABLISHING THE NEW
EIGHT CODES. THE NEW IN A P. B.
T. BENEFIT TYPES- AND REVISING
RELEVANT FISCAL INCENTIVES TO
CALL REPORTS- AND SO FORTH SO
AGAIN- COMMITTED TO CONTINUE
WORKING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF
PRIORITY OF ALL OF OURS I AM
GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FROM WHAT
TURNED OVER TO A LEO OR DO AFTER
ANY COMMENT ON THAT. GOOD
MORNING RYAN ANDERSON WITH THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE.
FOR ME I THINK- THE- GENERAL
SOME GENERAL COMPREHENSIVE.
WHICH IS WE UNDERSTAND BECAUSE
WE'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH
A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS HERE THAT
THERE'S A LOT OF- THIS
FRUSTRATION WITH THE CHANGE AND
THE TIMELINE AND THERE'S ALSO A
LOT OF CONFUSION. ABOUT THE
RATIONALE IN IN A TO BE CANDID
THE- WE HAVE SEEN- IT'S BEEN
HARD TO TRACK THE RATIONALE-
THEY THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME
DIFFERENT. MESSAGING FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION AT DIFFERENT
TIMES ABOUT. OF WHY EXACTLY THAT
TIME LINE HAS FOR HAS CHANGED- I
WERE BEST UNDERSTANDING OF WHEN
TRYING TO CUT THROUGH THE VERY
WITH THIS MESSAGES IS THAT THIS
IS ALWAYS BEEN. A VERY HEAVY
LIFT ON THE AUTOMATION SIDE
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS
ISSUE- FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND OUR
FIRST INITIAL IMPRESSION WAS
THAT THE NECESSARY DE COUPLE
LAYING OUT OF THE CURRENT
REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS FOR YOU
SEE FAB WHICH- IS AUTHORIZED BY
FEDERAL LAW IN THIS NEW
PROCEDURE WHICH IS NOT
AUTHORIZED BY FEDERAL LINE WILL
HAVE TO BE MORE DIRECTLY FUNDED
THROUGH THE STATE. IT'S ALWAYS
BEEN A HEAVY LIFT AND PERHAPS-
THE ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSAL
AND LAST BUDGET YEAR WAS OF RONI
ASTLEY AMBITIOUS RIGHT LIKE THE
INITIAL TIME LINE WAS JUST. THE
MORE EXCEL THE WHAT WAS THAT
SURVEY A TIME UNDER. WHAT IS
GOING ON. I THINK WE'RE ALL- IN
A POSITION OF. BEING OUTSIDE OF
THIS PROCESS OF THE CONTRACTING
AND PROCUREMENT THE WHOLE LONG
PROCESS OF ACTUALLY MAKING THESE
AUTOMATION CHANGES WERE ALL VERY
RELIANT ON THE ADMINISTRATION
FOR INSIGHT INTO THAT. A AND- A
OUR BEST UNDERSTANDING OF
CUTTING THROUGH ALL OF WHAT WE
KNOW IS IT'S JUST THAT IT'S
ALWAYS BEEN A HEAVY LIFT AND
PERHAPS WE RICHEST OF LITTLE
OVER AMBITIOUS LAST YEAR. THANK
YOU DEPARTMENTS. HI ARGININE DR
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE- FINANCE
CONCURS WITH THE COMMENTS MADE
BY THE DEPARTMENT OBVIOUSLY THIS
IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROPOSAL AND
THE ADMINISTRATION- HAS USED ITS
BEST INFORMATION TO TAKE ALL OF
THESE CONSIDERATIONS INTO
ACCOUNT. THANK YOU SO MUCH I'M
BEFORE WE GO TO QUESTIONS JUST
LIKE THE FIRST ISSUE WERE WE'VE
EMBEDDED AID PROPOSAL
STAKEHOLDER PROPOSAL HERE WOULD
LIKE TO WELCOME- BEEN YEAH I
MEAN IT CHAO WITH THE HEALTH AND
PUBLIC BENEFITS MANAGER. FROM
CALIFORNIA IMMIGRANT POLICY
CENTER TO PRESENT THE
STAKEHOLDER PROPOSAL BEHIND HI-
HELLO CHAIR- MENJIVAR AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AGAIN
MY NAME IS BENJAMIN SHALL I AM
I'M WITH THE CALIFORNIA
IMMIGRANT POLICY CENTER. AND
ALONG WITH NURSE CALIFORNIA WE
CO CHAIR THE FOOD FOR ALL
COALITION WHICH IS COMPRISED OF
OVER A HUNDRED TEN ORGANIZATIONS
ACROSS THE STATE FROM SAN DIEGO.
ALL THE WAY TO HUMBLE COUNTY-
ANTI HUNGER PARTNERS I IMAGINE
RIGHTS PARTNERS FOOD BANKS THAT
ARE COMMITTED. TO ENDING
INEQUITIES IN OUR FOOD SYSTEM.
THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THE
OPPORTUNITY STATE TO SPEAK ON
THE FOOTFALL PROPOSAL WHICH
WOULD INCREASE ACCESS TO THE
CALIFORNIA'S FOOD ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM- BY REMOVING THE
EXCLUSION OF ALL INCOME ELIGIBLE
CALIFORNIANS. DUE TO THEIR
IMMIGRATION STATUS OR H. AS AN
IMMIGRANT MYSELF WHO HAS BEEN
EXCLUDED FROM CONFIRMATION C.
FIVE GROWING UP. I UNDERSTAND
THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WHO'S
STRUGGLING TO AFFORD FOOD CAN
GET THE ASSISTANCE THEY NEED
WHEN THEY NEED IT. CURRENTLY
CALIFORNIANS WHO ARE
UNDOCUMENTED TPS HOLDERS ARE
DACA RECIPIENTS ARE UNJUSTLY
EXCLUDED FROM CONFIRMATION C.
FAB. AND ELLIOTT WAS ESTIMATED
RECENTLY THAT THERE BETWEEN
600-500-0027 HUNDRED FIFTY
THOUSAND CALIFORNIANS WHO WOULD
BE ELIGIBLE FOR CALFRESH. NOT
FOR IT BUT NOT FOR THEIR
IMMIGRATION STATUS. FURTHERMORE
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT-
UNDOCUMENTED PEOPLE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES PAY TAXES AND
CONTRIBUTE TO OUR ECONOMY. BUT
THEY ARE INELIGIBLE FOR THE
PUBLIC BENEFITS THAT THEY PAY
INTO. AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER
IS THAT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS
LIVING IN CALIFORNIA PAY
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND LOCAL
TAXES EACH YEAR TO THE COUNTIES
THEY LIVE. AND THAT ADDS UP TO
AN ESTIMATED THREE BILLION
DOLLARS COMBINED IN BOTH STATE
AND LOCAL TAXES. SO AM I WILL
ADD THAT EXPANDING C. FOUNTAIN
DOCTRINE AND RENTS WILL NOT ONLY
HELP THIS POPULATION. BUT IT
WILL ALSO BENEFIT OUR STATE'S
ECONOMY AND OUR SOCIETY AS A
WHOLE. THESE EXCLUSIONS CONTINUE
TO CONTRIBUTE TO PAINFULLY HIGH
RATES OF HUNGER WHICH HAVE
SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES FOR HEALTH.
FINANCIAL SECURITY AND
CHILDREN'S LONG TERM SUCCESS.
NEARLY HALF OF UNDOCUMENTED
CALIFORNIANS ARE AFFECTED BY
FOOD INSECURITY ACCORDING TO THE
MOST RECENT DATA FROM UCLA. AND
FOR CHILDREN THIS RATE IS NEARLY
64% SO THAT MEANS THAT TWO TWO
AND THREE AND DOCUMENTED
CHILDREN ARE GOING HUNGRY. IN
CONCLUSION WE STRONGLY URGE THE
LEGISLATURE TO FIND THE COMPLETE
EXPANSION OF C. FAB. AND COVER
THE REMAINING EXCLUDED
POPULATION BETWEEN THE AGES OF
ZERO TO FIFTY FOUR- AND THIS
WEEK WE'RE WE ARE PLEASED TO SEE
THAT A FOOD FOR ALL I WAS
INCLUDED IN THE AND THAT SENATE
BUDGET PRIMARY. PRIORITIES LAID
OUT BY LEADERSHIP. THIS WEEK.
THIS INVESTMENT IS EVEN MORE
URGENT TODAY DUE TO INFLATION
AND DECADES OF EXCLUSION. AND WE
RIGHT NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO
REVERSE THESE INEQUALITIES AND
BUILD A CALIFORNIA THAT HAS MORE
HEALTHY AND RESILIENT. AND WE
CAN DO THAT BY INVESTING IN FOOD
FOR ALL. WE SEE THIS AS A MATTER
OF BASIC HUMAN DIGNITY PUBLIC
HEALTH. AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE NO
EXCEPTIONS NO EXCLUSIONS NO
DELAYS THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO
MUCH- SO I'LL START OFF YOU KNOW
THAT'S WHAT DIRECTOR THOSE ONE
OF MY QUESTIONS- JUST THE
REASONING BEHIND IT YOU KNOW
JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE IS THERE
ANYMORE. BEAT YOU CAN PROVIDE
INTO THE DELAY HERE. SURE AGAIN-
AS WAS REFERENCE TO ADD THE
PROCESS IS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN
INCLUSIVE OF AUTOMATION AS WELL
AS THE POLICY GUIDANCE THESE ARE
ALL- I REQUIRED TO BE DONE IN
SEQUENCE SO FOR EXAMPLE WHEN THE
DEPARTMENT. INDICATES THAT WERE
YOU KNOW HAVE GONE TOGETHER WITH
THE GOVERNOR LEGISLATURE TO MAKE
A POLICY CHANGE WE WORK WITH THE
COUNSELORS TO DETERMINE. A WHEN
THEY NEED THAT POLICY GUIDES
ESTABLISHED TO THEN- AT IDENTIFY
WHEN WE CAN IMPLEMENT GO FORWARD
AGAIN AS I REFERENCED THE DELAY
THIS IS NOT A DELAY IN THE
OVERALL COW SIZE MIGRATION
SYSTEM POLICY BUT RATHER ALL OF
THE STEPS THAT ARE OUTLINED TO
IT. TO TAKE TO ACTUALLY
IMPLEMENT THE CHANGE I THINK IN
ALL OF THESE PROJECTS WE ARE
DOING AT TO THE ALEJO'S AB
POINTS. ARE ARE AT PROJECTIONS
IN TERMS OF HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT
OUR WORK PLANS AND WITH THE NEW
POLICY OF IMPLEMENTATION. AGAIN
THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL
WAS A UPDATE TO THOSE AT
PROPOSALS AND AGAIN WE ARE
WORKING AND HAVE BEEN. OUT QUITE
BAD- CLEARLY WITH A STAKEHOLDERS
AND OTHERS- TO MAKE SURE IF WE
HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL. CHANGES TO
THIS TIMELINE ON THE STEPS THAT
NEED TO BE TAKEN OR ANY WAYS WE
CAN EXPEDITE PROCESSES THAT
AGAIN THOSE WOULD BE OFFERED IN
THE MAY REVISION. N. FOR MY KNOW
COME IN. ALL NEW PER- ARE WE
MOVING THE ENTIRE C. POP OVER TO
THIS NEW. THE THAT'S A YES OR
AYE AYE OKAY I JUST WANNA MAKE
SURE WAS IN. A WHOLE NEW
PLATFORM JUST FOR THOSE WHO. ARE
UNDOCUMENTED THAT'S THE WHOLE
PROGRAM GREAT PICS. I'M SICK OF
THEIR QUESTION IS. YOU KNOW THE
INTENT TO WAS TO RAMP UP THROUGH
AGES I'M TO GET TO THE END GOAL
OF. YOU KNOW COVERAGE I'M
PROVIDING COVERAGE OR BENEFITS
FOR EVERYONE UNDOCUMENTED ZERO
TO. A HUNDRED TWENTY. AND GIVEN
THAT YOU KNOW THE- YES TIMELINE
WAS FOR TWENTY TWENTY FIVE AND
THEN PERHAPS WE WOULD LOOK AT
TWENTY TWENTY SEVEN. TOOL ADD
ANOTHER GROUP OF AGES BUT NOW
THAT WE'RE GOING TO START AT
TWENTY TWENTY SEVEN A WATER
BIRTH WHERE I. THOUGHTS IN
STARTING AT TWENTY TWENTY SEVEN
WITH A BROADER AGE GROUP. AS
SURE CHAIR WE ARE GLAD TO IT WE
DON'T OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE A
PROPOSAL AT THIS TIME WITH THE
ADMINISTRATION TO GO BROADER
THAN WHAT WE'VE ALREADY AGREED
TO BUT GLAD TO MAKE THOSE
CONSIDERATION SHOULD THE
LEGISLATURE. I WANT US TO
EXPLORE THOSE COMPONENTS FURTHER
IF WE'RE DOING IT ANYWAY TO YOUR
POINT IS THERE. ANY ADDITIONAL
TIME NEEDED IF WE CHANGE
ESSENTIALLY AS WHO WE ARE ADDING
TO THE PROGRAM THAT YEAH THAT'S
MY QUESTION WITH THE PLATFORM
COMING TWENTY IN TWENTY TWENTY
SEVEN BE READY. TO INCLUDE OTHER
AGES GLAD TO CONFIRM THAT WE CAN
GO BACK TO THE TEAM LEAD TO
CONFIRM YEAH. AT THE CENTER I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU- I DON'T HAVE
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO THAT
I THINK YOU KNOW I'M ON. I'M ON
THE SAME PAGE IN INCLUDING THAT
YOU KNOW FOOD FOR ALL IS FOOD
FOR ALL WE TALK ABOUT THE
HUNDRED CLIFF IT'S NOT. PEOPLE
WHO ARE CITIZENS IT'S EVERYBODY
THAT IS STRUGGLING WITH THE
HUNGER CLIFF AND WHATEVER WE CAN
DO TO ENSURE THAT WE GET TO THE
END TENTING COVERING FOOD FOR ON
IF WE HAVE. TO PUSH BACK THIS
PLATFORM- THAT THE SOFTWARE IS
THAT THERE. WE CAN INCLUDE ALL
THOSE AGES AND- I LOOK FORWARD
TO HAVING SOME FOLLOW UP TO
THAT. I'M TO THAT ANSWER. I
DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS-
FOR EITHER ONE OF YOU DEPRIVE
FINANCIALLY- ANYTHING ELSE I
KNOW A LITTLE YOU WANTED
SOMETHING. BUT ON THE STICKER
PROPOSAL- JUST ON THE
STAKEHOLDER PROPOSAL IT LOOKS
LIKE IT WAS THE SAME PROPOSAL
THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE
SENATE'S BUDGET PLAN THAT CAME
OUT LAST NIGHT. ARE YOU I JUST
WANTED TO KNOW BRIEFLY. THAT THE
SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN MILLION
DOLLAR ON GOING FIGURE TOO
EXPENSIVE UP TO ALL CALIFORNIANS
REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION
STATUS- THE ESTIMATE THERE MAY
BE A LITTLE BIT LOW BASED ON-
THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD
WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION WHEN
WE WERE WORKING ON THE C. FIVE
EXPANSION BACK IN THE TWENTY
TWENTY ONE BUDGET OCT. THANK YOU
SO MUCH I'M NOT SURE WITH THE
METHODOLOGY WAS BUT I JUST
WANTED TO ADD A NOTE THANK YOU.
PERFECT JUST SCANNING ON MY
NOTES THAT'S ALL I HAD WE'RE
GONNA HOLD BOTH ITEMS OPEN THE
SIGNAL TO PROPOSAL AND- THE
EXPANSION PROPOSAL OPEN AND MOVE
ON TO ISSUE NUMBER. FIVE
IS IT GEN JEAN. GEN AFTER
RETIREMENT FAR SENATOR EGGMAN
GENTRY OF WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES- HERE TO ANSWER
YOUR QUESTIONS ON ISSUE FIVE. AT
THIS IS A PROPOSAL FOR ONE
LIMITED TERM EIGHT GPA TO MEET
REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO STUDENT
PARTICIPATION IN CALFRESH. BY
WAY OF BACKGROUND FEDERAL SNAP
RULES PREVENT STUDENTS FROM
RECEIVING CALFRESH. UNLESS THEY
MEET AND ONE OF A LIST OF
EXEMPTIONS THAT MAKE A STUDENT
ELIGIBLE. IF THEY OTHERWISE
QUALIFY WE REFER TO THIS OFTEN
AS THE STUDENT ELIGIBILITY RULE
. DURING THE PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY ASSOCIATED WITH COVERT
NINETEEN THE CONSOLIDATED
APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF TWENTY
TWENTY ONE ALSO AUTHORIZED
TEMPORARY CHANGES TO THIS
FEDERAL STUDENT ELIGIBILITY RULE
AND INCLUDED ADDITIONAL STUDENTS
IN THE POOL OF THOSE WHO ARE
ELIGIBLE. IN RECENT YEARS THERE
HAVE BEEN SEVERAL COLLABORATIVE
EFFORTS BY THE LEGISLATURE THE
ADMINISTRATION AND OUR PARTNERS
AND STAKEHOLDERS TO BETTER
ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY AMONG
COLLEGE STUDENTS AND TO INCREASE
UPTAKE OF CALFRESH BY ELIGIBLE
STUDENTS. SB SIX FORTY ONE IS AN
EXAMPLE OF THESE EFFORTS WAS
LEGISLATION THAT REQUIRED CDSS
TO CONVENE A STAKEHOLDER
WORKGROUP. WE SUBMITTED A REPORT
TO THE LEGISLATURE EARLIER THIS
MONTH- AND WITH THE OUTCOMES OF
THAT WORKGROUP WHICH I'LL
ADDRESS IN YOUR NEXT QUESTION.
THIS POSITION WOULD ALLOW US TO
CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH HIGHER
ED STAKEHOLDERS TO FURTHER
DEVELOP THE DATA LANDSCAPE WITH
RESPECT TO IDENTIFYING ELIGIBLE
STUDENTS. TO FACILITATE ENHANCED
AN ONGOING COLLABORATION BETWEEN
THE COLLEGES AND THE COUNTIES
INCLUDING TRAINING. TO CONTINUE
TO REGULARLY UPDATE AND POST ON
OUR WEBSITE A LIST OF THE STATE
OR LOCALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS THAT
PROVIDE THOSE EXEMPTIONS I
REFERENCED EARLIER. AND TO
PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
THE COUNTIES REGARDING THE
STATE'S GUIDANCE ON MAXIMIZING
CALFRESH ELIGIBILITY. YOUR
SECOND QUESTION WAS WITH RESPECT
TO THE REPORT THAT WE SUBMITTED
EARLIER THIS MONTH RELATED TO SB
SIX FORTY ONE. AND THE VIEWS OF
THE STAKEHOLDER WORK GROUP THAT
WE GATHERED. THERE WERE EIGHT
RECOMMENDATIONS LISTED IN THAT
REPORT. THE FIRST WAS THAT WE
CONDUCT A LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS TO
IDENTIFY COUNTY BEST PRACTICES
FOR HANDLING INFLUXES OF STUDENT
APPLICATIONS. THE SECOND WAS TO
CREATE A STUDENT ELIGIBILITY
DECISION TREE. THE THIRD WAS TWO
FOR THE OUR DEPARTMENT TO
DEVELOP AND DELIVER STATEWIDE
TRAINING ON STUDENT ELIGIBILITY.
THE FOURTH WAS TO ESTABLISH A
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN COLLEGE
INSTITUTIONS AND COUNTIES THE
FIFTH WAS TO INCREASE CALFRESH
ADMINISTRATION FUNDING. THE
SIXTH WAS TO CHANGE STUDENT
ELIGIBILITY AT THE FEDERAL
LEVEL. THE SEVENTH WAS TO MAKE
THE CURRENT TEMPORARY CALFRESH
STUDENT ELIGIBILITY RULES UNDER
THE PANDEMIC PERMANENT. AND THE
FINAL RECOMMENDATION FROM THE
WORKGROUP WAYS TO IMPROVE THAT
HEALTH SIZE FUNCTIONALITY WITH
RESPECT TO STUDENT APPLICATIONS
. IN TERMS OF YOUR FINAL
QUESTION RELATED TO ONGOING WORK
BY THE DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS
FOOD INSECURITY AMONG STUDENTS
CDSS WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE
WITH STAKEHOLDERS WE HAVE A
QUARTERLY STUDENT WORK GROUP.
THAT CONTINUES TO IDENTIFY
RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE PRIORITIZE
BASED ON AVAILABLE RESOURCES.
AND AS DESCRIBED ABOVE AT THE
REQUESTED RESOURCES IN THIS
PROPOSAL WILL ALLOW US TO
CONTINUE ENGAGING WITH THE
HIGHER EDUCATION STAKEHOLDERS
WORKING ON THE DATA LANDSCAPE
POSTING RELEVANT INFORMATION ON
OUR WEBSITE AND PROVIDING
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO. THE
COUNTIES. IN ADDITION I'D OFFER
ONE FINAL NOTE THAT WAS IN YOUR
AGENDA WHICH IS THAT THE TWENTY
TWENTY TO BUDGET ACT ALSO
INCLUDED RESOURCES FOR COUNTIES
TO DESIGNATE POINTS OF CONTACT.
FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION
SEGMENTS TO CONNECT STUDENTS TO
HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMS. AND THE
ONLY COMMENT. REFERENCE ANY. AND
NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS BUT HAPPY
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS PERFECT.
I'M NO QUESTIONS FOR ME. PERFECT
WE'RE GONNA HOLD THE ITEM OPEN
ROOM WANTS TO NUMBER SIX. GENTRY
AGAIN WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES- IN THIS ITEM WE
ARE REQUESTING PERMANENT
RESOURCES ALSO FOR CALFRESH IN
OUR CALFRESH A NUTRITION BRANCH
THE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
SECTION SPECIFICALLY. THE
RESOURCES INCLUDE TO STOP
SERVICE MANAGER WANTS FIVE EIGHT
GPAS AND ONE RESEARCH DATA
ANALYST. THE NEED FOR THESE
POSITIONS WHICH ARE FULLY
FEDERALLY FUNDED- IS TO SUPPORT
OUR CALFRESH EMPLOYMENT AND
TRAINING PROGRAM. D. CALFRESH
EMT PROGRAM AS WE REFER TO IT AS
MANDATED BY FEDERAL LAW FOR THE
PURPOSE OF INCREASING EMPLOYMENT
AND EARNINGS OF CALFRESH
RECIPIENTS. IT IS PROVIDED IN
CALIFORNIA COUNTY OPTION AND IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH OVER EIGHTY
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS WITH
ANTICIPATED EXPANSION IN FEDERAL
FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY THREE.
THE PROGRAM PROVIDES CASE
MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND ACCESS
TO EDUCATION WORK EXPERIENCE AND
JOB SEARCH ASSISTANCE. IN TWENTY
EIGHTEEN THE FEDERAL FARM BILL
CODIFIED SOME NEW REGULATIONS
THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTED CALFRESH
IAN T. AND THESE POSITIONS ARE
TO HELP US COMPLY WITH THOSE NEW
REQUIREMENTS FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. INCREASING THE
RESOURCES WILL ALSO SUSTAIN OUR
OVERSIGHT OF THE CALFRESH IAN T.
PROGRAM AND EXPAND PROGRAM
ACCESS AND COMPLIANCE WITH
FEDERAL LAW. PERFECT THANK YOU
WE HAVE A STAKEHOLDER AS RELATES
TO THIS B. C. P. WELCOME BACK
BECKY. PRESENT IN MACAU FRONT A
CALFRESH AB WHAT CARE BENEFITS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TERROR- THE
IMPACT IF I'D TYPE LIMIT RULES
ON LOW INCOME CALIFORNIANS
DEEPENS ALREADY EXISTING
INEQUITIES BECAUSE IT IMPACTS
CERTAIN POPULATIONS MORE THAN
OTHERS. INCLUDING PEOPLE OF
COLOR WHO CURRENTLY FACE THE
GREATEST DISCRIMINATION AND
BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT FORMER
FOSTER YOUTH PEOPLE WITH
UNDIAGNOSED DISABILITIES FAMILY
CAREGIVERS NON CUSTODIAL
PARENTS. PARENTS WITH CHILDREN
IN JUVENILE HALL OR IN CHILD
PROTECTIVE SERVICES. IN ADDITION
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THERE IS A
53% OVERALL REDUCTION IN PROGRAM
PARTICIPATION WHEN PEOPLE ARE
SUBJECT TO WORK REQUIREMENTS.
PEOPLE WITH A BROAD STATUS WHO
ARE CUT OFF FROM BENEFITS HAVE
MORE SERIOUS PHYSICAL AND MENTAL
HEALTH CONDITIONS AND THEIR
INCIDENCE OF EXPERIENCING
PHYSICALLY UNHEALTHY DAYS
INCREASES BY 14% WHILE CAUSING
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN
EMPLOYMENT STATUS. INSURING
THOSE WITH THE GREATEST VARISTOR
FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT DO NOT FACE
HUNGER WILL SUPPORT THEM TO EAT
AND NOT FACE THE TOXIC STRESS OF
HUNGER AS THEY TRY TO FIND WORK.
HUNGER NEVER MAKES ANY PERSON
BETTER ABLE TO PREPARE FOR WORK
SECURE JOB OR SUCCEED AT THEIR
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. FAITHFULLY
CALIFORNIA HAS A STATE WIDE IBAD
WEAVER IN PLACE BUT THIS WEAVER
SET TO EXPIRE ON OCTOBER THIRTY
FIRST OF TWENTY TWENTY FOUR
WHICH WOULD LEAD TO MANY PEOPLE
LOSING ELIGIBILITY FOR THESE
CRITICAL CALFRESH BENEFITS. CARE
OR THE CALIFORNIA ANTI HUNGER
RESPONSE ABOUT IF IT'S IT WOULD
SUPPORT PEOPLE AT RISK OF LOSING
ELIGIBILITY OF CALFRESH AND HELP
ENSURE THAT THEY ARE SUPPORTED
DURING HARD TIMES. OUR BUDGET
REQUEST THIS YEAR IS MERELY TO
INVEST IN THE AUTOMATION AND
TECHNOLOGY CHANGES THAT ARE
NECESSARY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE
BENEFITS IN THE FUTURE YEAR. IF
WE DO NOT START THIS PROCESS OF
THIS YEAR IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO
A STAND UP THE PROGRAM IN THE
FUTURE. IF AND WHEN WE LOSE THE
A BROAD WAIVER. FEDERAL EVEN NEW
LEADERSHIP IN THE U. S. HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES IS DOUBLING DOWN
ON RESTRICTING ACCESS TO SNAP.
BY EXPANDING THE REACH OF THE
PROGRAM'S TIME LIMIT. JUST
YESTERDAY THE HOUSE NARROWLY
PASSED A DEBT CEILING BILL THAT
WOULD DRAMATICALLY WORSEN THESE
ALREADY PUNITIVE AVON TIME LIMIT
RULES. BUT THAT SHOULDN'T STOP
CALIFORNIA FROM DOING WHAT'S
RIGHT AND BECOMING THE FIRST
STATE IN THE COUNTRY TO PROTECT
ITS COMMUNITIES. FROM THIS
FAILED FEDERAL POLICY. WE CAN DO
THIS BY CREATING CARE BENEFITS
IN THE TWENTY TWENTY THREE
TWENTY FOUR BUDGET. WITH JUST A
MINIMAL INVESTMENT OF THREE
MILLION DOLLARS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH- GEN- WE COULD
YOU SHARE WITH ME. YOU KNOW HOW
THAT WAIVERS GOING TO ANTICIPATE
EVERY IT EVER BEING- NOT
ACCESSIBLE FOR US. TO APPLY FOR.
THE CURRENT WAIVER THAT WE HAVE
RUNS THROUGH OCTOBER THIRTY
FIRST OF TWENTY TWENTY FOUR. AT
WEAVERS FROM THAT POINT FORWARD
WOULD BE DEPENDENT UPON THE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE STATE
OR IN PORTIONS OF THE STATE AND
SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT AT
THIS POINT TO PREDICT WHAT. OUR
ELIGIBILITY WOULD BE- WE HAVE
CLEARLY ADVOCATED IT WITH THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BEFORE FOR
GREATER FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT
TO THAT THAT POLICY- ONE OF THE
POSITIONS THAT IS HERE IN OUR
REQUEST IS ACTUALLY RELATED TO
THE A. BY POLICY UNIT AND THE
HELP FOR US TO PREPARE. FOR ANY
IMPACTS SHOULD THEY OCCUR IN THE
FUTURE IN PARTS OR ALL OF THE
STATE- AND WE DO WORK CLOSELY
WITH COUNTIES TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE ARE PREPARED AND WE CAN
MINIMIZE ANY HARM IF THE IF THE
WAIVER IS TO EXPIRE. AND BACK IN
THE REQUEST IS FOR THE THREE
MILLION TO PUT ASIDE IN CASE SO
IT WOULD ROLL OVER EACH FISCAL
YEAR IF NOT UTILIZED. THANK YOU
FOR THE QUESTION SO THE THREE
MILLION DOLLARS IS JUST FOR THE
AUTOMATION AND TECHNOLOGY
CHANGES THAT ARE NECESSARY IN
THE IN THE CAL SAWS AND BENEFITS
CAL SYSTEMS. IN ORDER TO BE ABLE
TO PROVIDE BENEFITS IN THE
FUTURE YEAR SO IT'S JUST TO
CREATE THE SORT OF PROGRAM AND
TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE. SO
THAT IF AND WHEN DOWN THE LINE
WE WANT TO TURN ON THE PROGRAM
WE WOULD HAVE A MECHANISM TO DO
THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CENTER
RODNEY. I THINK YOU'RE GONNA
HOLD BOTH ITEMS OPEN. SHOULDN'T
MOVE ON TO ISSUE NUMBER SEVEN.
THIS OUR FINAL CALFRESH ITEM
HERE BEFORE YOU THIS AFTERNOON
RELATED TO FEDERALLY MANDATED
WORKLOAD. IN RECENT YEARS AS
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER
AGENDA ITEMS THE NUMBER OF
INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED IN CALFRESH
HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED IN THE
PROGRAM HAS GROWN QUITE
SIGNIFICANTLY. AS A RESULT OF
THIS RAPID GROWTH AT WHICH WAS
NOT MATCHED BY A COMMENSURATE
INCREASES IN THE RESOURCES FOR
STATE OPERATIONS THAT WE HAVE
SOMETIMES STRUGGLE TO PERFORM AT
THE LEVEL NEEDED OR TO REMAIN IN
COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE
REQUIREMENTS. TO ADDRESS THESE
CONCERNS WERE REQUESTING
PERMANENT RESOURCES FOR OUR
CALFRESH AND NUTRITION BRANCH.
IN THE FORM OF TO STOP SERVICES
MANAGERS TO AG PA'S AND- ONE
MORE A GPA IN A DIFFERENT POLICY
BUREAUS. THE COST OF THIS
PROPOSAL ARE TWO HUNDRED AND
SIXTY SIX THOUSAND GENERAL FUND
IN TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR AND
TWO HUNDRED FIFTY NINE THOUSAND
GENERAL FUND IN TWENTY FOUR
TWENTY FIVE AN ON GOING. THESE
POSITIONS ARE INTENDED TO
PROVIDE THE COUNTIES WITH
NECESSARY QUALITY CONTROL
TRAINING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
AND TO FACILITATE INFORMATION
FLOWING BETWEEN THE STATE AND
THE COUNTIES IN OUR OVERSIGHT
ROLE. THEY WILL ALSO SUPPORT THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE COMPLEX
TIME LIMIT POLICIES RELATED TO
THE A BYOD POLICIES THAT WE WERE
JUST DISCUSSING. DEVELOP
GUIDANCE FOR AND PERFORM STATE
RIGHT COORDINATION OF SNAP ED
ANNUAL WORK PLANS AND ENGAGE IN
TRIBAL CONSULTATION RELATED TO
SNAP REGULATIONS. THESE INCREASE
RESOURCES WOULD ENABLE US TO
ADHERE TO THE FEDERAL MANDATES
TO ADEQUATELY TRAINED STAFF TO
PERFORM REFUSE TO MITIGATE
RISKS. AND PRIORITIZE AB PAYMENT
ACCURACY RATES. WITH THESE
RESOURCES THAT WE BELIEVE WILL
BE BETTER ABLE TO COMPLY WITH
FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. THANK YOU
LEO AND COMMENT. TO PROVIDE IT'S
INCUMBENT. I GINNY DR DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE NO COMMENTS DODD BUT
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I
DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTION. NO
QUESTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US TODAY CHEN WE'RE
GOING TO CALL AND WE'RE GONNA
HOLD THE ITEM OPEN CLOSE OUT
THAT. SECTION MOVE ON TO. THE
CAL WORKS SECTION. ISSUE NUMBER
EIGHT WELCOME BACK DIRECTOR
JOHNSON. WHO WILL PROVIDE IS A
COW WORKS OVERVIEW. THANK YOU
MADAM CHAIR COMMITTEE MEMBERS
KIM JOHNSON CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES I
WANT TO START BY. THANKING THE
LEGISLATURE AND THE CONTINUED
PARTNERSHIP WE'VE MADE TOGETHER
WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ON
MAKING SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT
POLICY CHANGES TO THIS PROGRAM
SUPPORTING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF FAMILIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA- I
ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE THEY
HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO DO THIS
RIGHT POVERTY AND HAVE ECONOMIC
MOBILITY OPPORTUNITIES. AT THE
COMMITTEE ASKED FOR AN OVERVIEW
OF WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET- THE BUDGET
PROVIDES AGAIN FUNDING FOR CASH
ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY
ADMINISTRATION SERVICES TO
SUPPORT FAMILIES. AT THE CURRENT
YEAR REVISED BUDGET INCLUDES SIX
POINT FOUR BILLION TOTAL FUNDS
FOR CAL WORKS PROGRAMS IS
REPRESENTS A NET DECREASE OF
TWENTY FOUR POINT SEVEN MILLION
DOLLARS FROM THE PREVIOUS
ESTIMATES IN THE BUDGET ACT OF
TWENTY TWENTY TWO. AT THE
CURRENT YEAR DECREASE IS
PRIMARILY DUE TO A SLOWER.
GROWTH OF OVERALL PROJECTED
CALVERT'S CASELOAD WHICH IS
OFFSET BY A HIGHER CAL WORKS
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES CASELOAD
PROJECTION. FUNDING FOR BUDGET
YEAR INCLUDES SIX POINT SEVEN
BILLION TOTAL FUNDS FOR CAO
WORKS AS THE COW WORKS
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES CASELOADS
PROJECTED TO CONTINUE
INCREASING. AS WELL AS AN
INCREASE OF EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
CASE MANAGEMENT FOR INTENSIVE
CASES RESULTING IN A NET
INCREASE OF TWO HUNDRED AND
SIXTY POINT THREE MILLION
DOLLARS FROM THE BUDGET ACT OF
TWENTY TWENTY TWO. THOUGH
INCREASING THE COW WORKS
CASELOAD IS EXPECTED TO BE A SIX
POINT 1% LOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY
PROJECTED FOR CURRENT YEAR AND
2% TWO POINT 7% LOWER. FOR
BUDGET YEAR COMPARED TO GET INTO
THE TWENTY TWENTY TO BUDGET ACT.
AT THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
MAINTAINS THE TRANSFER OF
TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY
FAMILIES OR TANF FUNDING TO THE
CALIFORNIA STUDENT AID
COMMISSION AT FOUR HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLARS AND CONTINUES TO
UTILIZE EIGHTEEN POINT FOUR
MILLION. AND TEN IF AT
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
AND CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION FOR EDUCATIONAL AND
WORK ACTIVITIES FOR CAL WORKS
FAMILIES. I YOUR AGENDA ALSO
STE- POINTS OUT AT THE GRANT
LEVEL INCREASES FOR THE PROGRAM
AGAIN GRANT LEVELS ARE
ESTABLISHED IN STATE STATUTE.
AND VERY BASED ON FAMILIES.
INCOME LOW AND REGION THE
MAXIMUM GRANT IS REFERRED TO AS
A MAXIMUM EIGHT PAYMENT OR MAC
LEVEL. UNDER STATE LAW LOCAL
REVENUE GROWTH IN THE CHILD
POVERTY IN FAMILY SUPPLEMENTAL
SUPPORT TO REALIGNMENT SUB
ACCOUNT. AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGERS
GRANT INCREASES AND AT CURRENT
YEAR THE BUDGET INCLUDED AROUND
THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
FOR AN ONGOING MAP INCREASE OF
ELEVEN POINT. 11% EFFECTIVE
OCTOBER TWENTY TWENTY TWO
ASSOCIATED WITH LOCAL REVENUE
GROWTH. A CURRENT YEAR ALSO
INCLUDED EIGHT HUNDRED AND
SIXTEEN MILLION DOLLARS OF
GENERAL FUND FOR AN ADDITIONAL
TEMPORARY 10% MAP INCREASE
EFFECTIVE OCTOBER. TWENTY TWENTY
TWO THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF TWENTY
TWENTY FOUR. AND ADDITIONAL MAP
INCREASE AT TWO POINT 9% IS
PROJECTED FOR OCTOBER OF THIS
YEAR. THIS INCREASE WILL BRING
THE NON EXEMPT MAP LEVEL FROM
ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND
THIRTY DOLLARS 210-001-0060
THREE DOLLARS PER MONTH FOR AN
ASSISTANCE UNIT F. THREE
RESIDING IN A HIGH COST COUNTY.
WHICH IS A THIRTY THREE DOLLAR
INCREASE FROM THE CURRENT LEVEL
AND EQUATES 261% OF THE TWENTY
TWENTY TO FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.
I'M AS IT RELATES TO CAL WORKS
CLOSELY FLOW DURING THE PANDEMIC
THE CASELOAD DECREASED HOWEVER
WE HAVE BEEN SEEING INCREASES IN
THE CASELOAD OVER THE LAST YEAR.
IN FISCAL YEAR TWENTY ONE TWENTY
TWO CAL WORK SERVED AN AVERAGE
OF THREE HUNDRED AND TWO
THOUSAND FAMILIES AND SIX
HUNDRED FOURTEEN. SIX HUNDRED
CHILDREN THE PROJECTED AVERAGE
MONTHLY CAL WORKS CASELOAD IS
THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY SEVEN
THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FAMILIES
IN CURRENT YEAR IN THREE HUNDRED
AND SIXTY THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED
FAMILIES IN BUDGET YEAR. THOUGH
INCREASING THE COUCH CASELOAD IS
EXPECTED TO BE SIX POINT 1%
AGAIN LOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY
PROJECTED INTO POINT SIR 7%
LOWER THAN BUDGET YEAR. I'M IN
TERMS OF DEMOGRAPHICS ALSO OF
THE CASELOAD JUST UNDER HALF OF
ALL CASES- HAVE A CHILD UNDER
THE AGE OF SIX. FIFTY NINE POINT
9% OF CASES SUPPORT FAMILIES
IDENTIFYING AS HISPANIC OR
LATINO FIFTEEN POINT TWO
PERCENT. IDENTIFIED AS BLACK OR
AFRICAN AMERICAN 69% SIXTY NINE
POINT 4% SPEAK ENGLISH AS THEIR
PRIMARY LANGUAGE IN TWENTY SEVEN
POINT 2% SPEAK SPANISH I AS
PRIMARY LAY. OF ART AT CAL WORKS
WELL FOR TO WORK PARTICIPANTS
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS FIFTY SIX
POINT 4% HAVE COMPLETED A HIGH
SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR EQUIVALENT. OF
FORTY ONE POINT 8% OF THE
CASELOAD OUR CHILD ONLY CASES
CASES NOT SAFETY NET OR TIMED
OUT. EIGHT POINT 1% ARE IN THAT
WILL FOR TO WORK SANCTIONED
STATUS SIXTEEN POINT 8% ARE IN
THE EXEMPT STATUS IN THE
REMAINING 33% THIRTY THREE POINT
3% OUR WELFARE TO WORK. ACT
PARTICIPANTS- WOULD ALSO JUST
NOTE THAT YOU'RE A KID AT GENDA
ASKS FOR SOME CHANGE WHAT
CHANGES WE ARE PROPOSING TO THE
COW WORK SINGLE ALLOCATION AS A
REMINDER. OF THE SINGLE
APPLICATION THE FIRST THE
FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE STATE TO
THE COUNTY SUPPORT THE
ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM.
IT REFLECTS THE COST TO PROVIDE
ELIGIBILITY ADMINISTRATION
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND CAL
LEARN INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT.
THESE COSTS ARE BUDGETED
INDIVIDUALLY FOR EACH COMPONENT
BUT COUNTIES MAY USE THE FUNDS
INTERCHANGEABLY WITHIN SINGLE
ALLOCATION. IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN
NINETEEN WE BEGAN TO USE A NEW
FUNDING FORMULA. DEVELOPED IN
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE STATE
AND COUNTIES THIS NEW FORMULA
INCREASES OR DECREASES
ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING IN
INCREMENTS. AT BASED ON CASE LOW
CHANGES IN THIS FORMULA
RECOGNIZE THAT COUNTIES CANNOT
RAPIDLY CHANGE THEIR STAFFING
LEVELS IN RESPONSE TO CHANGING
CASELOAD. DURING THE PANDEMIC
CASELOAD DECREASED WHICH
NORMALLY WOULD TRIGGER FUNDING
DECREASES HOWEVER THESE
DECREASES WERE SUSPENDED THE
LAST THREE YEARS. AND THE STATE
PROVIDED BOTH ONGOING AND
TEMPORARY AUGMENTATION TO
ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING. THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSES TO
REDUCE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
FUNDING BY ONE IN COMMAND OR
TWENTY EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS TO
ALIGN FUNDING WITH RECENT
CASELOAD DECLINES. THE BUDGET
ALSO RECOGNIZES A SHIFT IN
ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING RELATED
TO THE COST SHARING AGREEMENTS
WITH OTHER COUNTY ADMINISTERED
PROGRAMS. THE CURRENT YOUR TOTAL
SINGLE ALLOCATION FUNDING
INCLUDES ONE POINT NINE BILLION
TOTAL FUNDS. EXISTING LAW.
REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT IN
CONSULTATION WITH THE
ASSOCIATION AND COUNTIES TO
REASSESS THE FUNDING METHODOLOGY
FOR THE CALYX ELIGIBILITY
ADMINISTRATION COMPONENT OF THE
SINGLE ALLOCATION. DURING THE
TWENTY FOUR TWENTY FIVE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET OR TWENTY TWO
FIVE MAY. AND EVERY THIRD YEAR
THERE AFTER. WE ANTICIPATE THAT
THOSE REASSESSMENT CONVERSATIONS
WILL BEGIN THIS SUMMER. AND LOOK
FORWARD TO HAVING ADDITIONAL
CONTACT CONVERSATION WITH THE
LEGISLATURE THANK YOU. THANK YOU
SO MUCH OF LIKE TO TURN OVER TO
THE L. A. O. FOR THEIR- ANSWER
THE QUESTION FOR- YES RYAN
ANDERSON LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S
OFFICE- IT DIDN'T NOBODY
COMMENTS HERE I WILL SAY IF
YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG THE
LAST SEVERAL YEARS WITH
BUDGETING FOR THIS PROGRAM-
WE'VE HAD. AN ON GOING BACK AND
FORTH WITH THE ADMINISTRATION
ABOUT HOW TO FORECAST HIS LOAD
IN THESE VERY UNUSUAL TIMES
SINCE THE PANDEMIC. THAT STARTED
OUT WITH OUR PROJECTIONS BEING
VERY DISTANT- BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US
BUT WE HAVE SINCE COME INTO
ALIGNMENT SO- ESSENTIALLY OUR-
FORECAST FOR BOTH THE CASELOAD
AND FOR THE- PROJECTED GRANT
INCREASE ARE. MORE OR LESS
IDENTICAL TO WHAT THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS RIGHT NOW
FORECASTS. ALWAYS UNCERTAIN
WHICH IS ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING
WE ALWAYS END UP BEING WRONG BUT
IN THIS CASE- WE WILL BE WRONG
TOGETHER SO. THAT'S ALL TO SAY
RIGHT NOW. THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE AND ECONOMIC. ARGININE
DR DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE ON
NOTHING MORE DODD BUT HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THANK YOU.
DIRECTOR OF REGARDING THE
ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING BY ONE
INCREMENT IS THAT DUE TO THE-
UNDER PROJECTION OF CASELOAD
THAT WE HAD THE DEPARTMENT
DISSIPATED. AGAIN THAT WE ARE
FOLLOWING THE METHODOLOGY WE ALL
AGREED TO WITH THIS GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET PROPOSAL IT'S THAT WE
HAVE SUSPENDED IT AGAIN GIVEN
THE- AT RAPIDLY CHANGING
CONDITIONS ALL OF US HAVE BEEN
EXPERIENCING OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS- SO IT'S FOLLOWING THE FOR
FROM. THAT FUNDING FORMULA BASED
ON WHAT OUR CASELOAD IS
PROJECTING WE'VE HAD SOME
CONVERSATIONS THAT WITH COUNTIES
IN THE ASSOCIATION ON THIS FRONT
AT HINTS ARE AT GREENMOUNT TO
REVISIT THE FUNDING METHODOLOGY
GOING FORWARD IN EVERY EVERY SO
OFTEN GOING FOR JUST A THAT WE
CAN REVISIT WHAT. CHANGING
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE MIGHT BE
LOOKING AT AT GOING FORWARD SO
THAT'S THE CONVERSATION WE LOOK
FORWARD TO HAVING TWENTY FOUR
TWENTY FIVE IT IN IN IN
SUBSEQUENT TO THAT. OF COURSE AT
ANY IT JUST ADJUSTMENTS TO
CASELOAD WILL BE UPDATED IN THE
MAY REVISION. THANK YOU SO ROTH
. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE
OVERVIEW WE'RE GONNA HOLD THE
ANIMAL WE'RE GONNA NOW TURN INTO
OUR. OUR NEXT PANEL HERE. ON A
REIMAGINING CAL WORKS I THIS IS
A PANEL DISCUSSION. ON THE CAL
WORKS TAKE UP EFFORTS TO REFOCUS
THE COWARDS PROGRAM ON THE NEEDS
OF FAMILIES LEAVE IT LIVING IN
DEEP POVERTY. AND TO INCLUDE A
STAKEHOLDER PROPOSAL. WE MIGHT
NOT HAVE ENOUGH TOUCH- OKAY. WE
DON'T. YES KATHY IF YOU. KATHY I
THINK THERE'S- IS ONE OF THE-
THERE'S A CHURCH. THERE'S
ANOTHER CHAIRMAN YEAH. WE
FIGURED OUT. INCLUDING THIS. GO
TO BE. A LEO. RYAN WELCOME
WELCOME BACK- WILL. WELCOME
BACK. AM WE HAVE A SARA
KIMBERLIN FROM THE STANFORD
CENTER ON POVERTY AND INEQUALITY
RACHEL CHURCH FROM PARENT VOICES
- HI AGAIN KATHY MCDONALD B. E.
D. OF THE COUNTY OF WELL FOR
DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION AND THEN
WILL END WITH THE STAKEHOLDER
PROPOSAL PRESENTED BY YOU SAID
YEAH HE MENACE FROM THE GRACE
AND CHILD POVERTY. SO I'D LIKE
TO START OFF WITH THE LEO. HELLO
AGAIN RYAN ANDERSON LEGISLATIVE
ANALYST'S OFFICE. WE'VE BEEN
ASKED TO DISCUSS. SOME OF OUR
FINDINGS ON OUR ON GOING CAL
WORKS TAKE UP RATE PROJECT SO A
FEW YEARS AGO- WE DEVELOPED A
METHODOLOGY FOR IDENTIFYING
LIKELY CAL WORKS ELIGIBLE
FAMILIES WITH IN THE CENSUS
BUREAU'S AMERICAN COMMUNITY
SURVEY DATA- HAVE. YOU KNOW THAT
THAT THE BIG TAKEAWAY OF THAT
WAS- WE FOUND TAKE UP RATE
OVERALL IN THE PROGRAM WAS
SOMEWHERE AROUND 60% IN THAT
REPRESENTED A DECREASE FROM
AROUND SEVENTY PERCENT- OVER THE
PAST TEN YEARS. NOW ONCE WE
DEVELOP THAT METHODOLOGY WE
REALIZED WE HAD ACCESS TO A
WEALTH OF INFORMATION ABOUT
THESE ELIGIBLE FAMILIES BECAUSE
THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY IS
A VERY RICH DATA SOURCE. SO
RECENTLY WE PUBLISHED A FOLLOW
UP DOCUMENTATION LOOKING AT.
WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF
CAL WORKS ELIGIBLE FAMILIES AND
WHICH OF THESE CHARACTERISTICS
ARE ASSOCIATED WITH PARTICULARLY
HIGH OR PARTICULARLY LOW TAKE UP
RATES. GENERALLY WE FOUND A
PATTERN UNDER WHICH- GROUPS
WHICH HAVE. HISTORICALLY OR ON
AVERAGE MORE TENUOUS CONNECTIONS
TO LABOR MARKET- OR HIGHER
POVERTY RATES- HIGHER
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES THESE GROUPS
TEND TO BOTH BE MORE LIKELY TO
BE ELIGIBLE FOR CAL WORKS AND
ONCE ELIGIBLE FOR CAL WORKS MORE
LIKELY TO ENROLL SO EXAMPLES
HERE WOULD INCLUDE- THAT
ELIGIBILITY AND TAKE UP RATES
ARE ESPECIALLY HIGH. FOR THOSE
WITH- NO COLLEGE EDUCATION OF
FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED OF
COURSE- THE FORD DIFFERENT
ETHNICITY GROUPS PRIMARILY
FOLLOWING THE PATTERN OF WATER
AVERAGE POVERTY AND AN
UNEMPLOYMENT. RATES FOR THAT IS
THAT IN THIS CITY GROUP. WE DID
HOWEVER FOR TO- TO EXCESS TO
THIS TREND THEY WERE BOTH RACIAL
OR ETHNICITY GROUPS- ACERBIC WIT
HISPANIC LATINO FAMILIES ARE
LESS LIKELY TO ENROLL IN THE
PROGRAM THEN YOU WOULD. EXPECT
TO GIVEN THEIR POVERTY AND
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ON AVERAGE
AND WHITE FAMILIES ARE MORE
LIKELY TO ROLL. WE GO INTO SOME
GENERAL- HYPOTHESES AS TO WHAT
MIGHT DRIVE DIFFERENCES IN TAKE
UP RATES IN OUR OUR PAPER- IT'S
DIFFICULT TO. EXPLAIN FOR ANY
ONE GROUP WHAT IS GOING ON BUT
WE DO KNOW ONE THING WHICH IS- A
VERY COMMON BEHAVIOR AMONG LIKE
CAL WORKS ELIGIBLE FAMILIES IS
RELIANCE ON THEIR SOCIAL SAFETY
NET- TO GET. TO GET BY I IN IN
PARTICULARLY WE SEE A LOT OF CO
HABITATION BETWEEN CAL WORKS
ELIGIBLE FAMILIES AND RELATIVELY
MORE AFFLUENT FRIENDS AND
FAMILY- ONE EXAMPLE THAT ARE
MULTI GENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLDS
WHERE. ADULTS WHO HAVE CHILDREN
MAY LIVE WITH THEIR GRANDPARENTS
WHO ARE AT THE CHILD'S
GRANDPARENTS WHO ARE HELPING-
THOSE PARENTS GET BY WE FIND
THOSE MULTI GENERATION-
ARRANGEMENTS ARE MOST COMMON
WHEN YOU LOOK BI RACIAL
ETHNICITY GROUPS AMONG
CALIFORNIANS WHO ARE HISPANIC
LATINO THERE LEAST COMMON AMONG
A CALIFORNIANS WHO ARE WHITE.
THIS MIGHT PROVIDE SOME OF THE
EXPLANATION FOR WHY THOSE TWO
GROUPS ARE- ABNORMAL. I THINK
THAT THAT THE- THE OTHER BIG
TAKE AWAY THAT OF COURSE IS-
THAT OUR LOWEST TAKE UP RATES
ARE ACTUALLY AMONG THOSE GROUPS
WHO ARE RELATIVELY PRIVILEGED
RIGHT- GROUPS THAT HAVE MORE
EDUCATION THAT HAVE- TO FOR A
TWO PARENTS IN THE HOME- WHO ARE
ROUTINELY EMPLOYED. EVEN WHEN
THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE THIS
PROGRAM THEY ARE NOT TAKING UP
THE PROGRAM- THIS HAS
CONSEQUENCES- THE TWO INCLUDE IN
PARTICULAR OF INTERESTS THE
LEGISLATURE WE BELIEVE- FIRST
EVEN THOUGH THESE GROUPS MAY BE
RELATIVELY PRIVILEGED TO BE
ELIGIBLE FOR CAL WORKS YOU STILL
HAVE TO BE IN PRETTY DESPERATE
STRAITS THE- JUST THE INCOME
ELIGIBILITY LIMITS FOR THIS
PROGRAM. AROUND 80% OF FEDERAL
POVERTY WHICH ITSELF IS A VERY
LOW THRESHOLD. SO THESE ARE
STILL NEEDY FAMILIES- THIS
SECOND. AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE
GOING TO GET INTO THIS
CONVERSATION AND- THIS PANEL IS
THE WORK PARTICIPATION RATE-
CLOUD THAT IS HANGING OVER THE
THIS PROGRAM PERPETUAL IS THAT
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS VERY.
CONCERNED ABOUT THE RATE AT
WHICH FAMILIES WERE RECEIVING
CASH ASSISTANCE INCLUDE A
WORKING PARENT. WELL ONE WAY WE
CAN SOLVE THAT IS BY HELPING
FAMILIES WHO DO NOT HAVE A CLOSE
CONNECTION WITH THE LABOR
MARKET. BECOME EMPLOYED BUT
ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN IMPROVE
OUR WORK PARTICIPATION RATE IS
BY ENGAGING FAMILIES WHO ARE
ALREADY EMPLOYED OR WHO ARE
ROUTINELY EMPLOYED AND GETTING
THEM TO ENROLL IN A PROGRAM THAT
THEY'RE ALREADY ELIGIBLE FOR- SO
WE THINK. IT IS THINKING THROUGH
HOW COULD WE MAKE THIS PROGRAM-
THE- THAT THE MORE ATTRACTIVE
FOR THEM. EITHER BY INCREASING
BENEFITS BY DECREASING
REQUIREMENTS- THE PAPERWORK
ASSOCIATED WITH- ENROLLING OR RE
ENROLLING. THESE ARE- BUT WE
THINK HI ISSUES OF GREAT
INTEREST FOR THE LEGISLATURE.
THAT'S ALL FOR NOW THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH RYAN I'D LIKE
TO TURN OVER TO SERRA. THANK YOU
CHAIRMAN FIVE MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE HI MY NAME IS SARA
KIMBERLIN NOW WITH THE STANFORD
CENTER ON POVERTY AND INEQUALITY
BUT UNTIL RECENTLY I WAS A
SENIOR POLICY FELLOW WITH THE
CALIFORNIA BUDGET AND POLICY
CENTER. AND TODAY IN PRESENTING.
INFORMATION FROM WORK THERE
SPECIFICALLY FROM TO BUDGET
CENTER REPORTS ON A PUBLISHED
THIS YEAR ON CAL WORKS. AT TODAY
WAS ASKED TO FOCUS ON THREE
ISSUES FIRST THE SIGNIFICANCE-
BARRIERS THAT HOW WORKS
PARTICIPANTS FACE SECOND THE
COUNTY WORK PARTICIPATION RATE
PENALTY- AND THIRD CAL EXPERTS
DISMISS ACTIONS. SO THE FIRST
POINT A HIGHLIGHT IS THAT HOW
WORKS PARTICIPANTS FACE MULTIPLE
CHALLENGES TO ESTABLISHING
ECONOMIC SECURITY. HOW WORKS
PARENTS FACE A LABOR MARKET IN
WHICH GENDER AND RACE BASED
DISCRIMINATION ARE ONGOING AS
WELL AS WORKPLACES THAT MAKE IT
DIFFICULT FOR PARENTS TO BALANCE
WORK WITH KERR GETTING. AND HOW
WORKS PARENTS ARE PARTICULARLY
EXPOSED TO THESE INEQUITABLE
CONDITIONS BECAUSE THEY ARE
OVERWHELMINGLY WOMEN PEOPLE OF
COLOR AND PARENTS OF YOUNG
CHILDREN. HOW EXPERIENCE ALSO
FACE AN ECONOMY WHERE HIGHER
EDUCATION IS INCREASINGLY
REQUIRED FOR ALL BUT THE LOWEST
PAYING JOBS. YET NEARLY HALF OF
HOWARD'S HOUSEHOLD HEADS DO NOT
HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE OR
EQUIVALENT. THIS SITUATION
REFLECTS STRUCTURAL BARRIERS TO
EDUCATION THE MANY HAVE
ENCOUNTERED. A SIGNIFICANT SHARE
POWER EXPERIENCE ALSO EXPERIENCE
HEALTH CHALLENGES SUCH AS MENTAL
HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
CHALLENGES IN MANY ARE SURVIVORS
OF DOMESTIC ABUSE. DESPITE THESE
OBSTACLES EACH OF THESE PARENTS
HAS DEMONSTRATED THE
DETERMINATION AND RESILIENCE TO
SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATE TO A
CONNECT WITH ACCOUNT WORKS
PROGRAM. TAXES SUPPORT FOR THEIR
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND THAT
RESILIENCE REALLY POINTS TO HOW
MUCH CALIFORNIA'S TO GAIN. FROM
SUPPORTING AND INVESTING IN
THESE FAMILIES. WE LEADS TO THE
SITE ISSUE I WILL DISCUSS THE
COUNTY WORK PARTICIPATION
PENALTY SO STARTING WITH SOME
IMPORTANT BACKGROUND THAT THAT
HOW WORKS IS FUNDED THROUGH THE
TOUGH FEDERAL TEN OF PROGRAM AND
ALSO WITH STATE AND COUNTY
FUNDS. SO THERE ARE FEDERAL
GUIDELINES BUT ALSO SOME
SIGNIFICANT STATE DISCRETION IN
HOW TO DESIGN THE PROGRAM. AND
RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF
SUPPORTING THE PARENTS AND
CHILDREN AND HOW IT WORKS STATE
POLICYMAKERS HAVE MADE SEVERAL
CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM IN RECENT
YEARS. THE FOCUS ON RESPECTFULLY
ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES THAT
PARENTS FACE SO THAT THEIR
FAMILIES CAN SECURE LONG TERM
STABILITY. THESE REFORMS INCLUDE
ESTABLISHING STATE SPECIFIC
STANDARDS FOR THE ACTIVITIES
THAT HOW WORKS PARENTS
PARTICIPATE IN. THAT ARE
DISTINCT FROM THE FEDERAL
STANDARDS. AND THAT DO NOT
INCLUDE RIGID TIME LIMITS FOR
ADVANCING EDUCATION OR
ADDRESSING OTHER BARRIERS.
HOWEVER THESE RECENT
CONSTRUCTIVE REFORMS ARE
HINDERED FROM FULL
IMPLEMENTATION BECAUSE STATE
POLICY CONTINUES TO THREATEN
COUNTIES WITH FINANCIAL
PENALTIES THAT ARE LINKED TO THE
FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR PARENTS
ACTIVITIES. SO THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT FORMALLY EVALUATE
STATE PER STATE PROGRAMS ONLY
BASED ON SPECIFIC TARGETS FOR
THE FEDERAL WORK PARTICIPATION
RATE OR W. P. R. WHICH IS
MEASURED BY THE PERCENTAGE OF
PARENTS THAT ARE ENGAGED IN A
NARROWLY DEFINED SET OF
ACTIVITIES THAT ARE FOCUSED ON
REQUIRING PARENTS TO OBTAIN PAID
EMPLOYMENT AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE. AND THESE TYPES OF
HARSH WORK REQUIREMENTS HAVE
RACIST AND SEXIST ROOTS. AND ON
TOP OF THAT SOMETHING I REALLY
WANT TO EMPHASIZE IS THAT
RESEARCH DEMONSTRATES THAT THESE
KINDS OF RIGID WORK REQUIREMENTS
DO NOT LEAD TO LONG TERM
IMPROVEMENTS IN EMPLOYMENT AND
INCOME. AT THE SAME TIME THEY
ARE LINKED TO INCREASES IN DEEP
POVERTY. SO CURRENT STATE POLICY
REINFORCES THIS INEFFECTIVE
FEDERAL APPROACH TO WORK
REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE COUNTIES
WOULD BE CHARGED A FINANCIAL
PENALTY PENALTY. IF THEY MISS
THE FEDERAL W. PR TARGETS WHEN
THE STATE RECEIVED A FEDERAL
PENITENTIARY FOR NOT RECEIVING
AT FOR NOT MEETING TARGETS. SO
THIS POLICY INCENTIVIZES
COUNTIES IN CASE WORKERS TO
DIRECT CAO WORKS PARTICIPANTS
ONLY INTO THE NARROW LIST OF
ACTIVITIES. THAT COUNT TOWARD
MEETING THE FEDERAL W. PR AND
AWAY FROM STATE SUPPORTED STATE
APPROVED ACTIVITIES THEY DON'T
FULLY ACCOUNT FOR THE WPR. LIKE
ADDRESSING BARRIERS EVEN IF
ADDRESSING BARRIERS WOULD BE THE
BEST INVESTMENTS FOR
PARTICIPANTS LONG TERM STABILITY
AND EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS. SO FOR
EXAMPLE NEARLY ONE IN TWO HOURS
HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD LACK A HIGH
SCHOOL DEGREE. YET ADULT BASIC
EDUCATION OR HIGH SCHOOL OR GED
PREP DO NOT FULLY COUNT FOR THE
FEDERAL WPR. SIMILARLY MORE THAN
ONE IN FOUR COLOR EXPERIENCE
AMERICAN WERE RECOMMENDED FOR
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ABOUT ONE
IN TWENTY RECOMMENDED FOR
SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES. AND
MORE THAN ONE IN SIX WERE
RECOMMENDED FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE
SERVICES. YET SERVICES TO DREAD
DRESS ANY OF THESE BARRIERS DO
NOT FULLY COUNT FOR THE FEDERAL
W. PR. SO THIS FINANCIAL PENALTY
POLICY THEREFORE WORKS AT CROSS
PURPOSES WITH EXTENSIVE RECENT
CAL WORKS REFORM EFFORTS. IN
REPEALING THIS POLICY COULD
BETTER ALIGN STATE POLICY WITH
OTHER RECENT REFORMS TO FOCUS ON
SUPPORTING FAMILIES. AND THEN
THE FINAL ISSUE I WILL BRIEFLY
MENTION IS CAO WORK SANCTIONS.
SO IF I CAO WORKS PARENT DOES
NOT DOCUMENT PARTICIPATION IN
REQUIRED ACTIVITIES FOR THE
REQUIRED NUMBER OF HOURS. THEY
CAN BE SANCTIONED WHICH MEANS
THAT FUNDS WILL BE TAKEN AWAY
FROM THE MONTHLY GRANT THAT
THEIR FAMILY RECEIVED TO PAY FOR
BASIC NEEDS. IS ANOTHER POLICY
THAT REINFORCES THE
COUNTERPRODUCTIVE FEDERAL FOCUS
ON RIGID IN PUNITIVE WORK
REQUIREMENTS. RESEARCH SHOWS
SANCTION PARENTS ARE OFTEN THOSE
WHO MAY FACE THE MOST THE MOST
BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT AND DO
NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND THE
SANCTIONS PROCESS. THING SINCE
CAN READ SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED
THE INCOME THAT FAMILIES HAVE TO
MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS. AND TO
CHILDREN MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF
THE PEOPLE AFFECTED. AT CAO WORK
SANCTIONS PUSH ABOUT SIXTY
THOUSAND CHILDREN EACH MONTH.
INTO DEEPER POVERTY. AND THESE
CHILDREN ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED
WHEN THEIR FAMILIES LOSE THE
INCOME NEEDED TO PAY FOR BASIC
NECESSITIES LIKE RENT
ELECTRICITY FOOD OR DIAPERS. AND
STATE POLICYMAKERS HAVE THE
AUTHORITY TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT
AND LENGTH OF CALYXT ACTIONS
WHICH WOULD REDUCE THIS HARM TO
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. NOW
CONCLUDE BY JUST REINFORCING THE
POINT THE POLICY MAKERS HAVE
SEVERAL OPTIONS TO CONTINUE TO
BETTER ALIGN STATE POLICY. AND
TO BUILD ON RECENT HOWARD'S
REFORMS TO FURTHER BOLSTER
SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILIES IN THE
PROGRAM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO
MUCH SIR TURNIER OVER NOW TO
RACHEL FROM PAM VOICES. HELLO MY
NAME IS RACHEL CHURCH AND THIS
IS MY DAUGHTER ALEXANDRA ACKER
SAYS CHURCH WE REPRESENT- A
COMMUNITY AND SAN FRANCISCO'S
MISSION DISTRICT THAT. WE COME
FROM HOMELESSNESS POVERTY AND
HUNGER- SO I. I AM CURRENTLY
WORKING AS A CUSTOMER SERVICE
REPRESENTATIVE. I WANT TO THINK
CHAIR IS THAT MANY FIVE-
MENJIVAR. AS CHAIR MANAGER OF
OUR AND THE REST OF THE SENATE
BUDGET SUB COMMITTEE THREE
MEMBERS FOR PROVIDING ME WITH
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE MY
EXPERIENCE WITH THE POWER X.
PROGRAM. ALTHOUGH MY EXPERIENCE
WAS NOT PERFECT I APPRECIATE THE
COMMITMENT OF ALL OF YOU TO
PARTNER WITH PARENTS LIKE ME TO
TRANSFORM THIS SYSTEM TO BETTER
SUPPORT THE PARENTS AND KIDS WHO
RELY ON HOW WORKS. FROM TWO
THOUSAND AND EIGHTEEN TO TWO
THOUSAND AND TWENTY ONE I WAS
RECEIVING HOW IT WORKS. ALL THE
RECEIVING CASH AID WAS HELPFUL
TO ME I ALSO HAD MANY NEGATIVE
EXPERIENCES WITH THE PROGRAM. I
WAS MADE TO FEEL LAZY BECAUSE
I'M A MOTHER OF A CHILD OF COLOR
AND I FELT LIKE I WAS LOOKED
DOWN UPON. I HAD LIKE A BAD
PARENT LIKE I WAS CHEATING THE
SYSTEM I WAS ASKED TO TURN IN MY
HUSBAND'S DEATH CERTIFICATE
THREE SEPARATE TIMES. DURING MY
POWER X. INTAKE PROCESS I WAS
WEARING A PAIR OF ROSARY AIRINGS
THAT I BOUGHT FROM TEXAS WHERE
IDEA ON TWENTY FOUR STREET. MY
WORKER MADE IT A POINT TO ASK ME
ABOUT THEM AND I TOLD HIM THAT
THEY WERE TO KEEP ME SAFE AND
THEY COST ME A HUNDRED AND
TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS. HE HAD TOLD
ME THAT THAT COULD IMPACT MY
CASE EVEN THOUGH BASED ON MY
INCOME I QUALIFIED FOR THE
PROGRAM HE NEVER MADE A NOTE OF
THIS SO I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHY HE
ASKED. ALL IT ACCOMPLISHED WAS
MAKING ME FEEL BAD. THERE WERE
ALSO NUMEROUS TIMES WHEN I
MAILED IN PAPERWORK AND IT WAS
EITHER NEVER RECIEVED OR IT WAS
RECEIVED ONLY FOR THEM TO LATER
ON ASK ME FOR THE SAME PAPERWORK
AGAIN AND GATHERING DOCUMENTS.
IS A CHALLENGE- ONE EXAMPLE OF
THIS WAS FURTHER AT THAT THE
DEATH CERTIFICATE OF MY HUSBAND
WHO PASSED AWAY ON SIXTEENTH IN
FULL SAM FROM A HEART ATTACK.
AND THAT JUST BROUGHT BACK
TERRIBLE MEMORIES AND I HAD TO
GO THROUGH THAT OVER AND OVER
AGAIN TURNING IN THIS DOCUMENT
AND THE ONLY REASON THEY HAD
WANTED IT SO MANY TIMES. WAS
BECAUSE THEY JUST WANTED TO MAKE
SURE THERE IS NO OTHER PARENT
INVOLVED. MY BENEFITS WERE CUT
OFF IN TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY
ONE EVEN THOUGH BASED ON MY
INCOME AND WHAT OTHER PEOPLE
WERE TELLING ME I STILL
QUALIFIED. TO THIS DAY I'VE
NEVER RECEIVED ANY KIND OF
DENIAL NOTICE OR ANYTHING READ
TEN. I'M NO LETTER OF
DISCONTINUANCE OR ANYTHING. I
FEEL LIKE MY WORKER HAD AN ISSUE
WITH ME BECAUSE I WAS
PERSISTENT. AND HE WAS TRYING TO
PUT ME IN MY PLACE. I WAS NEVER
MADE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE OR
SUPPORTED. I WAS ALWAYS TREATED
LESS THAN LIKE I WAS LAZY AND I
ALWAYS FELT PRESSURED TO MAKE
SURE I PRESENTED MYSELF. AS
PROFESSIONALLY AS POSSIBLE TO
MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE I WAS JUST
LIKE A DESERVING RECIPIENT OF
COW WHERE X. IT'S UNFORTUNATE
THAT PARENTS LIKE ME WHO ARE IN
NEED OF SUPPORT AND WHO QUALIFY
FOR THESE PROGRAMS ARE MET WITH
HOSTILITY. AND SUSPICION BY THE
WORKERS WHO ARE THERE TO HELP
US. I KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T THE
CASE FOR ALL PARENTS. I'M AN ALL
WORKERS BUT IT WAS MY EXPERIENCE
IT'S THROUGH OUR EXPERIENCES
THAT WE CAN HELP TO REIMAGINE
THE PROGRAM. PLEASE SUPPORT THE
REIMAGINE POWER COALITION BUDGET
. THANK YOU SO MUCH RACHEL. A
JUNIOR OVER TO CATHY CENTER
LIMIT DONALD. C. FROM C. WTA.
THANK YOU SENATOR AND- MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE- I WAS ASKED TO
TALK ABOUT THE CAL WORKS TO
PLANO EFFORT AND THE RELATED CAL
OR PROJECT AS WELL AS THE WPR-
AS MS KIMBERLIN ALSO ADDRESSED.
SO AS YOU KNOW IT'S BEEN A
TWENTY FIVE YEARS NOW SINCE CAL
WORKS WAS INITIALLY CREATED
AFTER THE WELFARE REFORM LAW AT
THE FEDERAL LEVEL WAS PASSED.
AND SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE WERE
REALIZING NOT JUST COUNTIES BUT
ADVOCATES AND LEGISLATORS AS
WELL THAT WE WEREN'T REALLY
WHERE WE WANTED TO BE WITH THE
PROGRAM ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAME
TO- ENGAGING WITH OUR CLIENTS
AND MOVING FORWARD- WITH. THEIR
WELFARE TO WORK EFFORTS WE
LEARNED A LOT I THINK SINCE THE
NINETEEN NINETIES ABOUT POVERTY
INEQUALITY AND FAMILY DYNAMICS
AND IT NONE OF THAT HAVE BEEN
REALLY INCORPORATED INTO THE
PROGRAM. SO SEE THE PDA
LAUNCHED- AN EFFORT CALLED CAL
WORKS TO PLANO WITH THE HELP OF
MATHEMATICA A NATIONAL
ORGANIZATION AND ULTIMATELY
RESULTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
NEW TOOLS AND NEW APPROACHES TO
ENGAGING PARENTS NOT JUST IN
DEVELOPING A WELFARE TO WORK
PLAN. BUT TRYING TO SET GOALS
THAT THEY CAN MEASURE RETOOL
OVER TIME AND RECOGNIZING THAT
NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO MEET
THOSE STRICT WORK REQUIREMENTS
RIGHT AWAY THAT THERE ARE TIMES
WHEN THERE MIGHT BE AN ISSUE
WITH THE CHILDREN AT SCHOOL.
THERE MIGHT BE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
DOMESTIC ABUSE ISSUES THAT NEED
TO BE ADDRESSED AND THAT THAT'S
ALL RIGHT THAT IT IS OKAY TO
HAVE THAT BE THE PLAN AND SO
JUST A REALLY DIFFERENT WAY OF
WORKING WITH OUR FAMILIES.
NEARLY EVERY COUNTY HAS ENGAGED
IN THIS PROCESS AT SOME POINT
AND EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC WE
CONTINUE TO OFFER WORKSHOPS AND
OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH THE
MATHEMATICA TEAM REMOTELY. TO
IMPLEMENT THE PROCESS. AT THE
SAME TIME WE'RE ALSO THINKING
ABOUT HOW DO WE- CREATE MORE
ACCOUNTABILITY IN A PUBLIC WAY
FOR OUR SYSTEM SO WE CAN MEASURE
WHAT'S GOING ON. A LOT OF THE
ISSUES WERE AROUND A LACK OF
DATA OR A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING
ABOUT WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON
WITH THE GRAHAM. AND W. P. R. AS
THE- ONLY MEASURE WHICH WE DON'T
THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING. AND
SO THE IDEA OF CALOR IS BUILT
AFTER EIGHTY SIX THIRTY SIX THE
CHILD WELFARE OUTCOMES AND
ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM. THAT
INVOLVES- BROAD SELF ASSESSMENTS
INCLUDING INPUT FROM WORKERS
FROM RECIPIENTS FROM ADVOCATES
IN THE COMMUNITY AND OTHER
PARTNERS- DEVELOPMENT OF A SELF
IMPROVEMENT PLAN. REGULAR CHECK
INS YEAH THE REGULAR PUBLIC
REPORTING OF KEY DATA MEASURES
THAT AREN'T JUST ABOUT THE W. P.
R. BUT ARE ABOUT OTHER THINGS AS
WELL. AND SO- IT WAS REALLY SLOW
DOWN BY THE PANDEMIC. AND SYSTEM
IMPROVEMENT PLANS. AS YOU HEARD
THE WPR PENALTY REALLY MAKES IT
I THINK IMPOSSIBLE FOR SOME
COUNTIES TO GO ALL IN ON THE
SIX. IF YOU THINK ABOUT TWO
POINT NO SAY IT'S OKAY NOT TO
MEET THAT WPRI AWAY THERE ARE
SOME PEOPLE WHO NEED TO DO
EDUCATION WHO NEED TO GET THOSE
OTHER SERVICES. AND SO WE'RE
GONNA SAY LET'S WORK WITH YOU TO
GET THOSE BUT THE ONLY THING
THAT A PENALTY IS RELATED TO IS
THE WPR. SO WHAT GETS MEASURED
GETS DONE BUT WHAT GETS
PENALIZED GETS PRIORITIZED IF
THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
CHAU KNOWS WE MIGHT SOMEDAY GET
A PENALTY WHY ARE YOU FOCUSING
ON THE WPR. AND SO SOME COUNTIES
CAN KIND OF STEP AWAY FROM THAT
BUT LOCALLY ARE IT CAN BE
DIFFICULT TO REALLY GO ALL IN
AND BE ABLE TO REALLY PUT THIS
TWO POINT OH PRINCIPLES INTO
PLAY. AND SO REMOVING YET WHICH
IS PART OF THE PROPOSAL WILL
GIVE COUNTIES THE ABILITY TO
REALLY FOCUS ON THOSE OTHER
MEASURES. IN ADDITION TO THE WPR
AND REALLY I THINK BRING
TOGETHER THE CONCEPTS. OF THE
DIFFERENT ENGAGEMENT OF TWO
POINT NOW AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF
GOALS RATHER THAN THE SORT OF
THE PUNITIVE. SITUATION WE'VE
GOT TODAY I JUST WANT TO SAY I
THINK. IN FINAL- I THINK WE'RE
IN A SITUATION WHERE FROM A
PROGRAMMATIC PERSPECTIVE WE'RE
REALLY MOVING TOWARD A GREATER
UNDERSTANDING. OF WHAT WORKS HOW
WE CAN ENGAGE BETTER WITH
PARENTS AND HOW WE CAN REALLY
HELP FAMILIES. MAKE REALLY
LASTING CHANGES BUT THERE ARE
VARIOUS COMPONENTS BOTH AT THE
FEDERAL AND THE STATE LEVEL BUT
STILL AREN'T REALLY ALIGNED WITH
THAT. AND SO WE REALLY ENCOURAGE
YOU AND WE'RE ALL IN ON FIGURE
OUT HOW TO BETTER ALIGN THOSE
THINGS. SO WE CAN REALLY DO THAT
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO AND WHEN
PANEL- A STAKEHOLDER PROPOSAL.
HEY SANDY GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR
AND MEMBERS OF THE- SUBCOMMITTEE
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
TESTIFY TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE
REIMAGINE CAL WORKS COALITION.
AS MENTIONED MY NAME IS HE SAID
YEAH HE MENACE AND I'M A SENIOR
SENIOR POLICY ASSOCIATE AGREES
AND TOP ARE BEING CALIFORNIA-
WHERE WE DARE TO IMAGINE A
LIBERATED FUTURE. FREE FROM
SYSTEMIC RACISM AND POVERTY IN
WHICH ALL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
EXPERIENCE ABUNDANCE DIGNITY
LOVE AND OPPORTUNITIES TO
THRIVE. ALONGSIDE MY CURRENT
ROLE I'M ALSO A GRADUATE STUDENT
AT. UCLA PURSUING MY MASTERS OF
PUBLIC POLICY- AND TODAY I WOULD
LIKE TO. THINK OF TODAY I WOULD
LIKE TO SHARE A LITTLE MORE
ABOUT WHAT BRINGS ME TO THIS
WORK. AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT WE AS A STATE REIMAGINE THE
COW WORKS PROGRAM. GROWING UP MY
FAMILY OF SEVEN SHARED ONE
BEDROOM AND I SHARED A TWIN SIZE
MATTRESS. WITH MY OLDER SISTER
UNTIL I WAS IN EIGHTH GRADE. I
SHARE THIS IMAGE BECAUSE IT IS
JUST ONE WAY. THAT TRAUMA. IN A
TRAUMA POVERTY MANIFESTS FOR
FAMILIES EXPERIENCING POVERTY.
FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS CAO WORKS
WAS OUR FAMILY'S SOLE SOURCE OF
INCOME WHEN MY MOTHER SUFFERED.
A SUFFERED THROUGH SEVERE HEALTH
COMPLICATIONS AS A RESULT OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. I KNOW TODAY.
HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE INCOME
WE GAIN FROM CAO WORKS. ALONG
WITH OTHER BENEFITS- IN OUR
SAFETY NET. BUT I WOULD NOT BE
HERE TODAY. AND SO I'M SO
APPRECIATIVE OF THE PUBLIC
BENEFITS PROGRAMS THAT ARE
AVAILABLE IN OUR SOCIAL SAFETY
NET HERE IN CALIFORNIA. HOWEVER
PHARMACY FAMILIES EXPERIENCING
POVERTY- TRYING TO CAO WORKS
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MEET THEIR
FAMILY THEY WERE THE FROM THEIR
FAMILIES URGENT NEEDS SORRY
ABOUT THAT. TODAY CDSS REPORTS
AS OF NOVEMBER TWENTY TWENTY TO.
TWENTY POINT 9% OF CAL WORKS
FAMILIES EARN AN AVERAGE MONTHLY
INCOME OF ONE DOLLAR TO TWO
HUNDRED DOLLARS. THAT'S TWELVE
DOLLARS TWO TWO TWO THOUSAND
FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS ANNUALLY IN
THE FAMILY DOESN'T SEE A CHANGE
IN THEIR EARNINGS AND THIS WAS
VERY MUCH THE PICTURE FOR MY
FAMILY- FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
AND YET OUR EXISTING CAO WORKS
PROGRAM REINFORCES
COUNTERPRODUCTIVE REQUIREMENTS.
ROOTED IN RACIST AND SEXIST
PERCEPTIONS ABOUT PEOPLE LIVING
IN POVERTY. CONDITIONING PUBLIC
BENEFITS TO WORK IS PREMISED ON
RACIST AND SEXIST ASSUMPTIONS
THAT PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY DO
NOT WANT TO WORK. AND IT FAILS
TO RECOGNIZE THE INCREDIBLE
LABOR PEOPLE OF COLOR DO TO KEEP
THIS ECONOMY AFLOAT. AND IT
DOESN'T FULLY CONSIDER THE BEARS
TO WORK UNIQUELY FACED BY THOSE
LIVING IN POVERTY. AS A
CONSEQUENCE THESE HARSH
REQUIREMENTS LIMIT A FAMILIES
ACCESS TO THIS VITAL PROGRAM.
THESE POLICIES INCLUDE
PENALIZING TOWER EXPERIENCE WHO
ARE NOT MEETING PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS BY IMPOSING HARSH
SANCTIONS THAT REDUCE THEIR
MONTHLY GRANTS. AS MENTIONED BY
SERRA OF THE FAMILIES OF SIXTY
THOUSAND CHILDREN ARE AFFECTED
BY SANCTIONS EACH MONTH AND
AGAIN IF TWENTY POINT 9% OF THE
FAMILIES ARE CURRENTLY EARNING A
DOLLAR TO TWELVE DOLLARS A
MONTH- TO TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS A
MONTH ON AVERAGE. THAT'S A VERY
HARSH SANCTIONS THAT THEY HAVE
TO INDOOR. BUT THERE IS HOPE. WE
CAN INDEED REIMAGINE THE CAL
WORKS PROGRAM. A TWENTY TO
TWENTY TWENTY TWO REPORT
DEVELOPED BY THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF STATE TEN IF
ADMINISTRATION IS
ADMINISTRATORS. AND PUBLISHED BY
THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HUMAN
SERVICES ASSOCIATION OUTLINED
SIX PRINCIPLES FOR MODERNIZING
THE TENNIS PROGRAM. THE
PRINCIPLES OUTLINED IN THE
REPORT HAVE BEEN USED BY OTHER
STATES INCLUDING VERMONT. GIVEN
THE CONSIDERABLE FLEXIBILITY
STATES HAVE TO IMPLEMENT THESE
POLICIES AND STRUCTURE THEIR
PROGRAMS TO BE MORE FAMILY
CENTERED AND TRAUMA INFORMED.
OUR CAL WORKS COALITION BELIEVES
IT IS NECESSARY WE REIMAGINE OUR
CAO WORKS PROGRAM TO BE ANTI
RACIST AND ANTI SEXIST. WE CAN
REIMAGINE THE COW WORKS PROGRAM
BY REMOVING PEJORATIVE AND
RACIST LANGUAGE IN EXISTING CODE
AND REPLACE IT WITH FAMILY
CENTERED AND EMPOWERING LANGUAGE
. ELIMINATE ALL NON FEDERALLY
REQUIRED SANCTIONS INCLUDING
THOSE RELATED TO TRUANCY AND
SATISFACTORY REPORT CARD
PROGRESS IN THE CAL LEARN
PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY FOR A TEEN
PARENTS. EMPOWER PARENTS TO
CHOOSE THE WORK ACTIVITIES THAT
BEST SUPPORT THEIR GOALS EXPAND
ACCOUNTABLE WORK ACTIVITIES AND
ENSURE THAT PARTICIPATION IN ANY
WORK ACTIVITY THE FAMILY FINDS
FIND MOST CONDUCIVE TO THEIR
SELF SUFFICIENCY ALSO COUNT. AND
LASTLY AS- SORT OF DISCUSSED
ALREADY ELIMINATE THE COUNTY
WORK PENALTY PASSED THROUGH. A
COMPREHENSIVE FAMILY CENTERED
APPROACH IS NECESSARY TO MOVE
AWAY FROM THE RIGID ONE SIZE
FITS ALL WORK FIRSTHAND OF MODEL
BASED IN RACIST AND SEXIST
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT PEOPLE LIVING
IN A PARK IN POVERTY. AND ENSURE
CAO WORKS BECOMES A FAMILY
CENTERED PROGRAM CALIFORNIA
DESERVES THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
. THANK YOU- THE CENTER I'M IN
AS A PREVIOUS CHAIR LIKE. THE
USER. THIS IS A TOUGH SUB YOU
KNOW THESE ARE- HEAVY STORIES I
AM I'M I'M GONNA NEED SOME SOME
TIPS ON HOW TO. ANOTHER PROCESS
A LOT OF THIS YOU KNOW- BUT I
REALLY THINK YOU SO MUCH YOU
KNOW EVERYONE FOR SHARING THEM
INSIDE AND YOUR OWN PERSONAL
SERVICE STORIES EVERY BEHIND
THAT- DEBRA FINANCED YOU HAVE
ANY COMMENTS TO ADD TO THIS. YOU
CAN JUST SHAKE YOUR HEAD FROM
THERE. PERFECT ALL RIGHT SO
JUNIOR OVER HERE FOR US FOR
QUESTIONS- AS I GATHER MY
THOUGHTS DOES ANYONE TO START.
AND ANY IMMEDIATE. PROBABLY
BEING THE LEAST INFORMED RURAL
TRAILS CLUB INTELLIGENT QUESTION
I I'M JUST CURIOUS SAY.
LISTENING TO THIS I THINK. MAYBE
ONE OF THE TRAGIC RESULTS OF OUR
CREDENTIALS CREEP EDUCATIONAL
CREDENTIALS CREEP THAT WE SEE IN
THE STATE REALLY ACROSS THE
COUNTRY IS THE IMPACT ON CAL
WORKS IN THE CAL WORKS
PARTICIPANTS- YOU MENTIONED DID
G. D. AT ONE POINT IN YOUR
PRESENTATION CAN YOU. REPEAT
WHAT THAT RELATES TO. I MISS THE
I THINK I MISSED THE POINT I BUT
THE POINT I WROTE DOWN WAS G. D.
DOESN'T QUALIFY BUT I MAY HAVE
MISSED THAT. BOAT SO AT THE
POINT I WAS MAKING RELATED TO G.
ET OR GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DEGREE
WHICH IS A HIGH SCHOOL
EQUIVALENCY DEGREE FOR CS RATE
SO. I'M JUST TO BE CLEAR AND- IS
THAT FIRST OF ALL LET NEARLY
HALF OF CALORIES HEADS OF
HOUSEHOLDS DO NOT HAVE A HIGH
SCHOOL DEGREE OR GED- AND THEN
THE SECOND PIECE OF THAT IS
THAT- PARTICIPATION IN G. E. D.
PREPARATION- OR ATTENDING HIGH
SCHOOL OR THAT YOU KNOW THE-
KINDS OF ACTIVITIES EDUCATIONAL
ACTIVITIES THAT WORK TOWARDS
GETTING AT KIND OF A- HIGH
SCHOOL OR GED. DEGREE DO NOT
FULLY COUNTED TOWARDS THE
MEETING THE FEDERAL WORK
PARTICIPATION PENALTY OR SORRY
FEDERAL WORK PARTICIPATION RATE.
SO THERE ARE LIMITATIONS ON THE
AMOUNT OF TIME THAT PARENTS CAN
SPEND DOING THAT- AND SO IF THEY
SPEND MORE TIME THAN THOSE
ALLOWED ON THAT ACTIVITY THAT IT
NO LONGER COUNTS AS THAT MEETING
THE PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE- FOR THE FEDERAL- W. P.
R. RULE. SO WHERE IS THAT'S
ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL.
GUIDELINES AROUND ACTIVITIES. AT
THE STATE LEVEL THE TERMS OF THE
STATE SPECIFIC STANDARDS THAT
CALIFORNIA'S PUT INTO PLACE
THERE ARE NO REG RIGID TIME
LIMITS- ON PARTICIPATION IN
THOSE KINDS OF EDUCATIONAL
ACTIVITIES OUT OF RECOGNITION
THAT. DIFFERENT PEOPLE NEED
DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF TIME AND
THAT DAY IF THIS IS A YOU KNOW
THE ACTIVITY THAT APPARENT NEEDS
TO FOCUS ON- INTENSIVELY IN
ORDER TO MEET THAT YOU KNOW GET
IN THAT CREDENTIAL TO IMPROVE
THEIR LONG TERM EMPLOYMENT
PROSPECTS AT THAT MAY BE THE
BEST- BEST USE THE BEST.
ACTIVITY FOR THEM TO BE
PARTICIPATING IN- IN TERMS OF
FURTHERING THEIR LONG TERM
EMPLOYMENT- AND SELF
SUFFICIENCY. BUT SINCE IT'S A
FEDERAL RULE AS SOON WE CAN'T DO
ANYTHING ABOUT THAT AT THIS
LEVEL. WELL AT ON THE CONTRARY
ACTUALLY THAT THE STATE HAS- AT
THIS STATE HAS THEIR. OUR OWN-
STATE CPAS PARTISAN. STANDARDS
SO- PARTICIPANT. AS WILL MEET
STATE STANDARDS BY PARTICIPATING
IN A GED PREP PROGRAM FOR
EXAMPLE BUT TO THAT PERSON MAY
NOT BE ABLE TO BE COUNTED
TOWARDS MEETING THE FEDERAL WPRA
REQUIREMENT. AND THE
CONSEQUENCES OF THAT OUR PENALTY
THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE A
PENALTY ALTHOUGH IN FACT THAT
THE STATE HAS NEVER ACTUALLY HAD
TO PAY A PENALTY BUT THAT'S THE-
THAT THAT IS THE METRIC THAT'S
USED FOR THAT THIS AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL FOR CALCULATING A
PENALTY. WELL THAT'S GOOD
BECAUSE IT WOULD BE TRULY
UNFORTUNATE IF WE ALLOW
CREDENTIALS CREEP TO CONTINUE.
YET WE RESTRICT INDIVIDUALS
OPPORTUNITIES TO BOOK ATTAINED
THE CREDENTIALS NECESSARY TO
SECURE EMPLOYMENT. MY CAT IS
UNDER SYLLABLE DA ON THAT. HAS
CALLED OR- I ACTUALLY WORKED ON
THE LEGISLATION WE SPONSORED AT
CEDAR BDA TO- REMOVE THOSE MORE
RIGID REQUIREMENTS. AND I THINK
IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW WE'VE
CHIPPED AWAY AT IT OVER TIME IN
THE LEGISLATION I THINK WHAT THE
COALITION IS SEEKING TO DO IS BE
MORE WHOLESALE ABOUT IT- IN IN
THE CHANGES. AND SO WE'VE GOTTEN
SOME OF THE THINGS KIND OF OUT
OF OUR OWN WAY AT THE STATE
LEVEL BUT YOU'RE RIGHT AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL WE DO STILL HAVE
TO- MEET THAT ONE MEASURE IS THE
ONLY THING THAT THEY THAT THEY
LOOK AT. SO THAT IS FRUSTRATING.
AND THEN JUST ONE FINAL QUESTION
WHICH AGAIN WILL ILLUSTRATE
HELLO- UNINFORMED I AM ON THE
SUBJECT. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS WE
HAVE ISSUES WITH CHILD CARE
THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND FUNDING
FOR CHILD CARE HOW DOES HEAD OF
THOSE ISSUES. IMPACT THIS
PARTICULAR SUBJECT IF AT ALL.
WHILE OTHERS CAN CERTAINLY JUMP
AT BUT- AGAIN KATHY SEVERELY CW
. THE CHILD CARE IS- PART OF THE
CAL WORKS PROGRAM AND THERE HAVE
BEEN SOME RECENT CHANGES IN
STATE LAW TO MAKE IT MORE
AUTOMATIC THAT SOMEONE IS ABLE
TO QUALIFY FOR CHILDCARE. WE
HAVE- THREE DIFFERENT STAGES OF
CHILD CARE I WON'T GET INTO THE
DETAILS BUT- STAGES ONE AND TWO
ARE ENTITLEMENTS RELATED TO THE
PROGRAM AND THEN. YOU SORT OF
MOVE THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND
ULTIMATELY GET TO. STAGE THREE
OF THE PROGRAM AS YOU'RE MOVING
THROUGH. THE STAGES BUT WE HAVE
THOUGHT OF THAT- I AND I THINK
WE'VE IMPROVED OVER THE OVER THE
TIME THOUGH I KNOW- FINDING
CHILD CARE PROVIDERS CAN ALWAYS
BE DIFFICULT. AND WHAT ARE THE
RATES ON THOSE ARE CERTAINLY
CONVERSATIONS FOR OTHER PARTS OF
THE BUDGET BUT- HAS BEEN AN
ONGOING THING WE'VE TRIED TO
MAKE IT MAKE IT EASIER TO
ACCESS. RIGHT MY AND I GUESS
THAT'S MY QUESTION IF YOU CAN'T
FIND A PROVIDER. IT PROBABLY
AFFECTS THE WORK PARTICIPATION
RATE ASSUME YEAH AND SOME OF
THAT HAS BEEN LIKE- HOW WE WOULD
HOW THE STATE KIND OF RULES
WOULD REIMBURSE PEOPLE. AND THE
PROVIDERS- YOU KNOW IN. A TO
BECOME TO MAKE THE POINT. PEOPLE
CAN HAVE REALLY ODD- HOURS TO
WORK AT A LOT OF THE SHOP YOU
KNOW PEOPLE OF SERVICE JOBS AND
THINGS AND- YOU'RE AT YOU DON'T
KNOW WHAT HOURS YOU'RE GOING TO
WORK ALWAYS THAT THAT WOULD TOLD
MAYBE THE WEEK PRIOR. AND SO YOU
HAVE TO SAY THAT A CHILD CARE
PROVIDER I NEED TO ADD MONDAY
WEDNESDAY THURSDAY NEXT WEEK AND
THEN THE NEXT WEEK I NEED
SATURDAY SUNDAY TUESDAY. AND SO
THAT HAS BEEN FRUSTRATING I
THINK FOR THE PROVIDERS AND FOR
OUR OUR RECIPIENTS AT TIMES AS
WELL I BELIEVE SOME OF THE
CHANGES PUT INTO PLACE SOUGHT TO
ADDRESS THAT AS WELL. I COULDN'T
SAY THAT IT'S PERFECT ORPHALI
ADDRESS AND OF COURSE THAT'S OUR
JOB TO TRY TO AND THE
ADMINISTRATION'S JOB OBVIOUSLY.
TO TRY TO COORDINATE PIECES OF
THE BUDGET SO THE SYSTEMS THAT
WE HAVE IN PLACE- WORK TOGETHER
RIGHT. THANK YOU MA'AM SURE I'M-
NOT THANK YOU SENATOR AREAS AND
I THINK TO YOUR CALL. OF LIKE
THIS IS A- VERY COMPLEX
COMPLICATED SITUATION YOU KNOW
WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE CHANGES
BUT ARE LIMITED BY THE FEDERAL
RULES THAT WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY
AND I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT. YOU
KNOW IN THE TWENTY TWENTY TO
BUDGET ACT- CDSS WAS REQUIRED TO
PUT TOGETHER- A WORKGROUP I
STAKEHOLDER WORKGROUP AND WILL
BE SEEN SOME OF THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS COME OUT IN THE
MAY REVISION- I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU WANT TO SHARE. ANY LITTLE
THING RELATED. TO SOME OF THOSE
RECOMMENDATIONS. JOHNSON
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
SERVICES THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY AT I WILL AT AND
GLAD TO SHARE KIND OF WHAT WE
HEARD THROUGH A VERY ROBUST
ENGAGEMENT- ON THIS CONVERSATION
OF WORK DISSIPATION RATE. AT THE
HIGH LEVEL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
STAKEHOLDERS- INCLUDE THE DESIRE
FROM THE WORKGROUP FOR A FULL
REPEAL OF THE FEDERAL WORK
DISSIPATION RATE OR WPR PENALTY
PASS ON. GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY
IN THE FORM OF CAL OR
PERFORMANCE MEASURES OR OTHER
METRICS TO BE FURTHER EXPLORED
AND ESTABLISHED. ADOPTING
REFORMS TO INCREASE SUPPORTS FOR
FAMILIES SUCH AS REFORMS TO THE
READ AT TO REDUCE THE OVERALL
NUMBER OF SANCTIONS. AND
REDUCING THE FINANCIAL IMPACT
AND DURATION OF THE SANCTIONS
FOR THE FAMILY SO WE ARE
ABSOLUTELY LOOKING FORWARD TO
SHARING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AT
BASED ON THE CONSULTATIONS THAT
WE'VE HAD. I GOING FORWARD THANK
YOU FOR FIFTY AT THANK YOU SO
MUCH ON THAT AND- I APPRECIATE
DIRECTOR. I'M KATHY MY QUESTION
FOR YOU IS. YOU KNOW WE TALKED
ABOUT- YOU KNOW TWO POINT NO AND
IF WE DO REPEAL REMOVE THIS JUST
EDUCATION. YOU KNOW AROUND
COUNTY WORKERS AND FULLY
UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE I CAN
IMAGINE FOR YEARS. I WOULD SAY
YOU'RE FEARFUL ABOUT FOR YEARS
TO HAVE THIS LOOMING OVER YOU
YOU KNOW HOW DO YOU DO THAT
SWITCH- TO SAY- NOW I CAN GO
INTO THE OTHER SERVICES COULD
NOT BE PENALIZED WHAT WHAT IS
THAT. EDUCATION LOOK LIKE I
THINK WE'LL LOOK LIKE YEAH I
THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION
AND WHAT WE SO A COUPLE THINGS
THE ST ONE IS I THINK WE HAVE A
GOOD BASS. FROM THE FACT THAT
NEARLY EVERY COUNTY HAS
PARTICIPATED IN THE TWO POINT OH
EFFORT UP TO THIS POINT. AND SO
THEY AT LEAST HAVE SOME
FAMILIARITY WITH THOSE
APPROACHES THERE SOME TOOLS THAT
WERE DEVELOPED AND THINGS LIKE
THAT- TO DO THAT GOAL SETTING.
AND SO- BEING ABLE TO ADD IN
WITH THOSE SOME ADDITIONAL
TRAINING AND EDUCATION AROUND-
SPECIFICALLY THAT POINT THAT-
IT'S OKAY IF THAT DOESN'T GET
YOU NECESSARILY TO THAT. NUMBER
OF HOURS OR THAT. SPECIFIC WORK
PARTICIPATION RATE I THINK WE
STILL WILL PROBABLY TO THINK
ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE NEED TO
TRACK WHAT WHAT IS DONE BECAUSE
OF THAT FEDERAL W. P. R. I DON'T
THINK YOU CAN JUST THROW IT ALL
OUT THE WINDOW MOST LIKELY. BUT
AT LEAST THERE'S A BASE TO START
FROM. THE OTHER THING I'LL
MENTION THAT I DON'T RECALL IF
IT CAME UP IN THE OVERVIEW
PANEL- JUST PRIOR. IS WE ARE-
ENGAGING WITH THE STATE ON AN
EFFORT TO DEVELOP- A- DIVERSITY
EQUITY AND INCLUSION TRAINING.
FOR ALL OF OUR CAL WORK STAFF
AND ALL OF OUR CALFRESH STAFF.
AND I DO THINK THAT THAT WILL
HELP AS WELL FORMA BASIS. IT WE
HATE TO THINK ABOUT ARE THE FACT
THAT OUR OUR SYSTEMS ARE
TRAUMATIZING TO PEOPLE BUT JUST
THE FACT THAT WE KNOW. PUTTING
YOURSELF OUT THERE TO ASK FOR
THE HELP CAN BE TRAUMATIZING AND
THEN TO PROVIDE SOMETHING THREE
TIMES. RE TRAUMATIZED AS YOU AND
TO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE NOT MADE TO
FEEL LIKE A GOOD PERSON. IS
TRAUMATIZING NONE OF MY MEMBERS
WANT TO HEAR THAT I MEAN THEY'RE
BLOCKING TO THEY'RE GONNA WATCH
THIS AND GO. BECAUSE THEY DON'T
WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. AND WE WANT
TO TAKE AT ABSOLUTE FACE VALUE
THOUGH THAT THAT DOES HAPPEN AND
SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT I'M
WORKING THROUGH THESE ISSUES.
WITH A MORE DIVERSE AND
EQUITABLE FOCUS AS WELL AS
HOPEFULLY A MORE DIVERSE AND
EDUCATED. IN THIS MANNER WORK
FORCE THROUGH THIS TRAINING WE
COULD ALSO SET A GOOD GROUNDING
FOR BEING OPEN TO THOSE
ENGAGEMENT CONVERSATIONS. THAT
YOU KNOW YOU'RE AT THE SAME
LEVEL YOU'RE WORKING TOGETHER
IT'S NOT AN IMPOSITION OF A PLAN
IT'S RATHER A CREATION OF A
PLAN. THAT TOGETHER AND SO I'M
I'M HOPEFUL THAT THOSE THINGS
WILL KIND OF GROUND US AND HELP
US GET TO THAT NEXT STEP. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT HE DIDN'T
IN RYAN. I'M PRESENT. HE SPOKE
ABOUT YOU KNOW WE'RE HAVING
TROUBLE NOT TROUBLE BUT- HE
SUGGESTED GETTING OUT PEOPLE
WERE ALREADY WORKING TO APPLY IN
WAR ELIGIBLE TO APPLY- YOU KNOW
HE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE
RATIO ON. THE PERCENTAGES OF
WHOSE- ELIGIBLE VERSUS WHO'S
ACTUALLY APPLYING FOR IT YOU
KNOW I CAN IMAGINE ON THE ON THE
LET THE NO SIDE I REMEMBER WHEN
PUBLIC CHARGERS THE REALLY BIG
THING. I MEAN PEOPLE DON'T. I
MEAN IT TOOK ME ONE UNDERSTAND
WHICH ONE FELL UNDER PUBLIC
CHARGE WHICH ONE DID AND- AND
YOU KNOW DEPENDING ON THE
FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION THAT IS
SERVING AT THAT TIME LIKE YOU
KNOW THAT'S WILL IT. ADDS AN
ADDITIONAL BARRIER FOR PEOPLE TO
APPLY FOR PUBLIC BENEFITS AND SO
FORTH I'M IN THAT THAT'S GOING
TO LOOM FOREVER I DON'T THINK
WE'RE EVER GOING TO REALLY. GET
AT THE ROOT OF SOME OF THE
CONCERNS OF OUR MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES AND IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES BACK. YOU KNOW I
WANT TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THAT SUGGESTION I'M ALWAYS
INTERESTED IN BEING PROACTIVE
YOU KNOW I WILL ALWAYS REPEAT
THIS JUST BECAUSE YOU BUILD
SOMETHING PEOPLE WON'T COME TO
YOU. YOU KNOW WHAT'S THE WORK
AROUND HOW WE WERE- MARKETING IF
YOU WILL YOU KNOW THIS PROGRAM
WHEN I SEE THESE NUMBERS OF
ABOUT THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY
THOUSAND. AND ARE FORTY MILLION-
INDIVIDUALS IN CALIFORNIANS I
CAN I CAN IMAGINE THAT'S NOWHERE
NEAR THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ARE
ELIGIBLE IN COULD REALLY- BE
IMPACTED POSSIBLY FROM THIS
PROGRAM. SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING
AT TO GET AT THESE INDIVIDUALS
WERE ELIGIBLE AND STRUGGLING
EVERY SINGLE DAY AND I'M NOT
SURE. THAT MIGHT BE A COUNTY
QUESTION OUR DEPARTMENT QUESTION
I'M AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S
ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN SHARE CAST
HERE DIRECTOR ON THAT. I'LL
START IN NC OF TRACTOR JOHNSON
WANTS TO ADD AS WELL- IT IS
INCREDIBLY REFRESHING AND
UNUSUAL TO BE AT A DISCUSSION OF
HOW DO WE GET MORE PEOPLE TO
SIGN UP FOR OUR- I JUST WANT TO
SAY. BECAUSE FOR TWENTY YEARS OF
MY YOU KNOW THAT'S HOW LONG IT
BEEN AROUND- IT WAS- AT LEAST ON
WRITTEN MAYBE AND SAID BUT IT
SAYS STATE AT THIS POINT. WE
FULLY SPEND OUR FEDERAL BLOCK
GRANT AND SO EVERY ADDITIONAL
DOLLAR THAT SPENDING CAL WORKS
AS A STATE DOLLAR. IT'S A STATE
GENERAL FUND COST. AND THERE WAS
JUST THE SENSE THAT WE DON'T
WANT PEOPLE COME BECAUSE YOU
KNOW THAT'S REALLY COSTLY. AND
SO I THINK EARLY DAYS OF THE
PROGRAM YOU SAW A LOT OF
REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE SINCE
BEEN DROPPED AND THIS
ADMINISTRATION. THE PRIOR
ADMINISTRATION WE STARTED TO
WHITTLE AWAY AT THOSE A LOT OF
THEM WERE IN FACT VERY RACIST
SEXIST. CLASSIST AND THINGS LIKE
THE MAXIMUM FAMILY GRANT ROLE.
AND I AND I THINK YOU DO YOU
PROBABLY ALSO HAVE. SOME RESERVE
JEWEL. FEELING ABOUT THE WHO
PEOPLE WHO MAY. OF THE PROGRAM
BEING REALLY NOT FOR ME OR NOT
AIMED AT ME OR NOT NOT THERE TO
SUPPORT ME. SO I DON'T HAVE A
GREAT ANSWER AS FAR AS HOW TO
BEST TO GO ABOUT GETTING MORE
PEOPLE TO SIGN UP ESPECIALLY
THOSE WHO ARE. ELIGIBLE AND
WORKING SORT OF TERROR BRYANT'S
POINT. BUT I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY
TO EXPLORE THAT WITH FOLKS
BECAUSE I THINK. YOU KNOW THE
PROGRAMS THERE AND YOU KNOW IT
CAN PROVIDE REALLY IMPORTANT
SERVICES FOR PEOPLE. CHILDCARE
IS REALLY EXPENSIVE- I JUST WENT
THROUGH THAT I MEAN MY KIDS NINE
NOW BUT- JEEZ IT'S EXPENSIVE.
AND SO IF WE CAN HELP PEOPLE
WITHOUT WHILE THEY'RE WORKING
WHY WOULD THEY NOT AND SO IT'S
THE QUESTION OF WHY WOULD THEY
NOT. IT WHAT IS THE BARRIER TO
ENTRY AND HOW DO PEOPLE FEEL
ABOUT THE PROGRAM. IT'S A VERY
FAIR QUESTION AND ONE THAT I'M
EXCITED THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY
EXPLORING. BECAUSE IT HASN'T
REALLY HAPPENED TO THIS DEGREE
IN THE PAST. I THANK THANK YOU I
WOULD JUST ADD AT I DOUBT IN THE
EXCITEMENT A COUPLE THINGS OUT
I'LL SAY AS IT RELATES TO.
REACHING FAMILIES WHO ARE
ELIGIBLE WHAT WE'RE NOT SERVING
OUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY
WITH THE L. A. O. ON THEIR
METHODOLOGY- IN IDENTIFYING HOW
THEY'RE ESTABLISHING THE TAKE UP
RATE AND ALSO. AT DOING ARE KIND
OF PARALLEL TRACK ON METHODOLOGY
OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THERE
AND- NOT NOT UNLIKE WHAT WE
DOING CALFRESH THAT HELPS THEN
DICTATE- WHERE WE NEED TO TARGET
OUR OUTREACH AND HOW WE NEED TO
DO SO WHETHER WE'RE LOOKING AT
LANGUAGE ACCESS AND I WANT TO.
APPRECIATE ON EARLIER PANELS
THAT CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD IN
INCLUDE FOR ALL AROUND HOW
CRITICAL AND WE LEARN THAT
CERTAINLY THROUGH THE PANDEMIC
THAT LANGUAGE ACCESS IS- TO
REACHING OUR POPULATIONS BUT
AGAIN WANT TO NOTE THAT THE-
WORK WE'RE DOING TO GET. CLEAR
ON THAT WHO WE ARE NOT TO
REACHING I WILL CERTAINLY
DICTATE OUR TARGETED OUTREACH
CAMPAIGNS WE HAVE THE
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE
ON THIS FRONT IN OBVIOUSLY WANT
TO LEVERAGE WHAT WE'RE ALREADY
DOING. I'M OUT REACH SO THAT
AGAIN WE'RE NOT JUST CONNECTING
TO ONE PROGRAM BUT THE WHOLE
ARRAY THAT WE BUILT AT TOGETHER.
ALSO JUST SAY IT TO YOUR POINT
TO ADD CHAIR I APPRECIATE YOUR
POINT ON ESPECIALLY REACHING AT
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES WE'VE
WE'VE MADE SOME VERY INTENTIONAL
CHOICES IN OUR PROGRAM OVER
TIME. IN RECOGNITION OF THAT SO
WE KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF MIXED
STATUS HOUSEHOLDS- IN OUR
PROGRAM AND SO FOR EXAMPLE. OUR
BOX STRENGTH BASED VOLUNTARY
HOME VISITING PROGRAM. WE HAVE A
VERY SPECIFIC IMMIGRANT
INTEGRATION COMPONENT SO THAT IF
WE COME ACROSS A FAMILY WHO MAY
BE. ELIGIBLE FOR A REMEDY A
IMMIGRATION REMEDY THAT WE ARE
CONNECTING. TO OUR IMMIGRANT
IMMIGRANT LEGAL SERVICE
PROVIDERS. AS PART OF WHAT WE
ALSO BUILT IN CALIFORNIA. AT TO
SUPPORT A GETTING THAT
IMMIGRATION IMMIGRATION REMEDY
AND SUPPORTED SO. AGAIN I DO
THINK THAT WHEN WERE INTENTIONAL
AND THINKING ABOUT OUR FAMILIES
IN CALIFORNIA AND THE HOW WE ARE
AGAIN CONNECTING TO THE ARRAY.
THESE ARE THE SOME OF. THE
STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE
UNDERTAKING TOGETHER. VENTURA
ASK A FOLLOW UP. YOU KNOW- IN
ONE OF MY OTHER BY IS SO. WE
WITH THE- YEAR IN INCOME TAX
CREDIT. AND HOW TO GET THE WORD
OUT TO INDIVIDUALS. WHO DIDN'T
KNOW ANY TAXES BUT JUST TO FILE
A RETURN SO THEY COULD GET SOME
MONEY. AND WE FUNDED OUT REGION
I AM I AM CERTAIN THAT WE
PROBABLY FUND OUT REACH AND
SOMEWHERE IN THE BUDGET FREE FOR
THIS. EFFORT I BELIEVE I THINK
WHAT WE ALSO FOUND- EXTENT I
COULD STAND TO BE CORRECTED. IS
THAT WE NEEDED TO INVOLVE-
NONPROFITS. IN AND THE NGOS TO
HELP US GET THE WORD OUT AND I'M
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT. IF YOU'RE
WORKING IN THAT AREA HERE IN
THAT SPACE HERE BUT- I THINK IT
WE HAD SOME. SUCCESS WITH THE E.
I. T. C. I THINK THERE'S MORE
WORK TO BE DONE THERE AND- IS
THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON THIS
BUT JUSTICE. JUST A THOUGHT
ABSOLUTELY CENTER IT'S A IT'S A
GREAT POTS AND I YOU KNOW JUST
AGAIN IN TERMS OF OUR OUR
HOLISTIC APPROACH HERE. EARNED
INCOME TAX CREDIT IS A HUGE. A
BENEFIT THAT MAKES A BIG
DIFFERENCE SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE
EMPLOYED A NUMBER OF STRATEGIES
THAT I'M HAPPY TO ACTUALLY SHARE
THE I'LL- TRY TO GRAB THE
NUMBERS TO AB AS I'M- HEADING UP
FOR. FOR THE NOT NOT A PANEL
WHERE WE ACTUALLY DID A SOME
CAMPAIGNING AROUND CONNECTING T.
I. T. C. IN SOME NEW STRATEGIES
WITH TEXTING AND OTHER.
COMPONENTS AND HAVE SEEN A GREAT
RETURN ON THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS
IT'S THEN GOING INTO THE-
POCKETS OF FAMILIES EXPERIENCING
POVERTY ACROSS OUR STATE SO WHEN
A LIST THAT HAPPENED AND
COMPLETELY APPRECIATE THAT INTO
YOUR POINT ABOUT COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS AS PARTNERS.
ABSOLUTELY AND AGAIN ESPECIALLY
AS IT RELATES TO- COMMUNITIES
WHO HAVE BEEN. MORE GREATLY
IMPACTED BY FEDERAL FORMER
FEDERAL AT PROPOSALS LIKE PUBLIC
CHARGE WE HAVE THAT TRUSTED
COMMITTEE MESSENGER AND
COMMUNITY IN AGAIN. IN THE
PANDEMIC AB CERTAINLY PART OF
OUR YES A LOT OF THEM AND
CONTINUE TO- IN JUST IN TERMS OF
HOW WE ARE KIM CONNECTING PEOPLE
FROM THE COMMUNITY WITH OTHERS
TO CONNECT TO OUR PROGRAM.
DIRECTOR WOULD YOU SAY THAT'S
RELATED TO JUST SOME OF THE
RECENT FUNDING ON THE CAMPAIGN
TO GO TOWARDS CAMPAIGN ON
MARKETING THAT. FROM THE TWENTY
TWENTY ONE BUDGET. I KNOW WE
HAVEN'T STARTED YET FULLY
IMPLEMENTING THAT BUT SOME OF
THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED. ARE
THEY TIED INTO ABSOLUTELY SO WE
HAVE THERE ARE ARE- ENGAGEMENT
COMMITTEE IS CALLED CAL STORK AS
WE NEED ANOTHER ACRONYM IN OUR
LIVES ACT. STATEWIDE OUTREACH
ADVISORY AT WORKGROUP AND
COMMITTEE IS OUT IS THAT. EFFORT
AND SO WE'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDST
OF ACTUALLY OUTLINING ALL OF THE
STRATEGIES AND AGAIN AS I
MENTIONED WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
IT'S INFORMED. BY THE DATA OF
WHERE WE NEED TO GO IN WHO WE
NEED TO REACH BACK AND-
CERTAINLY A BIG A BIG FOCUS BAR
SO WE WILL GIVE YOU ARE PLAN. I
OVERALL STRATEGY ON OUT RE. F.
CAL WORK PROMOTION MATERIAL.
MEDIA AT- USING AFTER MEDIA OKAY
OF THINGS HAPPENING ON THAT
FRONT. I'LL ALSO NOTE THAT I
RECENTLY WITH OUR- PARTNERS AT
AT GOD'S DEVOPS WE'VE LOOKED AT
YOU KNOW WE- WE WANT TO
RECOGNIZE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT
EXISTS SO WE KNOW THAT WHEN
WE'RE- MAYBE AT ANYONE DOING
ONLINE SHOPPING SOMEHOW YOU
LOOKED FOR THAT BLAZER BUT NOW
IT'S ASKING YOU ONCE USED TO GO
THAT BLAZER. FOR USING KIND OF
ADOPTING THAT STRATEGY TO SAY.
IF SOMEONE'S LOOKING FOR FOOD
ASSISTANCE ARE WE CONNECTING
THEM TO CASH ASSISTANCE OR
HOUSING ASSISTANCE ABOUT. WHERE
PEOPLE ARE FINDING. DOORWAYS AND
PATHWAYS HOW ARE WE- MAKING SURE
AGAIN THAT THEY'RE CONNECTED TO
THE HOLES THAT WE HAVE AG
PILOTED AND TESTED SOME OF THOSE
TECHNOLOGY COMPONENTS. AGAIN
WE'VE WORKS OUT WITH THE
ASSOCIATIONS AND COUNTIES ON
THAT BECAUSE AGAIN WE WANT TO
ENSURE WE ARE. AT WORKING TO
ADD. I RECOGNIZE THAT- THE
OUTRAGE IS GOING TO POTENTIALLY
BRING NEW. FAMILIES SPREAD TO
APPLY INTO THEIR DOOR
INTENTIONALLY AND- I WANNA MAKE
SURE THE RESOURCES ARE THERE TO
COMPENSATE THAT EFFORT AS WELL
SO ABSOLUTELY CHECK ANY USING
ALL STRATEGIES ON ALL FRONTS TO
FIND FAMILIES WHERE THEY. ARE
AND CONNECT THEM TO WHAT WE'VE
BUILT. THANK YOU DIRECT FREEH
WILL. TO BE PART OF THIS PANEL
WILL NOT BE PART WITH THE FED
UP- YOU KNOW THIS ONE'S. TO MAKE
. I FOR. IN A WE'RE LOOKING AT
PREVENTATIVE. YEAH D. V.
SERVICES G. D. E. MENTAL HEALTH-
THESE ARE BARRIERS. IF YOU DON'T
ADDRESS THEM YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE
ABLE TO WORK. BUT WE'RE NOW BUT
WE'RE STUCK IN THIS FEDERAL
ANTIQUATED- REQUIREMENTS SO THIS
IS WHY WAS CENTERS LIKE WE
CAN'T. YOU KNOW I CAN'T POOREST
YOU KNOW FOR THAT TO BE COUNTED
BECAUSE THEY SHOULD BE COUNTED.
I'M THESE ARE THE FIRST STEPS IN
GETTING A JOB. AND WE'RE JUNE
DEALING WITH GENERATIONAL TRAUMA
AND SO FORTH SO THAT'S WHEN THE
BEGINNING BEGINNING I WAS WILL
STOMPED ON- I'M THRILLED TO HEAR
SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS WORK
GROUP AND I KNOW AND I CSS IS
GONNA TAKE THOSE BACK AND- WE'LL
SEE SOME OF THEIR
RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN RATE
REVISION. I CENTER EGGMAN ANY
THOUGHTS. THANK YOU- AND I THINK
THE FIRST ONCE THE SIR THANK YOU
FOR YOUR YOUR WORDS AND YOU
TESTAMENT DID A FANTASTIC JOB
AND THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP
TODAY TO TELL US YOUR STORY.
MEANS A LOT AND HELPS. IN THE
SIX PANELS. THE SIMPSONS. YEAH
AND THE SIX PANELIST. YEAH HE
SAID IT THE THING'S FOR SURE
YOUR STORY ERIC IT IS ON. HOW
IMPORTANT. EDUCATION IS AND HOW
TRANSFORMATIVE IT IS THAT YOU GO
FROM. RIGHT LIVING IN AN AND ONE
BEDROOM WITH A WHOLE FAMILY AND
TO NOW HERE YOU ARE. TESTIFYING
HERE BEFORE THE SENATE GETTING
YOUR MASTER'S DEGREE RIGHT I
MEAN EDGE. WHAT ON THE
EDUCATIONISTS. EDUCATION
ISRAEL'S FORMATIVE INSIDE AND TO
THE DIRECTOR AND TO- MISSING
NOTHING. I JUST THINK. DO YOU
KNOW THIS THIS STATE THE SENATE
CERTAINLY IS MOVING IN THE
DIRECTION. THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO
LIVE IN A WORLD OF SCARCITY. AND
I THINK THAT'S THAT'S WHAT
THAT'S I THINK THAT'S WHAT CAL
WORKS WAS KINDA DESIGNED AROUND
IS THIS. YOU KNOW SCARCITY WILL
HELP YOU IF YOU REALLY NEED IT.
AND WE KNOW WE UNDERSTAND NOW
THAT PEOPLE CAN'T GROW AND
CHANGE IN THAT AND JUST LIKE WE
FOUND TO THE PANDEMIC. WHEN WE
PUMPED A LOT OF MONEY AND
BECAUSE WE HAD THE RESOURCES.
THAT WE CAN REALLY IMAGINE WHAT
PUBLIC SERVICE AND PUBLIC-
ASSISTANCE COULD LOOK LIKE.
THANK YOU TO THE DIRECTOR FOR
REALLY TAKING A LOT OF THIS ON
WHERE THERE SHOULD BE NO WRONG
DOORS WERE IF YOU APPLY. FOR ONE
PROGRAMS SHOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR
ALL OF THOSE JUST TO MAKE IT
EASIER IN UNDERSTANDING HOW
TRAUMATIZING. POVERTY CAN BE AND
HOW LIVING IN A WORLD OF
SCARCITY. REALLY NARROWS. THE
WINDOWS THAT YOU SEE OPEN TO SO
I'M JUST REALLY GLAD WE HAVE
THIS CONVERSATION. I LOOK
FORWARD TO THE REPORT COMING
OUT. AND US BEING ABLE TO MOVE
ON IT. TO ONCE AND FOR ALL.
CHANGE SO MANY THINGS WHEN THESE
CONVERSE. WERE WERE WERE
HAPPENING I WAS- AN MSW PROGRAM-
THERE IS MY PICK MY- DOCTORAL
PROGRAM PERHAPS BY THEN. BUT
THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS
THAT THAT GOT ME INSPIRED TO RUN
FOR OFFICE MICHAEL HOW'RE WE
INVENTED THE SYSTEMS OF PASSING
THESE LAWS. THAT KEEP PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW THAT THAT THE MAIN GOAL
IS TO KEEP PEOPLE FEELING NOT
GOOD ABOUT THEMSELVES. AND NOT
BEING ABLE TO GROW TO THEIR FULL
POTENTIAL SO. THANK YOU OFFERED
THROUGH THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
AND FOR SHARING YOUR STORIES
ABOUT HOW THEIR WORK IMPACTS YOU
PERSONALLY. THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A
BEAUTIFUL CLOTHES BUT I HAVE TOO
MANY QUESTIONS. I WAS REALLY
GOOD IT WAS REALLY GOOD- JUST
SEND YOU JUST A QUICK THOUGHT
THEY CAME HERE. WE TALK ABOUT RE
IMAGINING YOU SHARED YOUR STORY.
LIKE SOME THOUGHTS YOU HAVE ON
HOW WE CAN REDUCE. RE FRAME
PERHAPS THE MARK MEANS TO THAT.
FAMILIES JUST LIKE YOUR MOM FEEL
COMFORTABLE IN APPLYING FOR
THESE KIND OF PROGRAMS. YEAH I
THINK IN MANY WAYS LIKE- BOOKS
RELATING TO RIGHT. TO THE STIGMA
BEHIND EVEN ACCESSING THE
PROGRAM- I KNOW. WE HAD
CONVERSATIONS AS A FAMILY WHERE.
YOU KNOW WE WERE ASHAMED FOR
EVEN ACCESSING THE PROGRAM WE
WERE THE ONE. OUT OF LIKE MY
MOTHER HAS A BUNCH OF OTHER
SIMPLY INSIDE CAME WITH HER TO
THIS COUNTRY. WE'RE THE ONLY
FAMILY THAT ACCESS BENEFITS. AND
IF THIS WHOLE DYNAMIC OF PULL
YOURSELF BY THE BOOTSTRAPS RATE-
IT'S RHETORIC WE HEAR TODAY AT
OUR FEDERAL AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL
ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW. AND SO
WE'RE SORT OF AT IN THE
SITUATION WHERE- WE HEAR WORDS I
- YOU KNOW YOU YOU ARE. SORRY
I'M SORT OF LOSING MY WORDS
RIGHT NOW- IS WOULD YOU SAY
IT'S- I MEAN THE FAMILIAL
SOCIETAL IS OR SOMETHING ON THE
STATE LEVEL THAT WE CAN DO
IMPLEMENT YOU KNOW VERSUS YOU
KNOW TALKING AS MEMBERS ENSURING
THAT WE- SELECTIVE ON OUR WORDS
AND- YOU KNOW THAT'S- I HEARD
THAT'S ONE OF THE PART BASS OR
SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU THINK
YEAH AND EVEN THINKING ABOUT
LIKE I KNOW THAT- YOU KNOW.
COINCIDING TO THIS BUDGET
PROPOSAL WE DO HAVE A POLICY
PROPOSAL AB THREE TEN WITH
DOCTOR ARAMBULA- BUT WHEN
ASSEMBLY TALK ABOUT A POSSIBLE
IN THE BUDGET- COMMITTEE- BUT
EVEN THINKING ABOUT THE NAME OF
THE PROGRAM RIGHT LIKE HOW CAN
WE ANSWER ENSURE THAT WE'RE
CENTERING FAMILIES. AND SO
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE
CURRENTLY TALKING THROUGH ABOUT
LIKE HOW CAN WE EVEN CHANGE
POTENTIALLY CHANGE THE PROGRAM
NAME TO A WAY THAT- REALLY
ENGAGES FAMILIES IN A WAY THAT
ONCE. THEY THEY WANT TO APPLY
FOR THIS PROGRAM- THEY DON'T
FEEL ASHAMED FOR APPLYING FOR
THIS PROGRAM AND SO- LOOKING
THROUGH THE WAYS THAT STATUTE IN
SOME WAYS ALSO AGAIN PERPETUATES
THESE IDEAS OF- WHO PEOPLE IN
POVERTY ARE AND TAKING EACH OF
THOSE WORDS AND CHANGING THOSE
WORDS AND SO- IF YOU TAKE A LOOK
AT. AB THREE TEN THOSE ARE SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT WE CURRENTLY
ARE PURSUING AND ENSURING THAT
OUR WEEK CODE SECTION. DOESN'T
CONTINUE TO PERPETUATE THOSE
TYPES OF LANGUAGE USES AS IT
RELATES TO THE COW WORKS
PROGRAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH
APPRECIATE EVERYONE AGAIN AS
ALWAYS VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR
BEYOND MAKING THE TRIP WHETHER.
IT WAS TWO MILES. OR TWO
HUNDRED. WE'RE GONNA HOLD OUR-
THE PROPOSED EITHER OPEN. IN
MOVE ON TO TENER BRINGING BACK
THE DIRECTOR. THANK YOU RACHEL.
THE SWEETIE. THANK YOU. THANKS
OKAY OKAY. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEMBERS KIM JOHNSON
DEPARTMENT SOCIAL SERVICES THAT
I MAY I DO HAVE THE DATA ON THE
EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT FROM
THE PRIOR CONVERSATION VERY
QUICKLY. I TAX YEAR TWENTY
TWENTY IT SAYS THAT TWENTY
TWENTY ONE OUTREACH CAMPAIGN
YIELDED THIRTEEN MILLION DOLLARS
TO CAL WORKS IN CALFRESH
RECIPIENTS WHO DID NOT HAVE A
PASSED TAX FILING PRACTICE THE
RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR EACH AT
EMAIL MESSAGES SENT WAS TEN
THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND
THIRTY SEVEN DOLLARS SO WANT TO
SHARE THAT GREAT NEWS AND MORE
HOPEFULLY MORE TO COME ON THAT
ON THE RICHTER YOU'VE BEEN ON
POINT TODAY. NUMBERS GLAD GLAD
TO DO SO I IMAGES FOR WANTED
PRECIADO THAT COME IMPANELED
MUCH TO THE POINT OF US MOVING
TOGETHER ON A MUCH MORE HOLISTIC
A SET OF OUTCOMES OUTSIDE OF IN
ADDITION TO WORK WORK IS PART OF
OUR RAINY AND IN OUR ENGAGEMENT
BUT THAT WE ARE. A PROGRAM THAT
SUPPORTING FAMILIES OUT OF
POVERTY BY PROVIDING STRENGTH
BASED JERRY SIX IMPERIAL REMOVAL
SERVICES THAT WE HAVE THE-
OUTCOMES TO DEMONSTRATE THAT-
GOING FORWARD SO. I'M AGAIN AS
IT RELATES TO- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
SURVIVORS IN IN THIS PROPOSAL
THE ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN
FAMILIES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL
RELEASED GUIDANCE IN APRIL OF
LAST YEAR. TO STATES ON HOW NEW
STATE TEMAS CERTIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS AND ACTED IN THE
CONSOLIDATION AND PROBE
CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT
OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO. THE NEW
GUIDES REQUIRES THAT STATES
ADOPT PROGRAMMATIC REQUIREMENTS
RELATED TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL
HARASSMENT OR SURVIVORS OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SEXUAL ASSAULT
OR STALKING. IT INCLUDES
REQUIREMENTS FOR STATES TO
ESTABLISH AND ENFORCE STANDARDS
AND PROCEDURES TO ENSURE
APPLICANTS AND POTENTIAL
APPLICANTS ARE NOTIFIED OF
ASSISTANCE. FOR SURVIVORS
PROVIDE TRAINING FOR CASEWORKERS
AND OTHER AGENCY PERSONNEL
PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT
AVAILABLE OPTIONS AND RESOURCES
VIA STATE STANDARDS AND
PROCEDURES. AND TO UPDATE OUR
STATE PLAN ATTEND A STATE PLAN
FOR REGULATIONS POLICIES
TRAINING AND RESOURCE MATERIALS
INCOME IN CONSULTATION WITH
INDIVIDUALS WITH LIVED
EXPERIENCE AND OTHER
STAKEHOLDERS. AT THE BUDGET
CHANGE PROPOSAL REQUEST RESOURCE
TO SUPPORT THE CALYX PROGRAM TO
ADDRESS THE WORKLOAD ASSOCIATED
WITH IMPLEMENTING THESE NEW
FEDERAL RULES. AT THE COMMITTEE
ALSO ASKED ABOUT COMMON BARRIERS
THAT SAREK SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE FACED IN ACCESSING CAL
WORKS ASSISTANCE- IN HOW THE
RESOURCES REQUESTED PROPOSAL
INCREASE ACCESS AND SO COMMON
BARRIERS TO. INCLUDE CONCERNS
FOR SAFETY OBVIOUSLY FROM
ABUSERS LACK OF DOCUMENTATION TO
VERIFY ASSETS IN INCOME AND LACK
OF AWARENESS OF WHAT CAO WORKS
EXEMPTION SUPPORTS AND SERVICES
MAY BE AVAILABLE. THE PROPOSAL
WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED ACCESS
AND SERVICES AND MORE COMPETENCY
THE ACTUAL SKILL BASE IN TRADING
OF THAT STAFF. TO BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE SERVICES- IS IT'S
CRITICAL I WANT TO KNOW THAT
THIS IS THE FEDERAL CHANGE IT IS
A NEW REQUIRE. THAT WE GET I
WITH THE LARGEST AND GOVERNOR
HAVE BEEN MAKING CHANGES IN
SEVERAL PROGRAMS INCLUDING HOW
WORKS ON HOW WE CHANGE. ABILITY
TO EXPEDITE PROCESSES AND ACCESS
TO CAO WORKS THAT THE BURDEN OF
PROOF TO SHOW THAT I'M FLEEING
IN THE ASSETS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE OTHER AT INDIVIDUAL DON'T.
COUNT AGAINST ME IN ACCESSING
THE SAFETY NET SERVICES SO ONE
OF RECOGNIZE THAT THAT WORK
CONTINUES AND I ALSO. IN A NOTE
THAT WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE BLUE
SHIELD FOUNDATION WHO HAS
RECENTLY AT FUNDED ASKED TO BE
IN PARTNERSHIP. WITH A NUMBER OF
ORGANIZATIONS WHERE WE'RE DOING
FOCUS GROUPS TO REALLY IDENTIFY
HOLISTICALLY WHAT AS AN
ORGANIZATION WE NEED TO DO BE
DOING MORE IN TERMS OF
INTEGRATING OUR POLICY FOR
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. SURVIVORS BUT
AT DOING THAT THROUGH A NUMBER
OF FOCUS GROUPS WITH BOTH
SURVIVORS AND OTHER PROGRAM
PARTICIPANTS ARE COUNTIES.
ETCETERA SO WE- I WILL IDENTIFY
STAKEHOLDER RECOMMENDATIONS ON
HOW TO BETTER SERVE SURVIVORS. A
BILL INCLUDE- AS RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR ACCESS TO AND AVAILABILITY
OF SERVICES ABILITY TO NAVIGATE
AVAILABLE SERVICES ENROLLMENT.
AND ENROLLMENT AT CHANGES NEED
TO HAPPEN CULTURAL SENSITIVITY
AND LANGUAGE ACCESS TO TRAUMA
INFORMED SERVICES IN GAPS IN
POLICIES AND PRACTICES JUST
ANOTHER WAY. THROUGH THAT PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WE'RE
FOCUSED ON THIS POPULATION AND
ENSURING THEIR NEEDS ARE MET.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND THEY
OWN A COMET. TO PREVENT ME FROM.
GREAT. COMMUTERS THE NUMBER THE
NUMBER THAT OKAY AND MOVING TO
ISSUE NUMBER. BEGIN DIRECTOR
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN
CHEN CHOI ON BEHALF OF THE
DEPARTMENT. AT FOR ISSUE ELEVEN
THIS IS RELATED TO UNRELATED
ADULTS IN THE DISCLOSURE
REQUIREMENTS AND THE COW WORKS
PROGRAM. EXISTING LAWS IN THE
STATE REQUIRES- SPECIFIC
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT PRESUMED
FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM UNRELATED
ADULT MALES SPECIFICALLY. WHO
RESIDE WITH CAL WORKS APPLICANTS
OR RECIPIENTS. THIS STATUTE WAS
IMPLEMENTED IN NINETEEN SIXTY
NINE- UNDER THE AID TO FAMILIES
WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN PROGRAM
WHICH IS THE PREDECESSOR TO TEN
IF. THE PROPOSED TRAILER BILL
LANGUAGE WOULD UPDATE THE STATUE
TO APPLY GENDER NEUTRALITY TO
THIS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION AND
FAMILY REPORTING REQUIREMENT.
AND WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
NOTE THAT SOME COUNTY WELFARE
DEPARTMENTS HAVE ALREADY APPLIED
THAT GENDER NEUTRALITY IN
PRACTICE SO FOR EXAMPLE LOS
ANGELES COUNTY AND TULARE COUNTY
ALREADY- OPERATE THEIR PROGRAMS
IN A WAY THAT IS THE SAME AS
WHAT WOULD BE REFLECTED IN THE
UPDATED TRAILER BILL. AT THE
SAME TIME EXISTING CAO WORKS
REGULATIONS ALREADY REQUIRE
APPLICANTS AND RECIPIENTS TO
REPORT ALL SOURCES OF INCOME
THAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE ON
GOING. AT THEIR APPLICATION SEMI
ANNUAL REPORTING AND
REDETERMINATION INCLUDING
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ANY UNRELATED
ADULTS WHETHER THEY'RE LIVING IN
THE HOUSEHOLD OR NOT. ONCE THE
COUNTY WELFARE DEPARTMENTS ARE
INFORMED OF THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS
THEY MUST DETERMINE WHETHER THAT
INCOMES RECENTLY EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE AND IF SO TO COUNTED IN
ELIGIBILITY AND GRANT
CALCULATIONS. YOU ALSO ASKED-
FOR US TO RESPOND TO A QUESTION
ABOUT WHETHER THERE WOULD BE ANY
IMPACTS RESULTING FROM
ELIMINATING THIS PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS RATHER THAN. MAKING
THE LANGUAGE GENDER NEUTRAL AS
SOME STAKEHOLDERS HAVE
SUGGESTED. IF THE REQUIREMENT
WERE STRICKEN WE WOULD ISSUE
GUIDANCE INSTRUCTING COUNTIES
NOT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION
THE INCOME OF UNRELATED ADULTS
WERE NOT PART OF THE FAMILY AND
ARE NOT CONTRIBUTING TO THE
FAMILY. IF THE UNRELATED ADULT
WAS ALREADY CONTRIBUTING
FINANCIALLY TO THE FAMILY THE
EXISTING RULES THAT I MENTIONED
EARLIER WOULD APPLY AND THAT
INCOME WOULD BE COUNTED ANYWAY.
WE DON'T SEE FROM A POLICY
PERSPECTIVE THAT THERE WOULD BE
A SIGNIFICANT PROGRAMMATIC
IMPACT TO ELIMINATING THIS
LANGUAGE RATHER THAN MAKING IT
GENDER NEUTRAL. HOWEVER IT'S
IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE
FISCAL IMPACT OF DOING SO IS
UNKNOWN RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A DATA
REQUEST INTO THE CAL SAWS SYSTEM
AND NEED THAT INFORMATION TO
COME BACK BEFORE WE COULD
PROVIDE YOU WITH A FISCAL
ESTIMATES. THE LADY COMETS. RYAN
ANDERSON LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S
OFFICE. WE JUST. WANT TO NOTE-
THE- AS I DISCUSSED IN A
PREVIOUS PANEL WE'VE BEEN
ENGAGED IN THIS ON GOING TO A
CALYXT TAKE UPGRADE PROCESS FOR
SEVERAL YEARS NOW. A BIG PART OF
THAT- PROCESS WAS. FIGURING OUT
EXACTLY WHAT THE ELIGIBILITY
RULES ARE IN THIS PROGRAM SO
THAT WE COULD SIMULATE THEM WITH
THE CENSUS DATA THAT WE'RE
WORKING WITH. SO WE TALKED TO
EXPERTS AT THE STATE LEVEL AT
COUNTY LEVELS PEOPLE WOULD
IMPLEMENT THESE PROGRAMS PEOPLE
WHO HELP PEOPLE NAVIGATE THESE
PROGRAMS ABOUT ALL THE- TINY
RULES THAT MIGHT DISQUALIFY
SOMEONE FROM THE PROGRAM. THIS
WILL NEVER CAME UP. SO WE
APPRECIATE IT- INTERESTED IN
THE- THE DATA REQUEST OF THE
DEPARTMENT HAS ABOUT EXACTLY
WHAT THE IMPACT IS OF THIS
PROGRAM ON ENROLLMENT. BUT
ANECDOTALLY- IT WOULD SEEM TO US
THAT THIS IS NOT A COMMONLY
ENFORCED RULE IS NOT A IT'S
LIKELY NOT- COMMON REASON WHY
PEOPLE ARE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE
PROGRAM SO STRIKING IT MAY NOT
HAVE A LARGE IMPACT. THANK YOU
DEPARTMENT VIOLENCE. ADJOURNING
DR DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE NOTHING
FOR THAT ODD. THANK YOU. YEAH I
MEAN I'D BE INTERESTED IF THERE
IS A FISCAL IMPACT OF C. THIRTY
THREE OTHER STATES TO THAT ARE
READY- AND I'D BE INTEREST TO
SEE IF WE COULD JUST SIMPLY
STRIKE THIS OUT- IT DOESN'T.
FROM MY YOU KNOW RESURGENT
CONSULTATION DOESN'T SEEM TO
HAVE BEEN IN YOU YOU CONFIRM
THAT WOULD BE AN IMPACT. IN THE
ACTUAL PROGRAM. WE'LL BE HAPPY
TO GET BACK TO YOU ONCE WE
RECEIVE THAT DATA AND I YOU KNOW
WHETHER OR NOT WE DO SEE A
FISCAL IMPACT AS A RESULT
PERFECT THANK YOU CAN YEAH I
WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD
JUST. THERE'S IT DOESN'T SEEM
LIKE THERE'S A NEED BUT PERHAPS
THE FISCAL REPORT WAS THE OTHER
AYE OTHERWISE AND THAT'S ONLY
BECAUSE THE ROAD BENEFITS WOULD
INCREASE. I IT'S POSSIBLE THAT
IT COULD DISQUALIFY SOMEONE FROM
THE PROGRAM IF THEY ALREADY HAD
HIGH ENOUGH INCOME BUT IT'S ALSO
POSSIBLE THAT IT COULD IMPACT
THE AMOUNT OF THEIR GRANT. GOT
IT BUT TO MR ANDERSON'S POINT
IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER OR NOT
THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT POPULATION
THAT IS ALREADY IMPACTED IN THAT
WAY BY THIS RULE IF THERE IS
THEN. MAKING A CHANGE TO IT OR
ELIMINATING IT. COULD CAUSE THAT
GRANT INCREASE OR EVEN
POTENTIALLY DISQUALIFICATION IF
THERE'S NOT ALREADY A
SIGNIFICANT POPULATION IMPACTED
IN THAT WAY AND THE EXISTING
RULES OF THE PROGRAM. REGARDING
CONTRIBUTIONS THAT I REFERENCED
ARE COVERING IT. THEN THERE MAY
NOT BE- BUT WITHOUT THAT DATA
IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO.
PROVIDE YOU BEST. CENTER EGGMAN
. IS IT. TO THE POINT OF NOT
PEOPLE NOT SIGNING UP FOR THE
PROGRAM. IN THIS IT WAS THIS
IDENTIFIED AS A BARRIER AT ALL
YOU'RE SAYING THIS WAS NOT
IDENTIFIED AS A BARRIER. RIGHT
THEY IN OUR DISCUSSIONS. THE
FRANKLY WE WEREN'T EVEN AWARE OF
THIS RULE THIS IS THE SPIDER OF
LARGE INVESTMENT IN
UNDERSTANDING THE ELIGIBILITY
PROCESS. SO THIS WAS NEVER
BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION. AS A
SIGNIFICANT REASON WHY PEOPLE
ARE DISQUALIFIED FROM THE
PROGRAM. OKAY YEAH I MEAN
BECAUSE THIS IS ANECDOTAL IS A
SEMI HERE FOREVER RIGHT THAT WE
CAN NO MAN HIDING IN THE CLOSETS
WHEN. THE WILL FOR WORK WOULD
COME BY- SO I THINK IT'S GREAT
IF. IT AND I AND I WOULD IS GAS
IN THIS DAY AND AGE A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHETHER THEY'RE RELATED
OR NOT SHARE. SHARE LIVING SPACE
BECAUSE RENTS ARE SO HIGH. SO IT
DOES DO PEOPLE HAVE THAT
SITUATION WHERE THERE'S THEY
HAVE A SHARED ROOMMATE AND THEN
SOMEHOW THAT GETS IMPACTED BY
THEIR INCOME AND THEY LOSE
BENEFITS. YES TO THE- IT TO THE
DEPARTMENTS. OTHER COMMENTS
THERE ARE OTHER RULES WHICH
DEAL. MORE GENERALLY WITH THE
SITUATION WHERE SOME FINANCIAL
BENEFIT EITHER AND IN TERMS OF
DOLLARS ARE IN TERMS OF IN KIND
ASSISTANCE LIKE OF. YOUNG JUST
OFFERING OF ROOM FREE OF RENT.
AT THEIR SEPARATE RULES WHICH
COVER THAT FOR PURPOSES OF BOTH
ELIGIBILITY AND GRANT TO
TERMINATION. GIVEN THE FUNCTION
OF THOSE OTHER RULES IT IT'S NOT
IMMEDIATELY CLEAR TO US WHAT
INDEPENDENT ROLE THIS RULES
PLACE OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
SO MUCH WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THE
ITEM OPEN AND MOVE ON TO ISSUE
NUMBER TWELVE. ISSUE NUMBER
TWELVE IS ALSO PROPOSED TRAILER
BILL LANGUAGE FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION THIS IS RELATED
TO REMINDER NOTICES FOR CAL
WORKS REDETERMINATION. OUT
CURRENT LAW REQUIRES COUNTIES
TO- THIS WOULD AMEND CURRENT LAW
TO REQUIRE COUNTIES TO PROVIDE
AN ADDITIONAL REMINDER NOTICE TO
ACCOUNT WORKS RECIPIENTS TO
COMPLETE THEIR ANNUAL
REDETERMINATION SEPT
CERTIFICATE. FOR CAL WORKS
ELIGIBILITY THIS REMINDER NOTICE
THIS KIND OF REMINDER NOTICES
PROVIDED TO RECIPIENTS ALREADY
AS PART OF THE SEMI ANNUAL
REDETERMINATION PROCESS BUT THE
SIMILAR REMINDER IS NOT
CURRENTLY INCLUDED AT THE ANNUAL
REDETERMINATION. THE GOAL OF ALL
OF THIS IS TO INCREASE THE
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE
RECIPIENTS OF THE COUNTY WELFARE
DEPARTMENT AND TO PREVENT
UNNECESSARY DISCONTINUANCE IS.
OR THE ASSOCIATED LOSS OF
BENEFITS AND THEN AS WELL WE
OFTEN REFER TO PROGRAM TURN
WHICH IS FOLKS WHO ARE STILL
ELIGIBLE WHO LOSE THEIR BENEFITS
AND THEN REAPPLY INCOME BACK
INTO THE PROGRAM. VERY
INCONVENIENT FOR BOTH THE CLIENT
AND ALSO ADDITIONAL UNNECESSARY
WORKLOAD FOR THE COUNTY'S. ALONI
COMMITTEE. RYAN ANDERSON WITH
LESS ANALYST'S OFFICE JUST A
OBSERVATION FROM THE- DATA FROM
CALYX ENROLLMENT. OF FIRST. WHEN
YOU LOOK AT THE DATA FOR WHO
ENTERS THIS PROGRAM WHO LEAVES
THIS PROGRAM AND WHAT ARE THE
REASONS THEY LEAVE. MOST
FAMILIES LEAVE THE PROGRAM WHEN
THE REDETERMINATION PAPERWORK IS
DUE THE MOST COMMON REASONS WHY-
THEY LEAVE THE- THE PROGRAM ARE
EITHER THEY THEY DID NOT FILL
OUT THE REDETERMINATION
PAPERWORK OR THEY FILLED IT OUT
INCORRECTLY- I'M- CERTAIN THIS
DOES SEEM TO BE AIMED. AT PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT ISSUE IN ADDRESSING
THAT PROGRAM TURN THAT THE
DEPARTMENT MENTION. THANK YOU SO
MUCH DEPARTMENTS. I DO NEED
DOCTOR FINANCE NOTITIA COMMON
DODD BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. THANK
YOU I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS
QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH
WE'RE HOT ITEM OPEN AND MOVE ON
TO ISSUE NUMBER THIRTEEN. SHE
NUMBER THIRTEEN IS THE FINAL
CALL WORKS ISSUE PENDING BEFORE
YOU THIS AFTERNOON RELATED TO
THE HOME VISITING PROGRAM AND
PREGNANCY ELIGIBILITY. I IN THAT
TWENTY TWENTY ONE BUDGET AB ONE
THIRTY FIVE EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY
FOR CAL WORKS AID FOR PREGNANT
PERSON ONLY APPLICANTS SO
SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE
ANOTHER CHILD BUT IS PREGNANT
AND THAT'S THE BASIS FOR THEIR
ELIGIBILITY. EFEKT OF JULY ONE
TWENTY TWENTY TWO IT IS ALREADY
NOW THE CASE THAT IF YOU ARE
PREGNANT INDIVIDUAL AGE NINETEEN
OR OLDER WITH NO OTHER ELIGIBLE
CHILDREN. YOU NO LONGER HAVE TO
WAIT UNTIL YOUR SECOND TRIMESTER
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CAL WORKS
WHICH WAS THE PRIOR POLICY
BEFORE THE CHANGE THIS IS SIMPLY
CLEAN UP TRAILER BILL LANGUAGE
BECAUSE THERE WAS A PROVISION.
RELATED TO THAT WAITING FOR THE
SECOND TRIMESTER THAT WAS
ACCIDENTALLY LEFT ON THE BOOKS
AND NEEDS TO BE STRICKEN TO PER
COMPLIANCE WITH THAT POLICY.
NONE THE PERMANENCE. AND DR
DEPARTMENT FINANCE NOTHING MORE
TO ADD. THANKS. GREAT I'M THANK
YOU SO MUCH GONNA HOLD OUR- OPEN
. IN THAT WOULD DO IT FOR CAO
WORKS. MOVING ON TO COUNTS SALAS
. OKAY CAN. THE SUBCOMMITTEE HAS
RE THE INDIVIDUALS TO COME
PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION
RELATED TO THE SAUCE PROJECT.
YEAH I JUST HAVE ALL OF YOU
INTRODUCES OF INDIVIDUAL ON THE
CAMINO THE NAMES I'VE- THANK YOU
. BUT WE'LL START WITH THEM. DO
ENOUGH. YEAH PERFECT WE'LL START
WITH BRANDON.
ALL RIGHT. A GOOD AFTERNOON
BRANDON DEPUTY DIRECTOR OFFICE
OF SYSTEMS INTEGRATION
CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES AGENCY. YOUR
INTRODUCTION TO THE WHOLE PANEL
JUST MYSELF IT WILL JUST SEE YOU
IN THERE OKAY WHEN IT'S YOUR
TURN YES ALL RIGHT WELL THANK
YOU CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS-
I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE A PRE OF
VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE
COUNCIL'S PROJECT ANSWER YOUR
QUESTIONS IN THE AGENDA. FIVE
YEARS AGO. FIVE YEARS AGO THE
STATE PROVIDED A PLAN TO MEET
THE FEDERAL MANDATE THAT
CALIFORNIA MUST IMPLEMENT A
SINGLE STATEWIDE WELFARE
ELIGIBILITY SYSTEM BY THE END OF
TWENTY TWENTY THREE IN ORDER TO
CONTINUE RECEIVING FEDERAL
FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION. AT THE
TIME THERE WERE THREE
ELIGIBILITY SYSTEMS LA'S LRS
SYSTEM THE THIRTY NINE COUNTY C.
FOR SYSTEM AND THE EIGHTEEN
COUNTY COW WIND SYSTEM. AS PART
OF THE PLAN THE FIFTY EIGHT
COUNTIES IN THEIR LEADERSHIP
FORM THE JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY
FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSORTIUM
CREATING THE ONE SINGLE LEGAL
ENTITY MANAGING THE CALCITE
SYSTEM IN MIGRATION EFFORTS.
THERE BEEN MANY MILESTONES
LEADING UP TO THE DAY THAT I AND
I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT
. THE CREATION OF THE JPA
ALLOWED FOR THE FORMATION OF THE
COUNCIL'S PROJECT THE
PROCUREMENT THE ON BOARDING OF
THE VENDORS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
THE GOVERNMENTS TO MANAGE THIS
EFFORT. THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
OF ONE OF THE LARGEST
ELIGIBILITY SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD
. BY SEPTEMBER TWENTY TWENTY ONE
THE PROJECT HAD ALREADY
SUCCESSFULLY MIGRATED THIRTY
NINE COUNTIES FROM THE C. FOR
SYSTEM- INTO LRS.
DECOMMISSIONING THE C. FOR
SYSTEM AND RESULTING IN A FORTY
COUNTY SYSTEM THAT WE CALL TO
THE CALLED KHASAS. THE REMAINING
EIGHTEEN CAO AND COUNTIES
MIGRATION CAL SIZES ORGANIZED
ORGANIZED INTO SIX WAVES IN
ORDER TO BEST MANAGE THE
CONVERSION EFFORT. AND THE
CHANGE MANAGEMENT OF ADOPTING
THIS NEW SYSTEM. THIS BEGAN
OCTOBER TWENTY TWENTY TWO AND IS
SCHEDULED TO COMPLETE BY OCTOBER
TWENTY TWENTY THREE. TODAY THERE
BEEN EIGHT COUNTIES MIGRATED IN
THREE WAVES INCLUDING JUST THIS
PAST WEEKEND ORANGE WINTER- AND
SANTA BARBARA COUNTIES. UPON
COMPLETION OF THE REMAINING TEN
COUNTIES MIGRATION THE STATE
WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
FEDERAL MANDATE. IN ADDITION TO
THE COURTHOUSE OUR SYSTEM AND
COUNTY MIKE MIGRATION THIS
PROJECT SCOPE ALSO INCLUDES THE
NEW CENTRALIZED PRINT MAILING
NEW IMAGING SOLUTION AND THE NEW
PUBLIC FACING PORTAL. BENEFITS
CAL. BENEFITS CAL WAS- PORTAL
DEVELOPMENTS COMPLETED VENDOR
PROCUREMENT AUGUST OF TWENTY
TWENTY. AND IN THIRTEEN SHORT
MONTHS LATER WAS DEPLOYED ON
SEPTEMBER TWENTY TWENTY ONE
COINCIDING WITH THE THIRTY NINE.
COUNTY C. FOR MIGRATION. FOR
EACH COUNTY MIGRATING THE
COUNCIL'S BENEFITS CAL BECOMES
THE PUBLIC PORTAL FOR THAT
COUNTY AND BY OCTOBER TWENTY
THREE TWENTY TWENTY THREE.
CALIFORNIA WILL HAVE ONE SAW
SYSTEM IN ONE PUBLIC FACING
PORTAL. THIS WILL MEET THE
FEDERAL MANDATE- BEEN ON A
SINGLE SIZE BY THE END OF TWENTY
TWENTY THREE- SO THAT'S PRETTY
MUCH QUESTION ONE- QUESTION TOO.
HE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW
OVERSIGHT OVERSEES THE PROJECT
WHAT IS OUR ROLE WAS
STAKEHOLDERS WHAT IS OUR ROLE IN
THE COUNCIL'S GOVERNANCE. SO
ALSO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
OVERSEEING THE SUCCESSFUL
IMPLEMENTATION ONGOING
OPERATIONS OF THE PROJECT FOR
THE STATE. SOME OF OUR MAJOR
ACTIVITIES INCLUDE PROVIDING
OVERSIGHT OF THE EFFORT
ASSOCIATED WORKSTREAMS INCLUDING
BENEFITS CAL. SECURING PROJECT
APPROVALS AND FUNDING ACCORDING
TO STATE AND FEDERAL GUIDELINES.
AND ARE OVERSIGHT CAPACITY WE'RE
MONITORING CONSORTIUM ACTIVITIES
AND SERVICE DELIVERY. WE ARE
IDENTIFYING- ISSUES WHERE
APPROPRIATE APPROVING AND
TRACKING EXPENDITURES ACTING AS
AN INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN COUNCILS
AND STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS.
WE ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR
MANAGEMENT OF THE THIRD PARTY-
IBM D. WHICH IS THE INDEPENDENT
VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION. AND
WE WORK WITH OUR STATE PARTNERS-
INCLUDING THE STATE SPONSORS
DEPARTMENT SOCIAL SERVICES AND
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE
SERVICES. AS TO ENGAGE WITH
STAKEHOLDERS. ON THE DEVELOPMENT
OF POLICY FOR THE PUBLIC FACING
COMPONENTS BENEFITS CAO ENSURING
PARTICIPATION IN ACTIVITIES.
RANGING FROM THE BEGINNING
PHASES OF PRIORITIZATION AND
DESIGN PROGRESSING TO THE END
WHEN THE FUNCTIONALITIES BEING
TESTED AND IMPLEMENTED.
PARTICIPATION FROM STAKEHOLDERS
INCLUDING STATE PARTNERS NOW AS
PART OF THE BENEFITS CAL
COLLABORATION MODEL THAT THE
PROJECT WILL BE TOUCHING UPON-
IN IN IN. IN THE TESTIMONY HERE
SHORTLY. SO IN TERMS OF
GOVERNANCE- THE COUNCIL'S
CONSORTIUM CONDUCTS- THEIR
BUSINESS AND OPERATES THROUGH A
JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY WHICH IS
A LEGAL ENTITY. AND IS GOVERNED
AND ADMINISTERED BY ITS TWELVE
MEMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND
OSI AND OUR DIRECTOR IS AN EX
OFFICIO NONVOTING MEMBER
REPRESENTING OSI SOCIAL SERVICES
AND HEALTHCARE SERVICES. AND WE
PROVIDE INPUT RECOMMENDATIONS ON
BEHALF OF THE STATE. IN ADDITION
WE DO PARTICIPATE IN OTHER
TEAMS- OTHER MEETINGS AND OTHER
GOVERNANCE MEETINGS SUCH AS THE
PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE. FOR
QUESTION THREE YOU ASKED WHAT
ARE THE KEY COMPONENTS OF THE
BUDGET- AND WHAT ARE THE
HISTORICAL SPENDING- HAS BEEN
TODAY. AND HOW DO WE OVERSEE THE
BUDGET. I WANT TO THANK YOUR
STAFF FOR PROVIDING BUDGET-
NUMBERS. I CAN EITHER VERBALLY
GO OVER THOSE THOSE- ITEMS THAT
ARE IN THE AGENDA. BUT I ALSO
WANT TO STATE THAT IF THERE ARE
SPECIFIC BUDGET QUESTIONS WE CAN
PROVIDE- MORE DETAIL BUT AT THE
HIGHEST LEVEL THE COUNCIL'S
PROJECT WAS INITIATED TO MEET
THE FEDERAL MANDATE OF SINGLE
ELIGIBILITY. SO THAT WE MAY
CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE FEDERAL
FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION. AND AS
YOU CAN SEE FROM THOSE BUDGETARY
NUMBERS THAT IS THE LARGEST
FUNDING SOURCE OF THE PROJECT.
SAYS THE PROJECT HAS PROGRESSED
AND SYSTEMS ARE RETIRED. THEIR
ASSOCIATED ONGOING MAINTENANCE
OPERATIONS BUDGET AND THAT OF
THAT SYSTEM GOES WAY ULTIMATELY
RESULTING IN ONE SINGLE COW SIZE
BUDGET. THE COUNCIL'S BUDGET- IS
BROKEN INTO TWO MAIN COMPONENTS
WE CAUGHT DDN NIGHT DESIGN
DEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTATION.
WHICH ARE MAINLY ONE TIME COSTS
OF EITHER SYSTEM. FUNCTIONALITY
OR MIGRATION EFFORTS AND THEN
THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND
OPERATION COSTS. IN EACH OF
THOSE HAVE FORMULAS TO MAXIMIZE
FEDERAL FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION
WE CONTINUE- TO MANAGE THAT TO
THE HIGHEST- PERCENTAGE ABOUT A
AVAILABLE. AT OVERSIGHT WE
REVIEW THE BUDGET PROJECT COSTS
WE SECURE PROJECT APPROVALS AND
FUNDING ACCORDING TO THE STATE
AND FEDERAL GUIDELINES. AND WE A
PROVEN TRACK PROJECT
EXPENDITURES- I DO WANT TO NOTE
THESE BUDGETS ARE EXTREMELY
COMPLEX THEY'RE ALWAYS BEING
UPDATED WITH ACTUAL EXPENDITURES
AGAINST PROJECT- BUDGET. AND WE
TRUE UP WITH OUR FEDERAL
PARTNERS AT LEAST ANNUALLY-
SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF THIS
AGENDA WE'VE ALREADY BEEN
WORKING WITH FEDERAL PARTNERS ON
UPDATED- PROJECT BUDGETS AND
PROJECT APPROVALS AND WE DO
HAVE- UPDATED NUMBERS THAT CAN
BE PROVIDED. BUT ARE STILL. A
CLOSE TO WHAT WHAT YOU SAW IN
THE AGENDA SO- TO THAT POINT I
WANTED CAUGHT ONE ITEM THE-
PROJECT BUDGET IN THE AGENDA
THAT STATES THAT IT IS THE CAL
SIZE AND- DD AND I BUDGET. DOES
INCLUDE ALSO THE ON GOING
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF
THOSE COUNTIES THAT ARE ALREADY
ON THE CASA SYSTEM. SO IT WAS A
ROLLED UP NUMBER THAT DOES HAVE
TO TWO MAJOR COMPONENTS AND.
I'LL PAUSE THERE BEFORE
ANSWERING QUESTION FOR JUST
BECAUSE BUDGET CAN. CAN GO DOWN
SOME RABBIT HOLE JUST TO CONFIRM
YOUR SCENE- THE DD AND I. JOIN
THOSE LAST TWO TOGETHER IS THAT
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WITH THE END
OF WHAT I SAW IN THE AGENDA WAS-
THE VERY LAST TABLE ON PAGE
FORTY FIVE. TWENTY TWENTY TO
TWENTY THREE CAL SIZE DD AND I
BUDGET. WHEN I LOOK AT THOSE
NUMBERS THAT DOES INCLUDE WHEN I
LOOK AT THAT TOTAL BOTH THE
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND
THE DD AND I THAT IS PROJECTED
FOR TWENTY TWENTY TO TWENTY
TWENTY THREE THANK YOU. OKAY
LASTLY WHAT IS THE STATE'S
INTERFACE WITH THE CALCITE
SYSTEM. SO COUNCILS IS ONE
COMPONENT HIT AN EXTREMELY LARGE
COMPONENT OF THE TECHNOLOGY
SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT DELIVERY OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR
CALIFORNIANS AND SO AS SUCH CAL
SIZE HAS INTERFACES WITH.
SEVERAL STATE AND COUNTY
PARTNERS. TO EXCHANGE- REQUIRED
DATA. SOME OF THESE INCLUDE THE
CAL HERE SYSTEM THE CALIFORNIA
HEALTH CARE ELIGIBILITY
ENROLLMENT RETENTION SYSTEM THE
CASE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
PAYROLL SYSTEM SIEMENS
ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER
SYSTEM EBT. THE MEDICAL
ELIGIBILITY DATA SYSTEM
MADDEN'S. THE WELFARE DATA
TRACKING IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT
WOULD TIP. THE CALIFORNIA CHILD
SUPPORT AUTOMATION SYSTEMS THE
SASS. CHILD HEALTH AND
DISABILITY PREVENTS VENTION C.
H. T. P. AND SEVERAL OTHERS SO
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT. INTERFACING
IT IS IT IS- MANY TECHNOLOGICAL
INTERFACES TO MAINTAIN. IN
ADDITION STATE STAFF TO HAVE-
ACCESS TO PAY ON THE ROLE AND
RESPONSIBILITY TO ACCESS THE
SYSTEM THEMSELVES. THOSE ARE THE
QUESTIONS THAT WERE POSED TO OSI
ONE YET BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH
I APPRECIATE THAT DIFFERENT
DIRECTOR- WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON
TO THE NEXT ONE WE'RE GOING TO
HOLD QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END.
WELCOME JOHN YES THANKS GERMANS
OF OUR MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TODAY-
TODAY THAT. QUESTIONS THAT WERE
POSED TO CAL SALAS. WE'RE ALSO
COMPOSED TO SEE W. D. A. SO
MYSELF AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR CENTER ONLY MCDONNELL
ARE GONNA BE GOING. YEAH WILL
POPCORN A LITTLE BIT BACK AND
FORTH- BUT I THINK THANK YOU FOR
THIS INVITATION TODAY. SO JUST
GETTING RIGHT INTO THE-
QUESTIONS THAT WERE POSED IN THE
AGENDA THE FIRST ONE WAS
DESCRIBING THE PROCESS FOR
IMPLEMENTING POLICY CHANGES TIME
FRAMES HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT THAT.
AND REALLY THE LENGTH OF TIME
THAT IT TAKES TO IMPLEMENT A
POLICY CHANGING CAL SUCH AS A
DEPENDENT ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT
FACTORS I THINK FIRST OF ALL
IT'S THE COMPLEXITY THE CHANGE
THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED. THEN
THE CLARITY AND COMPLETENESS OF
THE POLICY THEY GETS PROVIDED BY
THE ADMINISTRATION. THE AMOUNT
OF AUTOMATION THAT'S NEEDED IN
ORDER TO EFFECTUATE THE CHANGE
WHAT'S ALREADY AUTOMATED WHAT IS
BRAND NEW AUTOMATION WE HAVE TO
PUT IN. THE NUMBER OF COMPETING
PRIORITIES AND PRESENTLY THERE
ARE ABOUT TWENTY MAJOR POLICY
CHANGES THAT ARE IN THE QUEUE AS
WELL AS NUMEROUS OTHER POLICY
CHANGES FROM LAST BUDGET
SESSION. AND AS WE GO THROUGH
THAT. NOW ARE TIMELINE REALLY
STARTS WHEN- THE STATE GIVES US
FINAL POLICY. AND FOR
LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS THAT
REQUIRE AUTOMATION CHANGES. OUR
PARTNERS AT C. W. D. A. R. CAL
SAWS TEAM AND THE ADMINISTRATION
I'VE BEEN WORKING IN CONCERT TO
ESTABLISH CLEAR EXPECTATIONS. TO
THE IMPLEMENTATION DATES AND
THINGS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED
BY THE LEGISLATURE VERBAL CAL
THOUSAND BENEFITS CAO AND WHEN I
TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS
SOMETIMES I TALK ABOUT.
GENERALLY CAL SAWS BUT THERE'S A
FAR THERE'S THAT PUBLIC FACING-
PORTAL. BENEFITS CAL THAT IS
BRAND NEW THAT WILL BE SPEAKING
OF AND THEN THE BACK AND THAT'S
USED BY THE COUNTY WORKERS KNOWN
AS THE CAL SALAS CASE MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM. NOW MOST LEGISLATIVE
CHANGES FROM THE TIME OF- THAT
THE POLICY IS PROVIDED TAKES
BETWEEN NINE TO TWELVE MONTHS TO
BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT. AND THIS
TIME IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO GET
USER INPUT ON CHANGES. TO UPDATE
AND ACTUALLY CODE THE ACTUAL
SYSTEM AND PUT IN THE TECHNOLOGY
CHANGES TO VALIDATE AND AT THE
CHANGES TO ENSURE. THAT IT WORKS
ACCORDING TO POLICY AND THAT
THERE'S NO ON UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES THESE ARE TIGHTLY
COUPLED SYSTEMS AND THEY HAVE
RIPPLE EFFECTS IN TO BE ABLE TO
TEST THAT THAT DOESN'T MAKE SURE
THAT THEY DON'T HAVE UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES. NOW WE KNOW THAT
THE COMMITTEE TODAY HAS BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA
FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SEE FAT.
AND SOME CHANGES DO TAKE LONGER-
AND I KNOW YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT
THAT EXPANSION BECAUSE IT'S SO
COMPLEX- THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE
STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO CAL SAWS.
TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THAT
CHANGES INCLUDING- SOME
PROTECTIONS FOR THE POPULATION
THAT IS BEING EXPANDED TO PROBE
PROTECT THAT POPULATIONS DATA
FROM LIKE FEDERAL REVIEWERS. AS
WE'RE GOING THROUGH THAT SO IF
WE HAVE FINAL POLICY AT CAL SAWS
BY JULY OF THIS YEAR. THE
EARLIEST THAT WE CAN BE READY TO
IMPLEMENT THAT IS OCTOBER OF
TWENTY TWENTY FIVE. NOW SOME
CHANGES COULD BE MADE MUCH
FASTER. FOR EXAMPLE OF THE
LEGISLATURE WERE TO INCLUDE A
CAL WORKS GRANT INCREASE THIS
YEAR IN THE BUDGET. IN JULY AND
WE GOT FINAL POLICY FROM CDSS BY
MADE MID AUGUST WE COULD HAVE
THAT READY TO GO BY OCTOBER OF
TWENTY TWENTY THREE OF THIS
YEAR. AND WORK THROUGH THAT. NOW
THE FEDERAL MANDATE DID NOT
ALLOW US TO MAKE CHANGES TO CAL
SAUCE TO IMPLEMENT POLICY
CHANGES FASTER. HOWEVER THE
PROJECT THE COUNTIES IN THE
MINISTRATION HAVE INCLUDED A
REQUEST. IN THE CAL PROCUREMENT
WERE VENDOR BIDS ARE CURRENTLY
BEING EVALUATED AND TO FURTHER
STREAMLINE THE DESIGN THE
DEVELOPMENT. AND IMPLEMENTATION
PROCESS PROCESSES NEEDED TO
IMPLEMENT THESE IMPORTANT POLICY
CHANGES FASTER. AFFECT SURE
THANK YOU- KATHY SANDERLING
CWPA. IT'S IN THE SAME QUESTION
AND THINK ABOUT THE POLICY
CHANGES AND HOW WE THINK ABOUT
MOVING FORWARD AFTER THE
MIGRATION FIRST I WANT TO TAKE
US BACKWARDS JUST FOR A SECOND
WHEN- WHEN I FIRST STARTED IN
CALIFORNIA AT THE SENATE BUDGET
COMMITTEE ACTUALLY. WE HAVE FOUR
SYSTEMS THAT WE WERE WORKING AT
AND THOSE SYSTEMS WORKED THEY
WERE COUNTY LEAD THEY ARE AND WE
REALLY DIDN'T THINK WE'D EVER
GET TO A FEWER NUMBER OF
SYSTEMS. BECAUSE THEY WERE
WORKING AND WE WERE GETTING
FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR THIS AND
THEN OVER TIME BOTH OF NECESSITY
IS ONE SYSTEM WITH AGE THEY KIND
OF MIGRATED INTO ANOTHER ONE-
AND THEN THE- FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
GOT. SORT OF MORE AND MORE
ANNOYED I GUESS I WOULD SAY
ABOUT SPENDING MULTIPLE DOLLARS
FOR MULTIPLE SYSTEMS THEY'D SAY
WHY DON'T YOU JUST HAVE ONE
SYSTEM. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO-
OVERTIME- KIND THAT EXPLAIN WHY
WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE
MULTIPLE SYSTEMS AND REALLY BE
ABLE TO WORK WITH VENDORS AND WE
LOST THE DISCUSSION WE LOST THE
ARGUMENT. AND ULTIMATELY IF THE
STATE HAD NOT AGREED ON THE
COUNTIES AND NOT WORK TOGETHER
TO PUT CAL FLAWS IN THE PLACE WE
WOULD HAVE LOST HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF FEDERAL DOLLARS. IT
JUST WASN'T SUSTAINABLE AND SO
NOW I THINK ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT
OF EVERYTHING WE'VE COLLECTIVELY
BEEN THROUGH OVER THE LAST THREE
YEARS. IT'S ON TIME. A HUNDRED
THOUSAND INDIVIDUAL USERS ARE
USING BENEFITS CAL EVERY SINGLE
DAY. IN THE MIGRATION IS ON
TRACK IT'S GOING SMOOTHLY AND
THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO GENERALLY
KEEP UP WITH POLICY CHANGES EVEN
THROUGH THE MIGRATION. AS WELL
AS CHANGES WERE THEY HAVE TO BE
VERY. DURING THE PANDEMIC TO
PUSH OUT A DIGITAL BENEFITS
CHANGE THE LEVELS DO THE- THE
CAT THE CALFRESH INCREASES THAT
YOU HEARD ABOUT. EARLIER THEY
WERE ABLE TO WORK VERY QUICKLY
TO DO THAT AND I THINK WHAT
WE'VE SEEN IS. ARM IN ORDER TO
MEET THAT FEDERAL MANDATE
RELATIVELY FEW CHANGES COULD BE
MADE TO THE BASE SYSTEM. THEY
JUST HAD TO DO IT BUT- NOW WITH
THE PROCESS IN PLACE TO BE ABLE
TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT.
OF THE CHANGES PRIORITIZE THE
CHANGES WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING
AT ONCE AND I KNOW WE'LL GET TO
THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND SOME
OF THE OTHER CONVERSATION- BUT
WHAT WE REALLY APPRECIATE IS
JUST HOW. JOHN'S TEAM AND THE
VENDORS ARE REALLY WORKING VERY
CLOSELY WITH COUNTIES- AND-
HELPING TO MAKE THIS MIGRATION
SUCCESSFUL SO THAT WE CAN GET TO
THAT PLACE WHERE WERE THAT ABLE
TO IMPLEMENT AT. THE ADDITIONAL
POLICY CHANGES THAT ARE ALREADY
LINED UP FROM LEGISLATIVE
CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED. AND
ALSO- KNOWING THAT WE CAN
CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR SELF
SERVICE OPTIONS THROUGH BENEFITS
CAL- I WANT TO KNOW YOU HEAR A
LOT FOR ME IN THE PUBLIC
COMMENT. ABOUT HAITI JUST A NOTE
ISSUE WATER ISSUE FOR HAS
AUTOMATION WILL CONTINUE TO DO
THAT JUST BECAUSE WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE FOLKS ARE THINKING
ABOUT THAT. IT'S NOT SOMETHING
THAT WE ALWAYS THINK ABOUT BUT
KNOWING THAT WE WANT THINGS TO
BE IMPLEMENTED AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE BUT IF IT HAS THAT
AUTOMATION COMPONENT AND
ESPECIALLY IF IT'S- A BOTH
BENEFITS CAL IN CALIFORNICA.
IT'S GOING TO BE A BIT MORE
COMPLEX AND WE NEED TO HAVE BOTH
ENDS OF THE SYSTEM WORKING- WE
WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT
FOLKS UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN
HELP WITH THOSE- WITH THOSE
DECISIONS. SOUTH THANKS JOHN.
ALL RIGHT LUEN ON TWITTER A
CATHOLIC BEFORE WE GO BACK TO
YOUR TIE IN THIS WAS IN PART OF
THE QUESTIONS BUT JUST BECAUSE I
HAVE IN FRONT OF ME- C. AS-
QUESTION REGARDING PR TS. IN THE
AUTOMATION I DON'T KNOW IF YOU.
PATH AND THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD DO
. YOU MEAN THE- THE PR TS FOR
CHILDREN FOSTER CARE YEAH. OKAY
OUR RATES HOW THAT'S TIED IN-
RATIONS YES- I. SOLD THE FOSTER
. RATE PAYMENTS FOR- LIKE HOMES
AS HERE T. P.'S ARE IS PART OF
CAL SAUCE. AS WELL AS MANY OTHER
ASPECTS THAT PEOPLE DON'T
REALIZE OUR COMPETITIVE INTEL
SAYS COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
JOHN IF YOU HAVE AT YOUR
FINGERTIPS ABOUT OUR YEAR. THE
TOP OF YOUR HEAD ABOUT HOW WE-
IT IMPLEMENT THOSE RATES IF NOT
WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU WITH THAT
INFORMATION. YEAH I KNOW THAT-
WE HAVE SOME RATES AND THERE'S
BEEN SOME RATE CHANGES THAT
WORST- THE VETTING THROUGH TO BE
ABLE TO DO THAT AND THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT. WE HAVE TO GET
ON A ROAD MAP I THINK THOSE ARE
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE SORT
OF POST MIGRATION CHANGES I
DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFICS CAFE
BUT I WE CAN DEFINITELY COME
BACK THROUGH OCI. AND GET THAT
TO THE COMMITTEE. HAPPY TO
FOLLOW UP ALL RIGHT. I'M THE
NEXT QUESTION WAS REYES REGARDED
TO KELSO'S PROJECT DECISION
MAKING ABOUT THE VARIOUS-
CHANGES THAT ARE NEEDED
INCLUDING LEGISLATION COUNTY
REQUEST STAKEHOLDER REQUESTS AS
WE GO FORWARD. SO OUR FIRST
PRIORITY ACCOMPLISHING THE
COMPLEX MISSION OF BALANCING
PRIORITIES AND MEETING THE
COMMITMENTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY
MADE. TO THE LEGISLATURE THE
ADMINISTRATION THE COUNTIES AND
THE PUBLIC IS JUST COMMUNICATION
LETTING PEOPLE KNOW HOW MUCH WE
HAVE ON OUR PLATE. THE
ADMINISTRATION C. W. DAY IN THE
PROJECT COLLABORATE ON TRYING TO
PROVIDE CLEAR ONE WAY WHEN THEY
GO TO SEE WTA ON THE PROJECT TO
SAY. WHAT WHAT ARE THE CLEAR
TIMELINES IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING
THAT WE HAVE ON OUR PLATE. SO
THAT THAT DOES SET EXPECTATIONS
ON WHEN WE CAN GET THIS
AUTOMATION IN. AND THE PROJECT'S
BEEN VERY CONSISTENT ABOUT
MEETING THESE TIMELINES WHEN
CLEAR POLICY WAS PROVIDED ON
TIME. WHICH IS IMPERATIVE TO A
DESIGN BECAUSE WE HAVE
TECHNICIANS DESIGNING THESE. NOT
PRACTITIONERS AND MAKING SURE
THAT WE HAVE CLEAR POLICY- AS WE
HEAD INTO THAT DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITY. NOW POLICY CHANGES AND
RESPONDING TO EMERGENCY
SITUATIONS AND KEEPING UP ON TO
THE- ON THE MIGRATION- THAT-
KATHY SPOKE ABOUT ARE OUR TOP.
PRIORITIES BUT THE PROJECT MUST
REACT TO EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
THAT IMPACT THE PUBLIC. AND GET
THESE CHANGES INTO THE SYSTEM
VERY QUICKLY AND WE KNOW THAT
WE'VE HAD A TON OF EMERGENCY
SITUATIONS. IN CALIFORNIA. AND
THE WORLD. OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS SO THE FIRST ONE OUR
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CODE
PROVISIONS WHEN NEEDED TO BE PUT
IN PLACE QUICKLY- TO ISSUE
CALFRESH EMERGENCY ALLOTMENTS
AND AS THOSE EXPIRE TO TAKE
THOSE OUT OF THE SYSTEM.
SUPPORTING THE CONTINUOUS
COVERAGE FOR MEDICARE ALL DURING
THE PANDEMIC AND NOW SUPPORTING
THROUGH- THE UNWINDING OF THE
COVERAGE AND MAKING SURE THAT
THAT THE- PUBLIC HOUSE THE
NECESSARY INFORMATION- THROUGH.
ENHANCE YOUR- TEXT MESSAGES AND
CHANGES TO OUR BEVIN BENEFITS
CAL PORTAL. RESPONDING THE
NATIONAL NATURAL DISASTERS AND
EMERGENCY RELIEF NEEDS IN SHORT
ORDER LIKE CALFRESH AMASSED
REPLACEMENTS FOR EARTHQUAKE AND
FLOODING RELATED TO POWER
OUTAGES IN DECEMBER OF TWENTY
TWO IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. AND
DISASTER CALFRESH BENEFITS FOR
TEN I THINK IT MIGHT BE ELEVEN
SAMPOERNA DINO GOT APPROVED I
THINK IN THE LAST. WEEK FOUR-
DISASTER CALFRESH BENEFITS SO
FAR IN TWENTY TWENTY THREE
BECAUSE OF THE- THAT SEVERE
WEATHER THAT'S BEEN EXPERIENCED
AND EFFECTUATE IN THAT IN THE
SYSTEM AS THE COUNTIES GO AND
GET THOSE CRITICAL BENEFITS. SO
THE PROJECT ALSO MEETING ITS
COMMITMENT ASSOCIATED WITH
FEDERALLY MANDATED- SINGLE
SYSTEM INTEGRATION WHICH YOU'VE
ALREADY HEARD. DESPITE THE
PANDEMIC RISING CASELOADS WHICH
I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY TALKED
ABOUT IT TODAY WHICH FROM AN
AUTOMATION STANDPOINT HAS A BIG
IMPACT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SCALE
THE SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE
THAT DATA AND STILL PERFORM FOR
THE PUBLIC. AND FOR CASE WORKERS
AS WE GO THROUGH THAT AND- AS
BRANDON MENTIONED- THE
MIGRATIONS OF GONE PRETTY WELL
SO FAR WE KNOW THAT THAT WAS A
STAKEHOLDER PRIORITY WHEN WE
STARTED THIS FIVE YEARS AGO.
LEARN FROM YOUR PAST MIGRATIONS
TRY TO LIMIT NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON
THE CONSUMER AND THE PUBLIC AS
WE GO THROUGH THIS BECAUSE THESE
ARE COMPLEX CHANGES DO THAT DO
THAT EFFECTIVELY SO FAR THEY'VE
GONE. FAIRLY WELL AS WE'VE GONE
THROUGH THAT PRETTY DARN WELL
AND BEEN SUCCESSFUL HATS OFF TO
OUR COUNTIES WHO DURING THIS
VERY CHALLENGING TIME HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO DO THAT TRAIN THEIR
STAFF AND WORK THROUGH THAT- SO.
JUST THIS LAST WEEK ORANGE
COUNTY SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
VENTURA COUNTY. HAVE GONE LIVE
ON THE SYSTEM WHERE I AND ARE NO
LONGER ON CAL WHEN. JUST FOUR
SHORT WEEKS FROM NOW. SAN DIEGO
COUNTY SAN MATEO COUNTY SANTA
CRUZ COUNTY AND SOLANO COUNTY
WILL BE MAKING THAT TRANSITION
THEIR THEIR STAFF ARE IN
TRAINING AS WE SPEAK. SO ONCE
ALL OF THOSE ABOVE COMMITMENTS
ARE MET REMAINING FUNDS SYSTEM
CAPACITY HUMAN CAPACITY FOR
CHANGE. ARE USED FOR
ENHANCEMENTS AND INNOVATIONS TO
BE ABLE TO BRING IN FOR BENEFITS
CAL THESE PRIORITIES ARE SET BY
A GROUP KNOWN AS THE
COLLABORATION MODEL. THIS
GROUP'S BEEN EXISTED FOR ONLY
ABOUT A YEAR AND HAS MADE REAP
RECENT PROGRESS MUCH NEEDED
RECENT PROGRESS THE FORMALIZING
TO BEGIN TO OPTIMIZE. THE
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WITH
REPRESENTATIVES FROM CUSTOMERS
ACTUALLY AND CUSTOMERS ARE PART
OF THIS GROUP. ACTUAL CBO'S ARE
ADVOCATE COMMUNITY IS PART OF IT
LABOR SEIU IS PART OF THAT OUR
COUNTIES CDSS D. H. C. S. C. W.
D. A. THAT GROUP. NOW FOR CAL
SAWS FOR THAT. THAT THE
APPLICATION CASE MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM THAT USED FIRE FORTY
THOUSAND COUNTY. WORKERS THOSE
PRIORITIES ARE INFORMED BY OUR
COUNTY USERS AND THE NEED TO
ENHANCE THOSE THINGS AS THEY
SERVE THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO
TAKE CARE OF THE RISING
CASELOADS AND THOSE TYPES OF
THINGS AS THEY- FACE- THOSE
THOSE ITEMS ARE INFORMED BY THE
COUNTIES AS WE DO THAT. KATHY
I'LL JUST SHARE THAT THE-
DESCRIPTION OF THE ENGAGEMENT
IS. EXTENSIVE AND MORE THAN IN
PRIOR- MODELS BOTH WITHIN SIZE
AND I THINK WITH WITH OTHER
SYSTEMS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH
THE STATE AS THE LEAD ON IT'S A
PRETTY EXTENSIVE PROCESS. THE
APPETITE FOR CHANGE IN THE
SYSTEM IS ALWAYS GOING TO
OUTPACE HOW MUCH CAPACITY AND
FUNDING WE HAVE TO DO IT- YOU
COULD YOU CAN ONLY PUT SO MANY
PEOPLE ON THE KEYBOARDS YOU KNOW
AT ANY GIVEN TIME. AND SO
FIGURING OUT. HOW TO WORK
THROUGH THIS PROCESS FEES TO GET
TO REASONABLE PRIORITIES WHERE-
A COUNTY AT THE UNION THE ABBA
KIDS EVERYBODY CAN'T GET
EVERYTHING THEY WANT AT THE SAME
MOMENT BECAUSE IT JUST DOESN'T
WORK AND SO I THINK THE
COLLABORATION MODEL FROM WHAT
I'VE HEARD IS A GOOD BASIS. FOR
FIGURE OUT THOSE PROCESS THESE
SO WE CAN WORK THROUGH THE
ISSUES AND IDEAS THAT PEOPLE
HAVE FOR HOW BENEFITS CAL CAN BE
ENHANCED AND IT A REASONABLE
PACE AT THE PACE THAT WE CAN
WHICH IS WHAT CAN BE SUPPORTED
BY THE FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE
AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AVAILABLE
TO DO THE WORK- WE ALSO AS WE
NOTED HAVE TO ALSO MAKE SURE
THAT THE FRONT AND THE BACK AND
MEET. AND SO THAT CAN ALSO
DICTATE WHEN SOMETHING GETS
SLOTTED IN VERSUS SOMETHING THAT
MIGHT JUST BE A CHANGE THE
BENEFITS CAL THAT COULD BE DONE
MORE QUICKLY. AND SO A GOOD
EXAMPLE THAT I'M AWARE OF IS
THAT WERE- WORKING IN THE CAL
WORKS AREA OF BENEFITS CAL SO
THAT SOMEONE COULD REQUEST
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE. ONLINE
TODAY IT'S CALL YOUR WORKER GO
IN PERSON AND ASK FOR THAT BUT
WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A LOT OF
DEMAND FOR THAT. AS A BEING ABLE
TO SET THAT UP REQUESTED ONLINE
WELL THAT ACTUALLY HAS A BACK
AND IMPACT AS WELL BECAUSE
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE IS. HEAVILY
AUTOMATED THERE IS A LOT AND CAL
SALAS RELATED TO HOMELESS
ASSISTANCE AND SO WILL NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT BOTH OF THOSE
THINGS CAN. CAN WORK TOGETHER-
AND SO IT ORDER THE THAT THE
PROCESS. IS BASICALLY COHERENT
BETWEEN THE CUSTOMER CLASS AND
THEN THE- AND- I KNOW. THAT THE
FIRST SORT OF EFFORT TO DO
PRIORITIZATION OF THE
COLLABORATION MODEL ENDED UP I'M
REALLY FOCUSING ON WHAT IS A
CURRENT NEED WHICH IS DEALING
WITH ALL OF THE RENEWALS. AND
THE RESTARTING OF THE PROCESSING
FROM MEDICARE. AND ALL OF THE
UNWINDING OF ON THE CONTINUOUS
COVERAGE REQUIREMENT. AND SO
THAT'S AN AREA WHERE SOME
CHANGES WERE BEING CONTEMPLATED
AND THEY'VE BEEN KIND OF POPPED
UP TO THE TOP. BECAUSE THERE'S
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE
COMING I WOULD REALLY WANT TO
DIRECT PEOPLE TO SELF SERVE IF
WE CAN'T. SELL THAT JUST SOME
THOUGHTS ON THIS ONE. END OF THE
LAST ITEM WAS REALLY- PROVIDE
HOW CALLOUS HOUSING GAUGES WITH
STAKEHOLDERS AND BENEFITS CAL.
I'M I'M GONNA GO THROUGH OF.
SKEWS ME A FEW ITEMS ON HERE.
BUT I'LL ADMIT RIGHT UP FRONT.
WE HAVE TO MATURE THOSE
PROCESSES WE HAVE A LOT. OF
STAKEHOLDER AND GET ENGAGEMENT.
AND THEY CAN BE OPTIMIZED AND WE
HAVE TO WORK TO BE A GATHERED TO
BE ABLE TO DO THOSE THINGS. AND
WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO DO
THOSE THINGS AND WE HAVE MADE
SOME RECENT- REALLY GOOD-
PROGRESS ON THAT. SO THERE'S
NUMEROUS MEETINGS FOR
STAKEHOLDERS TO OBTAIN
INFORMATION AND PROVIDE UP-
INPUT IN CALCIUM. SO THE
MEETINGS INCLUDE. QUARTERLY
STAKEHOLDER COLLABORATION MODEL
MEETINGS MONTHLY USER CENTERED
DESIGN FOR BENEFITS CAL MEETINGS
AND AS NEEDED DESIGN SESSIONS
FOR BENEFITS CAL THAT HAVE- THE
STAKEHOLDER COMMUNITY INVOLVED.
WE HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS BECAUSE
IT IS A JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY
THE MEMBERSHIP HAS- TWO MEETINGS
PER YEAR WE'RE ALL FIFTY EIGHT
COUNTIES ARE REPRESENTATIVE. THE
BOARD THE TWELVE MEMBER BOARD
THAT BRANDON SPOKE UP HAS
MONTHLY MEETINGS THAT OUR PUBLIC
MEETINGS. THERE'S A PROJECT
STEERING COMMITTEE THAT ALSO
MEETS MONTHLY THAT IS PUBLIC
MEETINGS. OTHERS WCS CAL NGUYEN
SUBCOMMITTEE. THAT OVERSEES THAT
A SYSTEM THAT WAS MEDIAN MONTHLY
BUT AS WE PROGRESS IN MIGRATION
THAT SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE
RETIRED. IS NOW MEETING AS
NEEDED AND THEN WE HAVE MULTIPLE
PROCESSES. OTHER THAN JUST
MEETINGS TO BE ABLE TO GET INPUT
SO ALONG WITH THE QUARTERLY
STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AND THE
OTHER USER CENTERED DESIGN
MEANS. HOUSE ODDS HAS NUMEROUS
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVOCATES IN
THE PUBLIC TO SUBMIT INPUT TO
THE PROJECT REQUEST INFORMATION
FROM THE PROJECT AND ASK
QUESTIONS. THESE INCLUDE PUBLIC
COMMENT AT OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS
EXTENSIVE INFORMATION WE PUSH
MORE AND MORE INFORMATION OUT ON
OUR WEBSITE CAL SAWS DOT ORG.
AND WE HAVE A FEATURE CALLED ASK
CAL SAWS WHICH IS AVAILABLE FROM
CAL SAWS DOT ORG ALLOWS PEOPLE
TO SUBMIT INFORMATION AND
QUESTIONS THE PROJECT. AND THEY
USUALLY RECEIVE AN IMMEDIATE
RESPONSE SAYING THAT WE'VE GOT
THAT WE TACTIC TRACK THAT THE
TICKETING SYSTEM AND USUALLY
DEPENDING ON THE COMPLEXITY OF
THE QUESTION THERE IS A- A
RESPONSE- IN ABOUT FIVE DAYS NOW
AGAIN WE HAVE NOT JUDGE. THAT
THE IS WORK TO DO TO MUCH THESE.
BUT THERE'S BEEN MEANINGFUL
PROGRESS- IT VERY RECENTLY IN
THIS AREA THE COLLABORATION
MODEL IN PUBLISHING. A PUBLIC
INPUT FORM SO PEOPLE CAN PUT
THAT IN AND WE CONTRACT OUT WITH
DATA. A BENEFITS CAL
FUNCTIONALITY ROAD MAP AND
PUBLISHING A NEAR FINAL
COLLABORATION MODEL CHARTER FOR
FINAL REVIEW AND INPUT. IN
ADDITION TO THESE THE PROJECT IS
HAVING TO WORK ON AND IS WORKING
ON STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES
TO FORMALISE THE PROCESS THE
SCOPE. AND THE TRACKING THE
ITEMS BETWEEN THE VERY
STAKEHOLDER INPUT FORUMS. AND
THESE PROCESSES ONCE DRAFTED
WILL BE SHIPPED SHARED WITH THE
STAKEHOLDERS. KATHY OUR SYSTEM
IN THE STATE WE KNOW THAT THERE
WERE A LOT OF FEARS ABOUT THE
MIGRATION BEING REALLY DIFFICULT
DOWN EVEN BEFORE THE PANDEMIC
OCCURRED. AT THE GREAT
RESIGNATION EMERGED WE'VE BEEN
REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT THOSE
FEARS HAVEN'T COME TO PASS. AND
THE AMOUNT OF STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENT AS YOU'VE HEARD IS
REALLY SIGNIFICANT IT'S FAR
BEYOND THE ORIGINAL QUARTERLY
SESSIONS THAT WERE ENVISIONED.
AND IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SEE
BENEFITS CAL GET DEVELOPED AND
IMPLEMENTED WITH FEEDBACK AND
INPUT FROM ACTUAL AND POTENTIAL
CUSTOMERS AND THE CBO'S WHO WORK
WITH PEOPLE ON THE GROUND. WILL
NEED TO CONTINUE TO REFINE THE
PROCESSES AND I'M MAKING SURE
THAT ENHANCEMENTS ARE
CONSIDERED- FROM ALL
PERSPECTIVES AND THAT CHANGES
ARE MADE. ON IN A WAY THAT
SUPPORT COUNTIES IN PROVIDING
SERVICES AND OUR INDIVIDUAL
CUSTOMERS AND THE CBO TO WORK
WITH THEM IN PROVIDING THE
SERVICES AS WELL I THINK IT'S A
BALANCING ACT. SO THANKS FOR THE
TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH OKAY
LET'S MOVE ON NOW TO- JENNIFER.
THANK YOU HI JENNIFER TRACY WITH
THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
FOOD BANKS AND THE CO LEAD FOR
THE CALLS AS ADVOCATES GROUP.
AND THANK YOU TO THE
CHAIRMANSHIP ARE MEANT OF OUR
AND- SENATOR EGGMAN- I'M- AND
SENATOR ROTH. AT WE WANT TO
THANK THE COUNCIL'S PROJECT
CEDAR BDA THE STATE DEPARTMENTS
IN THE COUNTIES FOR LEADING THE
COUNCIL'S MIGRATIONS AND
LAUNCHING BENEFITS CAL- WE'RE
GRATEFUL TO THE LEGISLATURE FOR
ESTABLISHING. FIVE YEARS AGO
WELFARE INSTITUTION'S CODE ONE
OH EIGHT TO THREE POINT ONE TWO
AND THREE THAT STAKEHOLDERS MUST
HAVE A PROCESS TO PROVIDE INPUT
INTO THE PUBLIC FACING. ELEMENTS
OF THE CALZADA SYSTEM AND THE
OPPORTUNITY THESE POLICIES
PRESENT FOR INNOVATIONS IN
TECHNOLOGY THAT REFLECT THE
NEEDS OF ALL USERS. AND WE
ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATE ALL
OF THE MANY MANY FORMS AT THE
CALTRANS PROJECT HAS PROVIDED
FOR ENGAGEMENT. THESE SPACES.
DEFINITELY WE'VE HAD A LOT OF
MEETINGS AND A LOT OF
CONVERSATIONS- IN THE FIVE YEARS
THEY HAVE EVOLVED. OVER TIME-
AND THEY TREATED US. FOR ENGAGE
AND THEY HOLD A LOT OF PROMISE
FOR FUTURE COLLABORATION- PASCAL
SAYS HAS BEEN A GREAT RESOURCE.
AND WE'RE KIND OF IN A BOTH AND
SITUATION OF LIKE YES WE'VE HAD
ALL OF THESE MEETINGS AND WE'VE
HAD ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS.
AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN RAISING
RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE THESE
FORUMS OUR EXPERIENCE IN THESE
FORMS HAS BEEN THAT OUR
PARTICIPATION DOESN'T ALWAYS
TRANSLATE INTO MEANINGFUL
OUTCOMES. WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED FOR
ALMOST FIVE YEARS AND WE'RE
STILL MATURING THE PROCESS. AS A
RECENT EXAMPLE LAST FALL THE
PROJECT INVITED US TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE DESIGN
PROCESS FOR CAL WORK SUPPORT
REQUESTS THE THINGS LIKE
TRANSPORTATION CHILD CARE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORT THAT
HELPS PEOPLE BECOME SELF
SUFFICIENT. AFTER WE SUBMITTED
OUR FEEDBACK WE DISCOVER THAT
FUNDAMENTAL CHOICES ABOUT THE
DESIGN HAD ALREADY BEEN MADE. IT
WAS TOO LATE IN THE PROCESS FOR
FEEDBACK TO BE CONSIDERED ENDING
AN INTEGRATED. THE RESULT IS
THAT BENEFITS CAL NOW DOES OFFER
SUPPORT REQUEST WHICH IS GREAT.
BUT IT REQUIRES PEOPLE TO TYPE
IN. OUR INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR
REQUEST. AND BECAUSE THE SYSTEM
ONLY ALLOWS FOR ENGLISH
CHARACTERS PEOPLE WHO DO NOT
WRITE IN ENGLISH CANNOT COMPLETE
THE REQUEST. ADVOCATES CONVEYED
CONCERNS DURING THE DESIGN
REVIEW AND THE COMMENT PERIOD
BUT UNFORTUNATELY BY THAT TIME
THOSE CRITICAL DECISIONS HAD
BEEN MADE AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO
HAVE THOSE IN THERE. SO OUR
RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MOVED TO
THE BACKLOG LIST. TO POSSIBLY BE
CONSIDERED AND PAID FOR AT A
LATER TIME. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT
CALIFORNIA'S JOURNEY TO A SINGLE
STATEWIDE SYSTEM WE WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MOVING TO A
SINGLE SYSTEM WAS A FEDERAL
REQUIREMENT. AND WE WANTED
KNOWLEDGE THE ABSOLUTELY
INCREDIBLE EFFORT THAT THE
PROJECT COUNTIES AND ALL THE
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS HAVE INVESTED
IN SUCCESSFULLY MEETING THESE
FEDERAL. DEADLINES AND
REQUIREMENTS. THE BENEFITS OF A
SINGLE SYSTEM INCLUDE HAVING A
CONSISTENT CLIENT EXPERIENCE
BETWEEN COUNTIES. AND
POTENTIALLY HAVING MORE NIMBLE
RESPONSE TO NEW POLICIES. THESE
BENEFITS CAN BEST BE REALIZE
WHEN STAKEHOLDERS WITH SHARED
GOALS TO SUPPORT CUSTOMER
ACCESS. CAN BE MEANINGFULLY
INCLUDED IN DECISION MAKING
ABOUT HOW TECHNOLOGY WILL RESULT
IN IMPROVED OUTCOMES FOR
CONSUMERS AND COUNTY STAFF. AND
HERE'S WHY IT MATTERS THE MOST
AS WE LOOK AHEAD. THE RESULT OF
INVITING ADVOCATES AND
STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK INTO THE
DESIGN PROCESS AFTER CRITICAL
DECISIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN
MADE. IS THAT ARE A LOT OF OUR
FEEDBACK ANDS OF GOING TO THE
BACKLOG LIST WHICH WILL RESULT
IN FUTURE POLICIES COMPETING
AGAINST THOSE BACKLOG ITEMS. SO
I REQUEST IS TWO FOLD FOR
STAKEHOLDERS TO BE CONSISTENTLY
INVITED TO OFFER FEEDBACK AND
EARLY DESIGN PHASES. SO THAT
SUGGESTIONS AND ISSUES
IDENTIFIED CAN BE INCORPORATED.
AND NUMBER TWO TO REORGANIZE THE
COLLABORATION MODEL AROUND
INDUSTRY STANDARDS FOR PRODUCT
MANAGEMENT. AND BEST PRACTICES
FOR MANAGING A BACKLOG LIST.
WITH TRANSPARENCY. AND WE
RECOGNIZE THAT THE LEGISLATURE
DOES A LOT OF WORK TO PASS
POLICIES AND MAKE BUDGET
INVESTMENTS TOWARDS IMPROVEMENTS
FOR PUBLIC BENEFITS. WE WANT TO
SEE WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IS A
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT THAT
RESULTS IN A NIMBLE AND
RESPONSIVE SYSTEM. OTHERWISE WE
RISK HAVING A CONTINUATION OF A
POLICIES THAT ARE SUBJECT TO
FUTURE AUTOMATION TIMELINES
BECAUSE THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES
ARE BOGGED DOWN BY BACKLOG ITEMS
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN INTEGRATED
EARLIER AS PART OF INITIAL
DESIGNS. AGAIN WE APPRECIATE ALL
OF THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO
THIS VERY COMPLEX MIGRATION ALL
OF THE EFFORT THAT'S GONE INTO A
TREE YOU KNOW WORKING TO HAVE US
BE AVAILABLE IN THESE FORUMS.
AND AGAIN WE'RE IN THAT BOTH AND
SITUATION THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF
THAT'S HAPPENED AND THAT WE
APPRECIATE AND WE'RE SEEING THAT
THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A
MORE MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT. THAT
VALUES THE EXPERTISE THAT WE
BRING TO THE PROCESS AS PEOPLE
WHO WORK ON A DAILY BASIS WITH
FOLKS WHO ARE TRYING TO NAVIGATE
THE SYSTEMS. AND SO WE HOPE THAT
AS THE L. A. WAS GOING TO
PRESENT THE GOALS LAID OUT BY
THE L. A. O. WOULD BE
IMPLEMENTED IN A WAY THAT BUILT
IN STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT- CAN
BUILD TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN OUR STAKEHOLDER GROUPS-
AND IT RESULT IN TIMELY
INCLUSION TO SUPPORT FUTURE
TIMELINES. AND THANK YOU FOR THE
EFFORTS TO SUPPORT- WE
APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND LOOK
FORWARD TO CELEBRATING OUR
SHARED SUCCESS. YOU SO MUCH
TURNOVER TO KEVIN THERE IS A
KEVIN HERE. GOOD MORNING. THE
GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KEVIN
AS THEM WITH COALITION
CALIFORNIA WELFARE RIGHTS
ORGANIZATION. IN FOUR YEARS WITH
TESTIFYING THAT ALL THREE OF
SYSTEM SHOULD BE INTEGRATED I'VE
TESTIFIED. MANY TIMES AND-
FINALLY THE FIFTH BEAT UP ON
THEM AND THEN FINDING. DECIDE TO
DO THAT IT WOULD GRATEFUL FOR
THAT THE- EFFECT CAL SALAS THE
DECISION WAS. ON JUNE TWENTY TWO
TWENTY NINETEEN. WHEN TO- THE
PRESIDENT OF PUTTING ON TWENTY
MINUTES GOT UP AND SAID FINDING.
A COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR THE
COUNTIES BY THE COUNTY'S. OS
KATHY SAYS COUNTY LED.
ANTARCTIC'S JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY
ELSE. EXCEPT FOR THE COUNTIES.
AND THE COUNCIL'S BOARD OF KERR
TO CALM THE COMPOSITION OF THE
COUNCIL'S BOARD. IS MAJORITY CW
DAVE BOARD MEMBERS. AND CAL SAWS
BOARD HAS SELF DEALT. WITH C. W.
D. A. AND THEY GIVE C. W. D. A.
SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO
THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THREE
YEARS. TO PROVIDE INFORMATION
KELSO'S THAT THEY WERE PROVIDING
BEFORE I THINK THIS CONTRACT WAS
DONE OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR. THEN
THEY CALLED A SELF DEALING IN
THE LEGAL WORLD- OSI DSS IN THE
PUBLIC HEALTHCARE SERVICES ARE
NON VOTING MEMBERS. OF THE
BOARD. IN CALIFORNIA AND THERE'S
NO REPRESENTATION FROM THE
LEGISLATURE ON THAT BOARD THAT'S
ALL COUNTY. THE NEXT LIGHT THREE
SHOWS THAT THE COUNTY SURE. OF
THE SKIN IN THE GAME IS 2% 3%
AND FOUR PERCENT. FOR EACH YEAR
. THE THE PSS AND DEPARTMENT
HEALTHCARE SERVICES ARE THE
SINGLE STATE AGENCY THEY ARE THE
PRINCIPLES THE COUNTIES
ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF THE
AGENTS. OF THE PRINCIPLE. BUT
THE HOME BUT IN THIS SYSTEM THAT
WE HAVE APPARENTLY IS THE
REVERSE THE COUNTIES OF RUNNING
THE SYSTEM- CAN HELP WITH THE SS
AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH CARE
SERVICES. DOES NOT HAVE IN
FEATHER IN THE END. BETWEEN CAL
SAWS AND CBSN'S IT'S CONTROLLED
INTERFACE AND WHAT THEY SHOULD
HAVE AND FOR THOSE OF IT IN A
PHASE. OKAY INSIST THAT THE ALL
COUNCILS. IS COUNTY DATA. EVEN
THOUGH MOST OF HIS PAPER FEDERAL
STATE GOVERNMENT EFFECT CAL
SALAS HAS TOLD. KELSO'S HAS TOLD
THE STATE THAT THEY CANNOT
PUBLISH THE DATA THAT THEY GET
FROM- TELL THAWS UNLESS THEY GET
PERMISSION FROM CAL SONGS- CDSS
AND PROBABLY HEALTHCARE SERVICES
MUST PAY TWO HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT
DOLLARS AN HOUR. FOR CAL SAUCE
TO GET FULL FOR THE ASSIST TO
GET INFORMATION FROM CAL SAWS
THAT THEY SHOULD BE IF THEY HAD
ENOUGH FAITH THEY COULD JUST GO
IN THERE AND GET THAT
INFORMATION BUT THEY HAVE TO PAY
FOR THAT. DUE PROCESS REQUIRES.
SO WHAT'S THE HARM OF WHAT WHAT
WHY ARE WE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS
WE CONSIDER PART BECAUSE DURING
THE WAVE FOR A FORTY COUNTIES
FOR FIVE WEEKS PEOPLE WERE NOT
ABLE TO DO THE RENEWALS OF
BENEFITS CAL BECAUSE- AND-
BECAUSE THEY CANNOT USE THEIR
WHITE BE AN ACCOUNT AND LOS
ANGELES COUNTY FAMILIES WHO WITH
TV SURVIVORS WERE NOT ABLE TO
SET UP A BENEFITS CHALCONE AND
THEY'RE OF Y. BIEN ACCOUNT WAS
GONE. DURING THE PANDEMIC
KELSO'S REFUSED TO INVOLVE
ADVOCATES IN THE BENEFIT
DISCOVERY PROCESS FOR STUDENT
AUTOMATION THAT RESULT IN
THOUSANDS WHO ENABLE TO REPORT
TO HELP DEVELOP THE TO COUNTING
. KELSO'S TOLL ADDRESS THAT THEY
WOULD NEED- THAT THEY WILL NEED
EMAIL TO HAVE A BENEFITS CAL.
MMHM ACCOUNT AND WE OBJECTED TO
THAT BUT THEY INSISTED AND
PEOPLE TODAY WITHOUT AN EMAIL
ADDRESS CANNOT HAVE A BENEFITS
COUNSELOR JONES COVER CALIFORNIA
TWENTY ONE OF THE STATES IN
AMERICA. YOU ARE ABLE TO OPEN UP
AN ACCOUNT WITH THAT EMAIL
ADDRESS A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T
HAVE EMAIL ADDRESSES I'M SORRY
BOUT THAT SPECIALLY CAPPY
RECIPIENTS AS THE ELDERLY THE
DISABLED- WHAT IS OUR AUTOMATED-
THE LOSSES THAT THE THAT THE
COUNCIL SYSTEMS TO AUTOMATE THE
SYSTEM TO BE MORE. ACCEPTABLE
RESPONSE TO CLIENTS NEEDS CALVET
SUBMITTED THE RIVER JUST SINCE
THE SINCE THE START AUTOMATED
CAL FOR SIX WITH OUR SERVICE NOT
AUTOMATED REPLACEMENT OF SKIN
BENEFITS SINCE TWENTY TWENTY NOT
AUTOMATED. NOT REQUESTING
VERIFICATION ALREADY SUBMITTED
AS THE WOMAN TESTIFIED DESPERATE
THIS CERTIFICATE THREE TIMES
MISTER AUTOMATED BECAUSE IF YOU
HAVE IN THE SYSTEM THE SYSTEM
SHOW YOU SHOULD'VE REQUEST AT W.
THE PREVIOUS WAS. PREVIOUSLY
SUBMITTED CALFRESH INTERVIEW
AFFINIS WAIVER KALFUS. EVIDENCE
GIVEN WAIVER IN TWENTY TWENTY TO
WAIVE THE INDIVIDUAL DOES NOT
AUTOMATED. YOU KNOW IT'S
AUTOMATED- THEY TRY TO AUTOMATE
SANCTIONING CAL WORKS RECIPIENTS
FOR CALFRESH AND ACTUALLY SPEND
ONE HOPE. ONE THOUSAND TWO OR
TWENTY FIVE HOURS. AND TRY TO
AUTOMATE BROUGH ANOTHER ONE TO
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO IT THE FINAL
THAT IT WAS DONE WAS DONE AND-
THEY ALSO BENEFITS TELL ALSO
AGREED AND THE REQUIREMENTS. TO
ACCEPT CHAO WORKS CALFRESH MEDI
CAL CAP APPLICATIONS. BUT WHEN
IT WAS WHEN A KID WHEN IT WENT
LIVE QUE THEY COULDN'T. HAPPY
APPLICATIONS EXCLUDED SO CAP-
RECIPIENT WOULD HAVE COULD APPLY
FOR MEDICAID- AND CALLITRIS
ONLINE AND THEN HAS TO GO TO
WELFARE OFFICE AND APPLY FOR
CAPPY. AND TO THIS STATE AND
THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A
RELEASE ONE CAP APPLICATION AND
NOW WE AND RELEASE FIVE STILL NO
CAP APPLICATION. AND WE HAVE WE
GOT A BILL TO TRY TO THAT THIS
STILL NOT HAPPENING. HOME
SUPPORT SERVICES LIKE
TRANSPORTATION CHILDCARE ANSWER
SERVICES ARE NOT AUTOMATED- THE
PROBLEM IS THAT. FOR CHILDCARE
WHEN WILL THE WELFARE TO WORK
PROGRAM WAS INITIATED. WE DID A
SURVEY NEEDS ASSESSMENT THE
STATE THROUGH THE SURVEY DSF
EFFORT UP 270% OF THE PEOPLE WHO
ARE PARTICIPATING WITH THE CHILD
CARE. THIS STATE ONLY 30% GET
CHAO KO. SO ONE. OF ONE REASON
IS THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT ABLE TO
MISTER WORK AT THE REQUEST CHAO
KIM. THIS THIRTY THREE K. THIRTY
TWO COUNTIES HAVE CALL CENTERS
AND YOU JUST CAN'T- IT TAKES
HOURS SO MANY PEOPLE GOING TO
CHOKE HIM TRANSPORTATION. THE
SAME THING AND TRANSPORTATION.
6% OF THE- WHO ARE PARTICIPATING
WELL FOR THE WORK OKAY
TRANSPORTATION THAT'S JUST LIKE
SAYING SIX TO PRESERVE YOUR
STAFF WHO TRAVEL BOTH OF THE
TRAVEL PLANS. AND THERE'S A
REASON FOR THAT BECAUSE THE PART
WILL FOR TO WORK PARTICIPATE
CANNOT PICK UP A PIECE OF PAPER
FILLED OUT AND GIVE IT TO
SOMEONE AND GET PAID ANY OFFICER
COULD DO THAT. AND WE'LL TRY TO
AUTOMATE THAT IN WHAT THEY DID
LIKE TO URGENT JIM WAS SAYING.
YOU HAVE TO VOTE SA. AND ALL WE
ASK. TELL SONGS IS HAVE CHECK
BOXES JUST LIKE ALL WILL FOR
APPLICATIONS HAVE YOU CHECKED
THE BOX I WANT CHAO Q. AND I
WANT THE FULL TOP FULL TIME
JOKER PART TIME CHILDCARE. I
WOULD NOW REACH I WOULD PARKING
ASSISTANCE. BUT THEY REFUSED TO
DO THE CHECK BOXES THAT'S
BECAUSE WHEN THEY DID THAT THE
SCULLERY WE WERE EXCLUDED WE
WORK IN THE STATE THAT THEY
PRESENTED US WITH THE FINAL
PRODUCT. ON SLIDE ELEVEN WE
HAVE- THE WHAT THEY DO THE
AUTOMATED JGR APPLICATION. THE
CAT IS A COUNTY OPTION NOT EVERY
COUNTY. ALLOWS YOU TO- ONLINE G.
R. O. G. APPLICATION CALL ME
BACK FUNCTION THAT'S WHERE A
PERSON CALLS UP TO THIS CALL
CENTER IN JUNE EIGHTEEN T. THEY
WILL CALL YOU BACK. UNTIL THERE
IF THAT FUNCTIONALITY IS THERE
IT'S UP TO COUNTY SOME COUNTIES
DON'T SOMETIMES ON THROUGHOUT.
THE NIGHT I MEAN I THINK IF WE
SPEND ALL THAT MONEY TO CREATE
THE FUNCTIONALITY THEY SHOULD
ALL DO. THE SAME THING THIS CHIU
FORTY B. T. N. M. AND- MEDI CAL
CARD REPLACEMENT SYSTEM. SO WE
SUGGEST THAT THE WE'VE GIVEN YOU
LANGUAGE. FOR TRAILER BILL
LANGUAGE TO MAKE THE CALL SOFT
BOARD MORE REPRESENTATIVE
CALIFORNIA. NOT JUST- JUST BY
THE COUNTY BUT ALSO SHOULD
INCLUDE. LEGISLATIVE STEP.
PEOPLE FROM THE- SOMEBODY
APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER
SOMEBODY APPOINTED BY THE
PRESIDENT PRO TEM BY THE
GOVERNOR AND MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC THE BUSH SHOULD BE
MODIFIED. TO BE A TO REPRESENT
CALIFORNIA NOT JUST NOT JUST THE
COUNTY. OUR OWN. BUT DOCTOR DOOM
. FIVE FOUR IN THE FACE AND
FEATHER INTERFAITH. MMHM.
KELSALL SAYS DOT THE TOWN GREEN
HERBS. MMHM. YEAH I THINK I
WOULD HAVE WITHIN YOU KNOW- YEAH
. WHY THAT ALL COUNCILS MEETINGS
BE SUBJECT TO THE BROWN ACT. OF
TRANSPARENCY SHOULD SUFFICE AND
I'M GIVING YOU TRAILER BILL
LANGUAGE THINK OF GOING ON TOO
MUCH THANK YOU. THANK YOU I'M
THIS ORDER BE ABLE TO READ
ALONG- TURNOVER TALLY UP. GOOD
AFTERNOON BRIAN METZGER FROM THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE- WE
REST A PROVIDER ASSESSMENT OF
STAKEHOLDER CONCERNS THAT WERE
RAISED DURING THE MEETING- WE
MET WITH ADVOCATES STAKEHOLDERS
AS WELL AS THE ADMINISTRATION
AND PROJECT STAFF- AND WE
IDENTIFIED THREE MAIN CATEGORIES
A STAKEHOLDER CONCERNS. ARE THE
FIRST OF WHICH WAS A PERCEIVED
LACK OF SUBSTANTIVE ENGAGEMENT
WITH ADVOCATE STAKEHOLDERS-
UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE
PRIORITIZATION AND USES OF THE
PROJECT'S QUOTE BACKLOG. AS WELL
AS IN UNRESOLVED TENSION BETWEEN
CUSTOMER ACCESS AND DATA
SECURITY SAGA OVER THOSE THREE
CATEGORIES AND THEN PROVIDE SOME
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
THEREAFTER- THE FIRST ADVOCATE
STAKEHOLDERS QUESTIONED THE
EFFICACY OF EXISTING FORUMS FOR
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT FOR
EXAMPLE ADVOCATE STAKEHOLDERS
CITED THEIR LACK OF CONSISTENT
INVOLVEMENT IN- THE CONCEPTUAL
DESIGN SESSIONS OF THE PROJECT.
I'M IN FELT THEIR PROPOSED
CHANGES TO PUBLIC FACING
ELEMENTS WERE NOT INCLUDED AND
ARE PRIORITIZED THE
ADMINISTRATION THE PROJECT FELT
THAT THEY HAD INCLUDED ADVOCATE
STAKEHOLDERS DURING THE DESIGN
OF THE PROJECT AND CAPTURED
THEIR PROPOSED CHANGES- BUT ALSO
FELT THAT THERE WAS SOME- THERE
WERE SOME UNIQUE CHALLENGES
ASSOCIATED WITH STAKEHOLDER
ENGAGEMENTS AND THAT IT DIDN'T.
INVOLVE OVER TIME AND THEN IT
COULD BENEFIT FROM ADDITIONAL
ADDITIONAL MATURATION AND
STRUCTURE- THE SECOND WAS THAT
ADVOCATE STAKEHOLDER CITED THE
PROJECT BACKLOG AS A POTENTIAL
SOURCE OF CHANGES AND
ENHANCEMENTS THAT COULD BENEFIT
CUSTOMERS BUT RAISE CONCERNS
ABOUT HOW THOSE WERE PRIORITIZED
UNSCHEDULED OVERTIME- THE
ADMINISTRATION PROJECTS SAID THE
PROJECT BACKLOG CONTAINS CHANGES
AND ENHANCEMENTS THAT HAVE NOT
BEEN THOROUGHLY REVIEWED AND
VETTED QUITE YET. AND THEY WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S VETTED TO
AVOID FOR EXAMPLE POTENTIAL
CONFLICTS WITH CURRENT STATE
POLICY- SOME OF THE NEW
PROCESSES HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED
AND- WILL BE USED TO REVIEW AND
THAT THE BACKLOG- BUT THOSE ARE
PRELIMINARY AND SO NEW DRAFT
DOCUMENTATION WILL BE REVIEWED
BY STAKEHOLDERS IN THE NEAR
FUTURE- THE THIRD IS THAT-
ADVOCATE STAKEHOLDERS RAISE THE
ISSUE OF IMPROVE CUSTOMER ACCESS
TO FOR EXAMPLE BENEFITS CAL AS
WAS RAISED- ONE POINT OF
CONTENTION WAS THE EMAIL ADDRESS
REQUIREMENT FOR BENEFITS CAL
ACCOUNTS- DAY SITE THAT IS
UNNECESSARY AS OTHER HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES IT SYSTEMS SUCH
AS CAL HERE'S- DO NOT REQUIRE AN
EMAIL ADDRESS. THE
ADMINISTRATION PROJECT DID
ACKNOWLEDGE THE NEED FOR
IMPROVED CUSTOMER ACCESS BUT
THEY ALSO CITED CONCERNS ABOUT
DATA SECURITY. SO USING THE
EMAIL ADDRESS- FOR BENEFITS CAL
FOR EXAMPLE ALLOWS USERS TO
MAINTAIN CONTROL OVER THEIR
ACCOUNTS. AND PERFORM ROUTINE
TASKS SUCH AS PASSWORD RESETS-
THEY ALSO SAID THAT CAL HERE'S
CURRENT LOG IN OPTIONS SUCH AS A
PHONE NUMBER HAVE LED TO ISSUES
SUCH AS DUPLICATE ACCOUNTS WITH
AND CAL SALAS. SO IN RESPONSE TO
THESE CONCERNS JUST AS KIND OF
POTENTIAL NEXT STEPS WE
REQUESTED THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION AND PROJECT
PROVIDE A LIST OF THEIR
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT GOALS
OVER THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR- IN
SOME THE ADMINISTRATION AND
PROJECT EXPECTS TO ONE. ON A
QUARTERLY BASIS PRIORITIZE CAL
SAWS ENHANCEMENTS USING CBO AND
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK THAT IS SHARED
WITH ADVOCATE STAKEHOLDERS. TO
FORMALIZE AND IMPROVE THE
PROJECT'S COLLABORATION MODEL
WHICH WAS MENTIONED TOGETHER
PROPOSED CHANGES AND BUILD OUT
AN ANNUAL ROAD MAP. THREE SHARE
THE CURRENT STATUS OF
IMPLEMENTATION OF ENHANCEMENTS
THAT ARE PRIORITIZED BY
STAKEHOLDERS. AND FOR USE A
STAKEHOLDER INPUT DOCUMENT FOR
BETTER AGGREGATION AND USE OF
STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK. THESE
GOALS ALONG WITH OTHER GOALS
THAT COULD BE IDENTIFIED BY
ADVOCATE STAKEHOLDERS COULD BE
FINALIZED INCORPORATED IN
LANGUAGE THAT'S ADOPTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE COULD BE SUPPLEMENT
REPORT LANGUAGE- WITH SOME YOU
KNOW GOALS AROUND IMPROVING
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT- THERE
COULD BE QUARTERLY UPDATES ON
THE PROGRESS THAT'S MADE TOWARD
THESE GOALS. INCLUDE CERTAIN
TYPES OF INFORMATION THAT MIGHT
BE BENEFICIAL TO THIS
CONVERSATION GOING FORWARD FOR
EXAMPLE HOW MANY OF THE-
ADVOCATE STAKEHOLDER REQUESTS
THAT ARE ARE ARE THAT HAVE BEEN
MADE ARE ACTUALLY SCHEDULED FOR
FUTURE SYSTEM RELEASES SO THAT
WE CAN TRACK THOSE OVERTIME.
WHERE THE LEGISLATURE TO
CONSIDER THIS OPTION WE'D BE
HAPPY TO ASSIST WITH THE
DRAFTING OF THE LANGUAGE THANK
YOU. THANK YOU THIS DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE. GOT YOU. OKAY SO-
LET LET'S LET'S START OFF WITH
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THEM WELL.
SOME SOME SOFTBALL QUESTIONS
FIRST- I. AM JOHN THE- YOU
MENTIONED SOME OF THE TIMELINE
POLICY REGARDING HOW TO
IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE A
PRIORITIES YOU MENTIONED
APPROXIMATELY TWENTY POLICY
PRIORITIES ARE STILL. WAITING TO
BE IMPLEMENTED. AT COULD YOU AND
YOU MENTIONED FOR EXAMPLE IF WE
WERE TO INCREASE CAL GRANT
COUNTY WORKS GRANTS THAT COULD
POTENTIALLY BE ANYWHERE TO
PASSAGE THIS LEGISLATIVE YEAR
COULD BE IN EFFECT. BYE BYE OCT
OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR YEAH WE
HAVE A WE HAVE A STAKEHOLDER
PROPOSAL IN NEXT TO MAKE SURE
THIS IS WHAT IT FALLS UNDER SICK
OR PROPOSAL TO ADD. TWENTY
DOLLARS TO CAL WORKS RECIPIENTS
FOR MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS IS THAT
THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU WERE GIVEN
WOULD FALL UNDER THAT- IT
DEPENDS ON THE POLICIES SO IT
WHAT IS THE POPULATION IS THAT
ACROSS THE BOARD THAT WOULD BE A
SIMPLE OR CHANGE. ON THAT TWENTY
DOLLARS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT
SO- PRESUMING THAT WE COULD
APPLY THAT A PROPER ACROSS THE
BOARD AND IT'S THE SAME CAL
WORKS FAMILY. SAME APPLICATION
PROCESS AND WE CAN APART A PLANT
PROP UP CROSS THE BOARD IF WE
GOT POLICY IN JULY. FROM CDSS
YES WE CAN APPLY THAT ACROSS THE
BOARD RATE CHANGE AND BE ABLE TO
HAVE THAT IN PLACE BY OCTOBER
BUT IT'S CLEAR WHAT POPULATION
DOES THAT. APPLY TO IS OUR NEW
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ISN'T THERE
TO ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA. IS OUR
NEW VERIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
ARE AREN'T THERE AND WHAT'S
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS IN THE
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. THAT GO
ALONG WITH THAT BUT IF IT IS
ACROSS THE BOARD CHANGE THAT IS
THAT IS JUST OUT ON GRANT
INCREASE FOR THE ENTIRE
POPULATION GETTING THAT FROM THE
CDSS BY JULY. WE GET TO HAVE
THAT IN PLACE BY OCTOBER AND
THAT ALLOWS US REALLY WE HAVE TO
GET AUTOMATION DONE EARLIER THAN
THAT SO. WHEN THE ELIGIBILITY
WORKERS RUNNING FOR THE COMING
MONTH THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT
IN PLACE IT EARLIER. IN IN THE
SYSTEM BUT YES RIGHT SO IT
SOUNDS LIKE WE ALSO EARLIER
TODAY HÌ TO TAKE HER TO STICK
WITH THE PROPOSAL OF ACROSS THE
BOARD OF CALFRESH. RECIPIENTS TO
INCREASE IT IF THAT'S ADDRESS IN
EVERY SINGLE RECIPIENT OF
CALFRESH THAT MIGHT BE EASIER
SINCE YES SOME OF THOSE THINGS
ARE EASIER WHEN IT'S MORE ACROSS
THE BOARD AND IT IS A NUANCED
POPULATIONS. AND AGAIN THAT'S
WHERE WE LOOK TO OUR STATE
PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO DEFINE
THAT. THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
THE NOTICING REQUIREMENTS THE
REQUIREMENTS ON THE COUNTIES TO
BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT SO IF YOU
CAN BE AUTOMATED AND THAT'S
ACROSS THE BOARD RATE CHANGE.
THOSE. THINGS ARE EASIER TO PUT
INTO EFFECT. THOUGH IF I MY ADD
I THAT- AT. THINGS ARE MADE MORE
COMPLICATED BY WHETHER THEY'RE
BEING FUNDED BY. THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IN THE STATE IN
COMBINATION OR THE STATE ON ITS
OWN AND SO. AS A AS A- QUESTION
WOULD HAVE TO WORK OUT WITH THE
STATE. SAY WE UP THE MINIMUM
SOMETHING WE SUPPORT I WOULD
JUST SAY ON THE SIDE- IT'S
LIKELY THAT THAT EXTRA
INCREMENTS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING
AS A MINIMUM BENEFIT. FOR THOSE
WHO WOULD OTHERWISE SAY
BEGINNING TWENTY BUCKS ANOTHER
GETTING FIFTY. WE'RE GONNA HAVE
TO PAY THAT OUT OF STATE FUNDS
SO JUST WE ALSO HAVE TO. BATES
BACON THE COMPLEXITY OF HOW DO
WE CLAIM. JUST THE TWENTY AND
NOT THE THIRTY AND DRIVE DOWN
EXTRA FEDERAL DUSTY SO IT GETS A
LOT MORE COMPLEX. SORRY IT JUST
FLIES. SO YOU KNOW HOW THEY CAN
GET A LITTLE TRICKY AND HOW IT
TAKES SOMETIMES A LITTLE LONGER
TO WORK THROUGH THOSE POLICY
QUESTIONS. AND THAT ACTUALLY GET
AN AUTOMATED ABSOLUTELY BECAUSE
OF IT IS COMING JUST OUT OF
STATE FUNDS. THEN IT HAS TO BE
SPLIT UP TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT
WHAT HAPPENED POPULATION
PERCENTAGE SO. THAT'S WHERE THE
COMPLEXITY COMES IN WE HAVE TO
HAVE CLEAR TIMELINES AND
UNDERSTAND THE FUNDING AND THE
REPORTING THAT GOES ALONG WITH
THAT. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
OCTOBER TWENTIETH TWENTY THREE
COUNCILS IS READY TO GO WE'RE
JUST TALKING ABOUT JUST THE
BASIC FUNCTIONS IF YOU WHEN I
USE BASIC VERY LOOSELY HERE-
BECAUSE AS NEW POLICIES.
IMPLEMENTED YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO
ADD A NEW FEATURE. OF AUTOMATION
. THANK I WOULD SAY IT'S MUCH
THAN THEY FUNCTIONS YEAH I KNOW
HOW TO USE A VERY VERY LOOSELY-
BECAUSE- AS WE SAID WHAT WHAT IS
PART OF CAL SAUCES CAL SAYS CASE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. FOR ALL OF
THE PROGRAM'S LIST LISTED- THAT
BRANDON WHATEVER CALFRESH CAL
WORKS- CAPPY MEDIC COW ALL
FLAVORS OF META CAL GENERAL
ASSISTANCE GENERALLY LEAVE ALL
THE NOTICING. REPORTING
FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS
ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TO BE ABLE
TO DO THAT. AS WE LOOK AT THE
POLICY CHANGES WE ALREADY HAVE
TWENTY THREE TWENTY FOUR POLICY
CHANGES IN PROGRESS AND WE HAVE
COMMITMENTS TO THE LEGISLATURE
THAT WE MADE LAST YEAR. I'M PUT
ON ON STATE- POLICY- COMMITMENTS
THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH NOW
SO. WHEN WE START LOOKING AT
THAT TELEPHONE BASED SERVICES
MODEL AND ALL COUNTY SUPPORTING
TELEPHONIC SIGNATURES. AS THE
COUNTY'S MIGRATE THEY GET THAT
THAT FUNCTIONALITY SPECIAL FLYER
FOR MAD COW RENEWALS ARE COMING
IN THIS MONTH- HOWARD COMING TO
ESSENTIAL PRINT MODEL. LOOKING
AT OUR DISCONTINUANCE AS EARLY
IN BUT- INFANT SUPPLEMENTS
COMING IN JULY OF TWENTY TWENTY
THREE SO ALL OF THE THINGS LAST
YEAR AS WE'RE GETTING THAT
POLICY WERE QUEUING THOSE THINGS
UP JUST LIKE. THE THINGS THAT
COME OUT A LEGISLATION
LEGISLATIVE SESSION THIS YEAR
WE'RE GOING TO BE QUEUING THOSE
UP FOR- THE FUTURE YEARS SO IT
BUILDS ON THAT BASE. YOU
MENTIONED SOME OF YOU KNOW
RELATED TO SEE PAPPY BROUGHT UP
THE BALLOT OR THE DISCUSSION
EARLIER I WAS AROUND- PRIVACY
AND- YOU KNOW THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT. WOULD YOU SAY THAT'S
THE SAME THING WITH THE MEDICAID
EXPANSION- IN THE IN THE PLOT TO
MEDICARE. FOR EVERY FOR ALL AGES
STARTING NEXT YEAR- YOU KNOW
FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE KATHY
COULD YOU HELP ME OUT WITH THAT-
I THINK YEAH I THINK THE
QUESTION IS RELATED TO AS WE-
EXPAND MEDIC HELD OUT TO ALL
UNDOCUMENTED RESIDENTS IN
CALIFORNIA. HOW DO WE ENSURE
THAT WE HAVE PRIVACY OF DATA IS
THAT WOULD BE THERE WAS A
CONCERN HERE ON C. PAP.
SPECIFICALLY A MEDIC CAL IS
BEING- EXPANDED TO EVERYONE IT
IS AND PART OF WHAT OP
COMPLICATES THE CONVERSATION
WITH MEDIC CAL IS THAT. MANY OF
THOSE- INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
UNDOCUMENTED AND RECEIVE
MEDICARE ALL COULD RECEIVE
POTENTIALLY EMERGENCY SERVICES
FOR WHICH WE COULD CLAIM FEDERAL
DOLLARS. AND SO- UNLIKE- AND
EXPANSION FOR SAFETY FAP WHERE
THAT'S TOTALLY STATE FUNDED AND
WE DON'T HAVE TO REPORT TO THE
FEDS AT ALL ON THE MEDICAL SIDE
WE DO HAVE TO SEND DATA TO THEM.
AT TIMES ON PEOPLE WHO ARE
UNDOCUMENTED SO THAT WE CAN PULL
DOWN THOSE EMERGENCY SERVICES
FUNDS AND SO- IT'S A LITTLE
DIFFERENT I THINK BECAUSE OF
THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW ON THE- ON
THE MEDICAL SIDE- THERE'S GOING
TO BE DATA SHARED ON PEOPLE. FOR
WHOM I'D THEY DON'T HAVE YOU
KNOW THAT LEGAL STATUS HERE- AND
IT IS I THE POLICY OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT THEY
DON'T UTILIZE THAT FOR ANYTHING
OTHER THAN. THAT THE
REIMBURSEMENT AT THIS TIME AND
SO WE SORT OF HAVE TO BANK ON
THAT BUT WE DO SEND THEIR
INFORMATION OR JUST. THAT THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT THAT THE STATE
HAS TO DO IN ORDER TO DRAW DOWN
THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS ON SEE
THAT THOUGH I THINK IT'S A
DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. BUT WE
DO SEND INFORMATION ON CALFRESH
SO I THINK YOU'RE THEY'RE
TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO SET A
SEGMENT THAT OFF AND MAKE SURE
THAT THEY DON'T. MAKE IT LIKE IF
IT'S A MIX HOUSEHOLD FOR EXAMPLE
YOU DON'T WANT TO SEND THAT
PERSON OVER TO THAT TO THE FAT.
SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE
ISSUE AND WHY IT MIGHT BE A
LITTLE DIFFERENT ON THAT ACCOUNT
OKAY. M. SWITCHING OVER YOU KNOW
THE PRESENTATION THAT. KEVIN
GAVE HERE I'D LIKE TO. C. THIS
POINT WAS CORRECT. I'M OF CDS
NDH CS IS PER PAIN. WHEN THEY'RE
LOOKING TO PULL DATA- I SEE IT
TWO HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT AN HOUR.
IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT.
I'LL BE HONEST I WAS JUST THIS
IS BRAND FROM OFFICES MISC
INTEGRATION I HAVE NOT SEEN WHAT
KEVIN HAS PRESENTED. I THINK I
NEED TO ACTUALLY SEE THAT TAKE
THAT BACK TO SEE AND WHAT
CONTEXT THIS IS BEING PRESENTED.
WITH THAT. WHAT IS. THIS THE
STATE THE ASSIST PAYS CAL
SOLVES. TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY
EIGHT DOLLARS AN HOUR. TO
RESPOND TO THE SKIN FURS IN
SURFERS. IS THAT INCORRECT- SO
I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT RIGHT NOW
I WOULD LOOK HAVE TO TAKE THIS
BACK IN. AND OF THIS DAY- AND MY
DIRECT. NUMBER FOR CELL PHONES.
CALIFORNIA'S GAVE ME THAT NUMBER
. LARA CHEROKEE GIVE A LITTLE
BIT OF CONTEXT IF YOU'D LIKE. IT
COULD IT COULD AYE IT I'LL TURN
TO DIRECTOR JOHNSON I DON'T
KNOW. BECAUSE THEY HAS IT STATES
HERE CDSS ALSO. WHAT I CAN SAY
NORTH WE'RE GLAD TO FOLLOW UP ON
THE SPECIFICS AND REPORT BACK TO
THE COMMITTEE WHAT I CAN SAY IS
THAT WHAT WAY THAT MISTRUST
LADIES REFERENCING IS THAT.
LET'S SAY ESTIMATE OF PROPOSAL
THAT YOU VOTE PUT FORWARD TODAY
WHAT WE DO IS WE SUBMIT A
REQUEST. TO CAL SAWS TO GET A
SENSE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE IMPACTS
AND ACTUALLY CREATE A PROJECTED
COST ESTIMATE FOR IMPLEMENTATION
ON AUTOMATION COMPONENT AND SO.
ARE THERE ARE COMPONENTS OF OUR
PROCESSING STEPS THAT ARE PART
OF THAT. IMINO PART OF THE
CONTRACT BUT THERE'S SOME THERE
IS SOME ADAM- BUILT IN
UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE GOING
TO PING AND ASK- AND I THINK
IT'S- AT A CERTAIN POINT TIME IF
WE IF WE ARE GOING KIND OF. OVER
WHAT THE AND TO ADD ORIGINAL
CONTRACT AND SCOPE ENTAILS WE
HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL
CONVERSATION ON THAT BUT GLAD TO
GET SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF THAT
YES I DON'T KNOW I'D LIKE TO
TURN TO MOUNT LEGISLATORS HAVE
BEEN HERE IT IS THIS. IS A
COMMON PRACTICE YOU KNOW FOR
DEPARTMENTS TO PAY. TO REQUEST
DATA- OF WHAT SEEMS A- PROGRAM
UNDER. CALIFORNIA SO THAT'S WHY
I'M HAVING SOME CONFUSION. MAYBE
YOU'RE INSIDE WOULD HELP WITH
THAT. YEAH I THINK ONE OF THE
ITEMS IS THAT THIS HUGE DATABASE
WAS CREATED TO BE PERFORMANT FOR
COUNTY WORKERS AND FOR THE
PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH
THAT. AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS
DATABASE THAT HAS. THOUSANDS AND
MILLIONS OF DATED PIECES OF DATA
AND RECORDS AND THINGS LIKE
THAT. THE DATA MODEL IS VERY
VERY COMPLEX. SO AS CDSS COMES
IN AND THEY'RE STARTING TO SELF
SERVE TO BE ABLE TO PULL THEIR
OWN DATA. IF THEY NEED TO TALK
TO A DATA BASE ANALYST TO BE
ABLE TO LOOK AT THE DATA MODEL
AND PULL THAT OUT. SO THAT THE
DATA THAT'S BEING EXTRACTED IS
BEING INTERPRETED ACCURATELY AS
ARE COMING TO CONCLUSIONS. THAT
TAKES HIGHLY SKILLED. VENDORS TO
BE ABLE TO ASSIST THEM TO DO
THAT. AND WHEN WE ENGAGE OUR OUR
HIGHLY SKILLED VENDORS TO DO
THAT. IT COSTS MONEY TO BE ABLE
TO DO THAT NOW CDSS IS COMING UP
TO SPEED AND TRYING TO BECOME
SELF SUFFICIENT ANA. AND TO THE
OTHER POINT THAT MR AS LANEY
AND- MADE. THAT'S WHY WE COME
TOGETHER THE ADMINISTRATION AND
THE COUNTIES TO BE ABLE TO SAY
IS THE DATA AND THE CONCLUSIONS
FROM THE DATA BECAUSE THE DATA
SO COMPLEX. COMING TO AN
ACCURATE CONCLUSION ON THAT. AND
SORT OF WORKING THROUGH THAT SO
THAT'S WHY- CDSS DOES PAY
DIRECTLY FOR SOME VENDOR
RESOURCES TO ASSIST THEM AS THEY
PULL DATA FROM THE DATABASE. SO
THAT IT'S PULLED ACCURATELY
TIMELY AND APPROPRIATE
CONCLUSIONS ARE DRAWN ON THAT.
FEDERAL RESERVE I MEAN THIS IS
WHAT WE CALL ONBOARDING. IN THE-
I. T. WORLD I'M A COULD BE
CONSIDERED- THE SOMEWHAT ON
BOARDING OF STATE RESOURCES TO
BE ABLE TO SELF SERVE. I THINK
IT'S REALLY RIGHT NOW IS STAFF
AUGMENTATION OF VENDOR RESOURCES
TO BE ABLE TO ASSIST. THE STATE
AND DOING NOT AND AS THE STATE
BEGINS TO COME UP TO SPEED ON
THOSE THINGS BUT IS A VERY
HIGHLY COMPLEX DATABASE AND DATA
MODEL. WHERE YOU KNOW BEGINNING
DATE OF A IT MIGHT SOUND LIKE AN
EASY- DATA POINT ON THAT BUT IT
DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU PULL IT
FROM AND WHAT IS WHAT IT'S
TAKING A LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT
PROGRAMS- THAT. HAVE SOME OF
THOSE SKILLED RESOURCES THAT ARE
DOING THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH
CDSS. GO AHEAD I HAVE OTHER.
YEAH I JUST I JUST PULLED UP TO
KELSO'S INTO- JUST NOODLING
AROUND SO. AND WHAT DOES IT LOOK
LIKE AND I'M THINKING IT LOOKS
DIFFERENT FROM ACCOUNTING
PERSPECTIVE AND FROM. A CLIENT
PERSPECTIVE RIGHT DON'T JUST
COUNTIES HAVE ACCESS OR CLIENTS
HAVE AS WELL IF THEY WANT TO GO
ON AND FIND SOMETHING A
RECIPIENT SIR. AS WE TALKED
ABOUT THERE'S TWO COMPONENTS TO
IT THE FRONT END IS CALLED
BENEFITS CAO. AND THAT'S WHAT
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE BRAND NEW
PORTAL WHERE PEOPLE CAN MANAGE
THEIR BENEFITS ONLINE WORK
THROUGH THAT GO THROUGH THE
APPLICATION PROCESS. THE BACKEND
SO THROUGH AN INTERFACE. IS THE
COUNTY FACING CAL SAWS WHICH IS
THE CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WHICH
IS VERY DIFFERENT IT IS NOT ALL
PUBLICLY EXPOSED AND THAT'S WHAT
THE WORKERS DO TO BE ABLE TO
MANAGE THE CLIENTS AND THE
CUSTOMER SO- LAN. AS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR CENTER WE MAKE DONALD
TALK ABOUT WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR
FRONT END OR BACKEND. IN IN
CHECK SO AS WE ADDS
FUNCTIONALITY OR OR PROCESSES UP
FRONT WE HAVE TO INTERFACE IT.
TO THE BACK AND TO MAKE SURE
THAT ALL SYNCS UP BECAUSE IT
ALSO. EVENTUALLY COMES TO A
COUNTY WORKER THAT NEEDS TO TAKE
ACTION ON THOSE THINGS. SO WOOD
MISTER ASYLUM WAS TALKING ABOUT
AND ON NOT WHAT'S NOT AUTOMATED
WHAT'S NOT AUTOMATED IS OUT ON
THE FRONT SIDE OR THE BACKSIDE-
I THINK HE WAS TALKING ABOUT-
ITEMS THAT HE PERCEIVES ON THE
BACK AND SIDE OF THOSE THINGS.
OF NOT BEING AUTOMATED AND- I
WOULD I WOULD SAY THAT WITHOUT
LOOKING AT THE SPECIFIC ITEMS
ARE KNOWING ABOUT THOSE THOSE
SPECIFIC ITEMS BUT AGAIN WE HAVE
TO LOOK AT POLICY. TIMING WHAT
CAN BE AUTOMATED NOTICING
REQUIREMENTS AS WELL ON THOSE
EFFECT FOR THE RECORD I RAISE
THIS. AT THE AT THE BOARD
MEETING. I HAVE A TO SAY THAT
THEY SHOULD AUTOMATE IMMEDIATE
VISION EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR
BENEFICIARIES. AND. NEVER HEARD
BACK. NOTHING THANK YOU. JUST
YOU'RE DRAWN YOU CAN HAVE A COPY
SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THE THINGS
I'D LIKE TO THE- THIS IS A
PERCEIVED SO I. I WOULD LOVE TO
BE A LIGHTED IF THAT IN FACT
IT'S JUST A PERCEPTION OR IN
FACT OKAY YEAH IT'S ON PAGE
NINE- BUT AS YOU LOOK THROUGH
THAT. WE TALK ABOUT THE EMAIL
SITUATION YOU KNOW DURING THE
CALIFORNIA EMERGENCY THE COBIT
EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM. I WORKED AT A NONPROFIT
IN THE EMAIL SITUATION WAS THE
BIGGEST BARRIER SO WE WOULD
ACTUALLY CREATE ONE FOR
INDIVIDUALS TO BE ABLE TO APPLY
FOR THE EMERGENCY RENTAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. BUT BECAUSE
THEY WEREN'T FAMILIAR WITH IT
THEY ACTUALLY WERE- DISQUALIFIED
FROM PROGRAMS BECAUSE THEY
WOULDN'T FIT IN HOW TO FOLLOW UP
THEY RECEIVE AN EMAIL. THEY
DIDN'T CATCH IT AND YOU KNOW
THEY'RE PART OF THE BIG GROUP
THE RIGHT NOW IS DOING THE
WHOLE. THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER BIG-
I'M SITUATION BUT I CAN RESONATE
WITH SOME OF THE EMAIL SAID
ABOUT CONCERNS. AND PLEASE APPLY
TO ME ON THE FACT THAT I OR IN
THIS POINT WHERE IT STATES THAT.
COUNCILS TOLL ADVOCATES THAT
THEY WERE NOT REQUIRED EMAIL BUT
THEN WENT AHEAD AND DID THAT. IS
THERE ANOTHER AVENUE THAT WE CAN
UTILIZE YOU SHOULD YOU VOICE
SOME CONCERNS ON THE PHONE
NUMBER. I CAN I CAN HEAR ON A
YOU CAN HEAR THAT PART BUT IS
THERE ANOTHER. OPTION HERE. I'M
YES I THINK WE WENT THROUGH YOU
KNOW THE TENSION. BETWEEN
SECURITY REQUIREMENTS. N. AND I
THINK EVEN TODAY YOU TALKED A
LOT ABOUT- EDT SKIMMING AND
SCAMMING. AND AS WE OPEN UP
THOSE ITEMS MAKING SURE THAT
PEOPLE DON'T TRY TO GET INTO
BENEFITS CAL AND REPLICATE-
SOMEBODY'S CREDENTIALS TO BE
ABLE TO GET A D. B. T. CARD
ISSUES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WE PURPOSELY CHOSE- EMAIL
ADDRESS AND JUST LET YOU KNOW
THE THOUGHT PROCESS WE WENT
THROUGH IS NUMBER ONE IT'S FREE
. IT DOESN'T COST A PENNY TO GET
IT AT EMAIL ADDRESS. EVERYBODY
THAT HAS A CELLPHONE.
AUTOMATICALLY SMARTPHONE GETS A
FREE EMAIL ADDRESS NOW. DO THEY
KNOW HOW TO GET IT DO THEY KNOW
HOW TO USE IT. OR DO THEY HAVE A
PHONE SIR. I HAVE A CELL PHONE
BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR OLDER
POPULATIONS JUST USE LAND
CORRECT. CORRECT I GET THAT ALSO
THE OTHER THING IS THAT. OTHER
ITEMS I MEAN. CELL PHONE NUMBERS
ARE RECYCLED BY CARRIERS THAT
CAN CREATE DUPLICATE ACCOUNTS.
SO AS WE LOOK AT THAT THAT
SOMEBODY DOESN'T NEED AN EMAIL
ADDRESS OR PHONE NUMBER TO
SUBMIT AN APPLICATION. TO CREATE
AN ACCOUNTANT TO MANAGE THOSE
THOSE THINGS ONLINE. THAT'S
WHERE WE REQUIRE THAT. AND
THERE'S OTHER AVENUES THAT THE
LEGISLATURE FUNDS OTHER ACCESS
CHANNELS FROM. COLLEEN TO
MAILING TO GOING INTO THE COUNTY
OFFICES ARE STAFFED BY THOSE
PROFESSIONALS TO BE ABLE TO
ASSIST THEM. TO CBO'S THAT CAN
BE ABLE TO ASSIST THEM SO THOSE
CHANNELS ARE ALSO FUNDED. BUT WE
HAVE HEARD THE CONCERNS RAISED
BY ADVOCATES ANA AND WE ARE
EXPLORING OTHER CHANNELS ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING
AT. IS THE USE OF VOICE
BIOMETRICS BECAUSE IT'S UNIQUE
TO SOMEBODY TO BE ABLE TO SAY
CAN THEIR VOICE BE THEIR
PASSWORD. AND THAT UNIQUE
VOICEPRINT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT
THERE SOME CHALLENGES THAT THERE
SOME EQUITY CONCERNS ABOUT THAT
IF SOMEBODY'S HAVING HEALTH
ISSUE. OR ACCESS TO THE A. I.
SORT OF DATABASE THAT BACKS THAT
UP BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT
WE'RE MOVE MOVING THAT TO OUR
USER CENTERED DESIGN GROUP THAT
MEETS MONTHLY. TO START TO VOTE
OUT THOSE THOSE PARTICULAR
PROPOSALS BUT WE ARE HIGHLY
CONCERNED ABOUT THE- AMOUNT OF
BAD ACTORS THAT THERE ARE IN
THIS SPACE. AND MAKING SURE THAT
WE CAN HAVE SECURE UNDUPLICATED
ACCOUNTS WHERE PEOPLE'S
CREDENTIALS ARE WHAT THEY'RE
USING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND
IF THEY CAN'T DO THAT PROVIDING
THEM WITH OTHER CHANNELS LIKE
GOING INTO THE COUNTY OFFICE TO
BE ABLE TO DO THAT. IF I MIGHT
SENATOR ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
WE'VE SEEN AND IT'S- IT'S PRETTY
AWFUL BUT WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
WITH THE- UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
RIGHT SORT OF BAD ACTORS PEOPLE
APPLYING FOR THINGS. ANOTHER
THING THAT WE SAW DURING THE
PANDEMIC IS AS- WE STARTED TO
SEE AN UPTICK IN- BENEFITS FOR
PEOPLE WE ALSO SAW AN UPTICK IN
FRAUDULENT TAX. EMAILS PEOPLE
RECEIVING THINGS THAT LOOKED
LIKE THEY WERE OFFICIAL TRYING
TO GET THEM TO CLICK ON A LINK
AND PROVIDE THEIR INFORMATION.
AND SO- THAT PLUS THE DISCUSSION
WE HAD EARLIER IN THE DAY ABOUT
THE EBT SKIMMING AND SCAMMING- I
KNOW THAT NOT EVERYONE HAS AN
EMAIL ADDRESS. HOWEVER WE NEED
TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT IN A
SECURE WAY FOR GOING TO GO
BEYOND THAT IS OUR HOPE BECAUSE-
EVERYONE IS THEY ARE TRYING TO
GET THESE BENEFITS WERE LOSING.
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND YOU'RE
HEARING HOW IT'S AFFECTING DOWN
TO THE QUIET LEVEL IT'S TERRIBLE
AND SO- WE WILL ARE THERE TO BE
READY TO HELP WITH THE SECURITY
QUESTION. A BUT WE THINK IT
SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY- AND
THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY I
THINK YOU WERE JUST GETTING INTO
THE SHOT- YOU KNOW THE PHONE
SYSTEM ISN'T PERFECT AND- PEOPLE
DON'T WANT TO GO IN PERSON I
KNOW DURING THE PANDEMIC THAT
WAS MORE DIFFICULT- THOUGH OF
COURSE WE'VE NOW RE OPENED-
THERE ARE THESE ALTERNATIVE
PATHS AS WELL. AND AS WE SORT OF
EXPLORER WITH- WITH JOHN AND HIS
TEAM THESE OTHER ALTERNATIVES
THAT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT ACCESS
IN SECURITY FOR PEOPLE THAT.
THEY CAN STILL YOU KNOW DO WHAT
THEY NEED TO DO ONLINE IF THEY
FEEL COMFORTABLE SELF SERVING IN
THAT WAY- EVEN IF THEY DON'T
HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS IT'S- IT'S
JUST IT'S NOT AN EASY SOLUTION.
I THINK IS THE ISSUE. IF I MAY.
UM HIS RESPONSE REFLECTS.
EXACTLY THE WAY THEY THINK.
EVERYBODY HAS TO KNOW WHAT THE
BIG DEAL YEAH I MEAN AND THAT'S
NOT TRUE IN REAL LIFE AND THAT'S
WHAT I MEAN IT ALSO. COVER
CALIFORNIA DOESN'T REQUIRE AN
EMAIL WITH DEFICIT ANY PROBLEMS
WITH IT THE WORKING FINE TWENTY
ONE OTHER STATES DO NOT REQUIRE
AN EMAIL. AND IT'S A AND DOES NO
PROBLEM. I WILL SAY THOUGH THAT
THE SIR TO THAT I KNOW THERE'S
NO IT MORE LIKE YOU MENTIONED TO
SIGN ON COVER CALIFORNIANS TO
YOU DON'T NEED ANYMORE TO SIGN
ON. I'M WONDERING IF SOMEONE IF
YOU KNOW FOR COVER CALIFORNIA IS
THERE AN AUTOMATION TO IT CAN
PEOPLE DO THEY NEEDED EMAIL TO.
NAVIGATE THEIR BENEFITS OR THEIR
THEIR INSURANCE THERE BECAUSE I
THINK THAT'S WHAT'S IN QUESTION
HERE IT'S THE EMAIL. TO HAVE
GREATER ACCESS TO NAVIGATE YEAR-
YOUR APPLICATION OF YOUR
BENEFITS. I TOOK A COVER
CALIFORNIA USED YOU YOU SET UP
AN ACCOUNT. USUALLY NAY HAD
ALREADY SET UP ANOTHER ONE AND
THEN YOU SET UP ANOTHER ONE AND
OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT
THEY HAD JUST HAVE. TONS OF
DUPLICATIVE ACCOUNTS THAT. MAKE
A MESS AND THEN WHEN IF THEY'RE
ALSO A MEDICAL PERSON. IT JUST
CREATES SO MANY ISSUES FOR OUR
STAFF TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHICH
ACCOUNT I DEALING WITH IS MY
UNDERSTANDING WITH DUPLICATE
ACCOUNTS ARE LIKE THE BANE OF
THE ELIGIBILITY WORKERS
EXISTENCE. TO SOME DEGREE
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT
WHO IS THE RIGHT PERSON THAT I'M
DEALING WITH AND WHY DO THEY
HAVE SIX ACCOUNTS. AND SO THAT
IT IT MAKES EVERYTHING TAKE
LONGER AND IT RUNS THE RISK OF
ERRORS AND INAPPROPRIATE RECEIVE
BENEFITS. OR THE WRONG BENEFITS
BEING RECEIVED AND JUST TO TOSS
ONE THING OUT THERE. HI I KNOW
NOT. THE ENTIRE POPULATION
DOESN'T USE EMAIL OR EMAIL
ADDRESSES. SUCH AND THE SECURITY
REASONS THAT WE PUT OUT THERE TO
BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT AND THE
POPULATION'S BEING ABLE TO RESET
THEIR PASSWORDS AND DO THOSE
THINGS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO
MULTI FACTOR AUTHENTICATION. FOR
SECURITY PURPOSES. BUT THE OTHER
THING IS. OF A FREE EMAIL
ADDRESS IF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO
GET THAT OR CAN'T GET THAT THEY
CAN APPLY ONLINE WITHOUT IT. BUT
TO GET GREATER ACCESS. THE COMP
. AT PROCESS THESE PROGRAMS. I
WOULD SAY THAT ONE OF THE LAHORE
BART I MEAN THERE'S A MUCH MORE
COMPLICATED THINGS THAN GETTING
AN EMAIL ADDRESS AND UTILIZING
THAT AND THAT'S WHY. THE ACCESS
CHANNELS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT
THERE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME
WHETHER IT BE VIA PHONE OR GOING
INTO THE OFFICES. ARE THERE TO
BE ABLE TO ASSIST THOSE THAT
POPULATION AS WELL AS CBO'S IN
THE SISTERS TO BE ABLE TO HELP
THEM. AND WE TAKE THAT THAT
SECURITY VERY I NEVER WANT TO BE
SITTING IN FRONT OF THIS
COMMITTEE TALKING ABOUT A
SECURITY BREACH. AND WORKING
THROUGH THAT AND THIS IS A LONG
TERM RELATIONSHIP THAT WE GO
THROUGH ITERATIVE LEE AS
TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES TO LOOK AT
THINGS LIKE POTENTIALLY VOICE
BIOMETRICS AND OTHER THINGS AS
WE DO THAT. IT IS IN A ONE AND
DONE IT'S AND IT'S EVOLVING THIS
PROCESS IN IT YOU KNOW AND I
WOULDN'T SAY THAT WE HAVE TO GET
RID OF THE EMAIL- OPTION BUT I
DO APPRECIATE THE OTHER OPTIONS
THAT CAN COME ONLINE. THAT CAN
ALSO ADDRESS THE OTHER PART OF
THE POPULATION IN THIS AREA AREA
SHOULD BE TRACY I MEAN JENNIFER
IN YOUR COMMENTS CAN YOU ALSO ON
TOP OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO
RESPOND AND- HE ALSO TOUCH ON.
YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT
ENGLISH CHARACTERS ONLY. TO WHAT
WERE YOU REFERRING TO. WAS THAT
YOU. YES MY UNDERSTANDING
BECAUSE OF THE BACK END
TECHNOLOGY WITH VETS AND CAL
SAWS WHICH ONLY ACCEPTS ENGLISH
CHARACTERS IT MEANS THAT PEOPLE
CAN ONLY AND PUT ENGLISH
CHARACTERS AND THE BENEFITS CAL.
AND THE MAJORITY OF THE
APPLICATION IS CHECK BOXES OR
GAS OR KNOWS WHAT MOSTLY WORKS
FOR PEOPLE THEY JUST HAVE TO
WRITE THEIR NAME IN ENGLISH
CHARACTERS. WITH THE CALL WORK
SUPPORT REQUEST THEY'RE REQUIRED
TO ENTER SOME SORT OF SENTENCES
ABOUT THEIR REQUEST. WE ASK FOR
TO BE A CHECK BOX. WE WERE TOLD
THAT WAS TOO LATE. SO NOW PEOPLE
ARE REQUIRED TO WRITE SOMETHING
IN ORDER TO SUBMIT THEIR
REQUEST. BUT IT DOESN'T ACCEPT
ENGLISH CHARACTERS. SO YOU KNOW
WE ASKED COULD THERE BE A WAY
TO. COLLECT THE INFORMATION AND
SOMEONE'S LANGUAGE AND THEN SEND
IT AS A PDF FOR THE WORKER TO
REVIEW JUST LIKE THEY WOULD HAVE
PAID. APPLE AND THAT'S A PENDING
ITEM TO BE EXPLORED LATER. SO
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE
ENGLISH CHARACTERS ISSUE. AND
WHY WE ASK FOR THERE NOT TO BE A
PARAGRAPH BOX IN THE SUPPORT
REQUEST WHICH ARE WORK OUR
REQUEST WAS DENIED. REGARDING
THE EMAIL ADDRESS. EXCUSE ME
WHICH BOX WASN'T. WITH POWER
WORK SUPPORT REQUESTS FOR THINGS
LIKE CHILD CARE TRANSPORTATION
AND IT'S AT AROUND- YOU KNOW WE
ASK FOR THERE NOT TO BE AN EMAIL
ADDRESS REQUIREMENT WE WERE TOLD
THERE WOULDN'T BE. WE NEVER
RECEIVED ANY COMMUNICATION THAT
THERE WERE REASONS WHY THAT WAS
GOING TO CHANGE. AND THERE
WEREN'T ANY ALTERNATIVES.
PROVIDED HE SAID THAT THEY'RE
EXPLORING ANOTHER ISSUE BUT
AGAIN IF WE HAD THIS
CONVERSATION EARLIER. YOU
WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE SPENDING
TIME ON IT NOW. WELL THERE'S
LOTS OF OTHER PRIORITIES
HAPPENING TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT A
PROBLEM. THAT WE HAD TO RAISE
MULTIPLE TIMES AND TAKE TO
PUBLIC COMMENT TO FINALLY GET
ATTENTION ON THIS ISSUE. AND
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO
HAVE A CHANGE AND- WE'RE HAVING
ALL THESE MEETINGS WE REALLY
APPRECIATE THIS FORMS BEING
AVAILABLE. I WOULD LIKE TO BE
ABLE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WHERE
OUR FEEDBACK IS CONSIDERED IN A
MEANINGFUL WAY. SO YOU DON'T
HAVE TO KEEP REVISITING THESE
CONVERSATIONS AND CAN UNDERSTAND
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT. I KNOW
THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE
LEGITIMATE REASONS WHY SOME OF
OUR REQUESTS ARE JUST NOT GOING
TO WORK I TOTALLY GET THAT. BUT
WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
TO COMMUNICATE THAT SO THAT WE
CAN TALK ABOUT ALTERNATIVES AND
- LIKE THE REASON COLLABORATION
IS STILL COOL. IT'S BECAUSE WE
ALL SEE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES
AND WE ALL SEE THE DIFFERENT
THINGS THAT MATTER. AND IF WE
CAN SAY WELL HERE'S MY CONCERN
AND HERE'S AN IDEA COULD THIS
WORK. HERE'S WHY IT WON'T OKAY
HOW ABOUT THAT. THAT'S WE CREATE
REALLY INNOVATIVE THINGS THAT
CAN HAPPEN. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE
REALLY. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE
TODAY WE WANT TO CREATE
INNOVATION AND THAT HAPPENS THE
PAST. WHEN WE'RE ALL AT THE
TABLE AND WE COMMUNICATE
EFFECTIVELY WITH EACH OTHER.
CDSS YEAH HI BROWN'S LET-
DEPARTMENT SOCIAL SERVICES JUST
WANNA CHIME IN AND SAY. REALLY
APPRECIATE THIS CONVERSATION I
DO THINK THIS ACTUALLY JUST
ECHOES WHY WE REALLY DO NEED TO
. FORMALIZES COLLABORATION MODEL
. THIS IS A GREAT CONVERSATION.
THERE'S REALLY LEGITIMATE
QUESTIONS AROUND EMAIL ADDRESS
AND IF THAT'S THE RIGHT SOLUTION
AND WHAT OTHER OPTIONS ARE OUT
THERE. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT
IN A FORM THAT'S NOT. WITH WITH
ALL OF US USE THAT WE CAN COME
TO WITH THE SOLUTION AND NOT NOT
HAVE THIS DEBATE LIVE. AT SO
JUST JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT
THERE. WE VERY MUCH HAVE PLANS
IN PLACE TO FORMALIZE THIS
MODEL- AND WORK WITH EVERYONE
AROUND HERE TO. MAKE SURE WE CAN
HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS A
LITTLE BIT. MORE
COMPREHENSIVELY. SO JUST WANTED
TO SAY THAT AND WHAT I THAT'S
ACTUALLY WAS GOING TO SAY IS
THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS
OVERSIGHT HEARINGS SHOULD BE
LIKE WE HAVEN'T YOU KNOW WE'RE-
SO COMPLETELY LOST AND WE'RE
GONNA FIGURE OUT HERE. THE
OVERSIGHT YEARS LIKE WE'VE DONE
ALL OF THIS THIS IS THE CHECK IN
SO. TO WHAT THE- ELLIE-
MENTIONED BRIAN MENTIONED I
THINK THAT MAKES SENSE LIKE HEY
THESE ARE STAKEHOLDER REQUEST.
WHICH ONES ARE GOING TO BE
IMPLEMENTED WHICH WAS NOT COME
BACK ON A QUARTERLY BASIS THESE
ARE THE ONES WE IMPLEMENTED
THESE ARE THE ONES JUST DON'T
MAKE SENSE. AND EVERYONE
UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYTHING
YOU'RE NOT ONLY BILLS ARE GOING
TO GO THROUGH YOU KNOW WE'RE
OKAY WITH THAT. ONE WE- IF IT
HAPPENS RIGHT. SO IT'S JUST
SEEMS IN THIS OVERSIGHT HEARING
THAT THIS IS. LIKE THE FIRST
TIME THAT SOME THINGS HAVE BEEN
SHARED AMONGST EACH OTHER THAT
SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHARED. HOWEVER
LONG THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR
THE STATE WATER STARTED LIKE A
YEAR AGO APPROXIMATELY. FIVE
YEARS AGO IN COLLABORATION MODEL
THAT THAT. THAT STARTED A YEAR
AGO. COMING TOGETHER. AND SORT
OF TALKING ABOUT THE MIGRATION
WHAT'S ON OUR PLATE HOWEVER WHAT
WALKING THROUGH THAT THE
CONCERNS ABOUT THE MIGRATION AND
DOING IT. WELL TOGETHER. BEING
TRANSPARENT ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
THAT STARTED FIVE YEARS AGO AND
HAS BEEN AN EDITOR OF PROCESS
THAT RESULTED IN THE
COLLABORATION MODEL YEAR AGO.
THAT NOW WE ARE WORKING TO BE.
ABLE TO FORMALIZE AN OPTIMIZED
AS WE GO FORWARD. AND I MEAN I'M
I'M DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN
PRIVACY YOU KNOW SOME TBL AROUND
THIS BECAUSE YOU KNOW JOHN YOU
MENTIONED NINE TO TWELVE MONTHS
TO BE IMPLEMENTED FOR PARTIES
BECAUSE YOU'RE TAKING INTO USER
FEEDBACK UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES. BUT IF THOSE NINE
OR TWELVE WERE USED FOR THAT AND
IT'S NOT REALLY HAPPENING I WANT
TO MAKE SURE AND THEN ONCE THEY
WHY ARE THEY TAKING SO LONG
RIGHT- SO. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT
YOU'VE LEARNED SOME OF THE
REASONS BEHIND SOME THINGS- I
THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO MOVING
FORWARD IS. SEE WHAT WE CAN DO
ON THIS AND ON TO BE OWES- I'M
REALLY INTERESTED IN IN. A LOT
OF INTEREST IN ALL OF THESE-
ISSUES BUT- AND SEE HOW WE CAN
INCORPORATE SOME STAKEHOLDERS I
THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT LIKE
THE EMAIL THING I VALIDATE THAT
BUT THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS TO
COVER EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL AS
MUCH AS WE CAN. WE CAN THERE'S
ALWAYS GOING TO BE GAPS- AND
THEN COME BACK IN THE LEAD AND
LATER ON TO SEE HOW THOSE WERE
IMPLEMENTED BECAUSE I JUST DON'T
THINK THERE IS. I DON'T SEE MUCH
DIRECTION- BUT IT SEEMS LIKE
THAT. IN A SENSE. AND I JUST
WANT TO ADD THAT. WE REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT THE FORUM OF THE
COLLABORATION MODEL AND HAVING
THE VISION THAT WAS. PROVIDED IN
DECEMBER OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT
COLLABORATION MODEL. OPERATE IN
A WAY THAT REFLECTS THE BEST
PRACTICES OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
AND MANAGING A BACKLOG LIST AND-
I THINK WE ARE STILL WORKING TO
TRY TO SEE HOW THAT WILL UNFOLD
AFTER A YEAR- IT'S BEEN AN
INTERESTING PROCESS TO TRY TO
GET. ENGAGEMENT ON A PROCESS
ACTUALLY REFLECTS THE
COLLABORATIVE ENGAGEMENT AND
HONORS THE- HUNDREDS OF ITEMS
THAT PEOPLE OF IDENTIFIED THAT
NEED TO BE ASSESSED. BUT I DO
THINK ONE THING WHEN WE LOOK AT
THE COLLABORATION MODEL AND THE
WAY MYSTERY SHE SORT OF
CATEGORIZE THAT. IS THE QUOTE
UNQUOTE SORT OF BACKLOG LIST IS
REALLY SORT OF. A WISHLIST THAT
HASN'T BEEN VETTED THAT IS OVER
TWO YEARS OLD. THAT MIGHT HAVE
THINGS ON THERE THAT ARE
NECESSARY OR NOT THE GROUP AND
ALL THE MEMBERS THAT I LAID OUT
. CAME TOGETHER AND MADE A
DECISION. BACK IN JANUARY THAT
WE SHOULD THAT SAYS WE'RE GONNA
FOCUS ON WHAT'S CALLED PAIN
POINTS. WHERE ARE WHERE'S THE
PUBLIC NEED MOST FOCUS WHERE
PEOPLE HAVING ISSUES LET'S FOCUS
ON THOSE QUOTE UNQUOTE PAIN
POINTS. IN THE GROUP CAME TO
DECISION TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON
THE CONTINUOUS COVERAGE ON
WINDING. AND PUTTING THOSE
THINGS IN FIRST BECAUSE THAT'S
HITTING THE PUBLIC IT'S HITTING
THE COUNTIES ON HOW THEY DO
THAT. AND FOCUSING ON THOSE
THINGS AND NOT LOOKING NOW AND
VETTING THAT BACKLOG LIST. WE
WILL BE GOING THROUGH THAT
BACKLOG LIST BUT THAT DIDN'T
PRESENT PREVENT ANY OF OUR
STAKEHOLDER FROM PULLING
SOMETHING OFF OF THAT BACKLOG
LIST. IN DOING THAT WE WANTED TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE JUST
TALKING ABOUT THINGS AND ST WHAT
ARE THESE THINGS CAN THEY BE
DONE SHOULD THEY BE DONE. BUT ST
LET'S FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON THE
BIGGEST PAIN POINTS IN THE MOST
BANG FOR THE BUCK FIRST. SO
WE'RE COMMITTED TO WORKING
THROUGH THE COLLABORATION MODEL
TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE THINGS WE
LOOK FORWARD TO THE L. A. O.
TRACKING ON THOSE GOALS AND
WORKING THROUGH THAT. AND
WORKING WITH BOTH MYSTERY SEE
MISTER HAS LANDING IN AS WE GO
THROUGH A MATURE THE SMALL THANK
YOU AND I'M DEFINITELY DIVING
MORE INTO THESE RECOMMENDATIONS-
THING THAT YOU SET OUT. I WILL
YEAH THE OTHER THING I WANT TO
SAY IS THE COLLABORATION MODEL.
IS NOT PUBLIC. IT'S CLOSE.
SHOULD BE OPEN. I MEAN EVERY
TRANSPARENCY. IS THE BEST IT
SEEMS TO ME THAT IS INDEED. NINE
WHICH- TRAILER BILL LANGUAGE
SAYING THAT THE COLLABORATION
HAS TO BE SUBJECT TO THE BROWN
ACT. I MEAN I HATE THIS SECRET
STUFF. KEVIN I DON'T THINK IT'S
INTENDED TO BE SECRET I THINK
IT'S INTENDED TO BE ABLE TO HELP
YOU ALLOW PEOPLE TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS. WHEN THEY'RE ABLE
TO DO SO IT'S NOT REASONABLE TO
HAVE EVERYTHING SUBJECT TO THE
BROWN ACT I'M SORRY. I DON'T OF
THIS IS NEW I JUST WANTED HER WE
HAVE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS
BEFORE I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE
SOME OF THEM ARE NEW. BUT IT IS
A LITANY OF CONCERNS THAT WE
HEAR. QUITE REGULARLY AND I SOME
OF THEM ARE NOT CORRECT BE HAPPY
TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT
BUT- APPRECIATE YOUR OVERSIGHT
AND ENGAGEMENT ON IT FOR SURE.
THANK YOU EVERYONE.
WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING ON TO. OUR
LAST FIFTEEN. NEVER MIND JUST.
FIFTEEN YES WE'RE GONNA BE
MOVING INTO OUR LAST- A SECTION
ON THE OFFICE OF EQUITY. ISSUE.
FIFTEEN THE MARCELLA. GOOD
AFTERNOON. THANK YOU CHAIR MEANT
OF OUR THANK YOU SANDERS ROTH
AND EGGMAN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
TO TALK WITH YOU TODAY ABOUT THE
OFFICE OF EQUITY IN THE
DEPARTMENT SOCIAL SERVICES MY
NAME IS MARCELLA RUIZ AND I
CURRENTLY CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF
EQUITY. OF FOR ITEM FIFTEEN YOU
ASKED- THREE QUESTIONS A BRIEF
BUDGET UPDATE UPDATE ON SPECIFIC
PROGRAMS AND ALSO AN UPDATE ON
THE SERVICES PROVIDED
SPECIFICALLY TO AFGHANS AND
UKRAINIANS SO BEGINNING WITH A
BRIEF UPDATE ON THE BUDGET FOR
IT FOR THE OFFICE OF EQUITY I'LL
START BY SHARING A LITTLE BIT OF
CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND ON THE
OFFICE OF EQUITY IT WAS
ESTABLISHED IN TWENTY NINETEEN.
AND IT BROUGHT TOGETHER THE
OFFICE OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS THE
OFFICE OF THE FOSTER CARE
OMBUDSPERSON THE IMMIGRANT
INTEGRATION BRANCH THE OFFICE OF
IMMIGRANT YOUTH WHICH WAS
ACTUALLY CREATED LAST YEAR- THE
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
OFFICE AS WELL AS THE CIVIL
RIGHTS ACCESSIBILITY RACIAL
EQUITY OFFICE OR CARE OFFICE. OF
THAT LOCAL ASSISTANCE BUDGET FOR
THE OFFICE OF EQUITY FOR THE
NEXT FISCAL YEAR IS PROJECTED TO
BE TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO POINT
THREE MILLION DOLLARS- THAT IS
COMPOSED OF A NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT PROJECTS WILL JUST
TOUCH ON THEM VERY BRIEF BRIEFLY
AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY- A
SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE FUNDING
A ROUGHLY A HUNDRED AND FIFTY
SIX MILLION DOLLARS IS FOR.
REFUGEE PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THE
TRAFFICKING AND CRIME VICTIMS
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THAT IS
FUNDED BOTH BY FEDERAL. DOLLARS
AND BY STATE DOLLARS. A SEVENTY
THREE POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS
OR GENERAL FUND TO PROVIDE FREE
LEGAL SERVICES FOR IMMIGRANTS-
INCLUDING AT THE BALLOT THREE
MILLION DOLLARS FOR
UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN. THERE IS
FORTY MILLION DOLLARS IN THE
BUDGET FOR A NEW PROGRAM. TO
PROVIDE SERVICES FOR SURVIVORS
AND VICTIMS OF HE CRIMES AS WELL
AS ABOUT NINE MILLION DOLLARS
FOR. ACCESS ASSISTANCE FOR DEAF
AND HARD OF HEARING INDIVIDUALS
AND FINALLY THERE IS A NEW
PROGRAM UNDER THE OFFICE OF
EQUITY OF FOUR POINT TWO MILLION
DOLLAR ONGOING INVESTMENT FOR
TRIBAL DEPENDENCY.
REPRESENTATION PROGRAM ALL ALL
SHARE WITH YOU THAT WHILE THE
OFFICE OF THAT EQUITY
ADMINISTERS MANY OF THE
IMMIGRATION PROGRAMS WITHIN THE
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
OTHER AREAS OF THE DEPARTMENT
ALSO ADMINISTER FUNDS FOR THESE
VERY SAME POPULATIONS CASE IN
POINT. CAL WORKS IN CALFRESH-
PROVIDE SERVICES TO- TO REFUGEE
POPULATIONS. I'M QUESTION TO YOU
ASKED ABOUT YOU ASKED FOR AN
UPDATE ON OUR EFFORTS TO
RESETTLE UKRAINIAN AND AFGHAN IT
RIVALS IN THE LAST. TWO YEARS
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS
QUESTION BECAUSE- IT IS A REALLY
IMPORTANT TOPIC I THINK FOR OUR
STATE AND FOR OUR NATION AT THIS
TIME WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN IN MIGRATION ACROSS
THE WORLD IN THE REFUGEE CRISIS
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS AS A
RESULT OF. WAR CIVIL UNREST
PERSECUTION FAMINE POVERTY
ETCETERA IN THE AFGHAN IN
UKRAINIAN CRISES HAVE BEEN
PARTICULARLY IMPACTFUL FOR OUR
COUNTRY AND OUR STATE. I DO WANT
TO TAKE A MINUTE JUST TO PROVIDE
A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND HERE-
REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT IS A
FEDERALLY LED PROCESS BUT I'D
LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT. THAT AFGHANS
AND UKRAINIANS DID NOT ARRIVE
THROUGH THE FORMAL REFUGEE
RESETTLEMENT PROCESS I THINK WE
ALL REMEMBER THAT AFGHANS WERE
AIRLIFTED FROM AFGHANISTAN TO
THE UNITED STATES PROCESS BY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT CREATED A NEW PROGRAM
OPERATIONS ALLIED WELCOMED. AND
CONGRESS APPROPRIATED FUNDS TO
MIRROR THE FUNDS THAT ARE
AVAILABLE FOR REFUGEES WHO WON
AGAIN LIFT UP ONE PARTICULAR
POINT OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THOSE PROGRAMS WHILE AFGHANS AND
I'LL SPEAK ABOUT UKRAINIANS IN A
MINUTE. AN ANTI CREDENCE ARE
BOTH ELIGIBLE FOR SIMILAR SOCIAL
SERVICES AS REFUGEES ONE KEY
DISTINCTION BETWEEN POPULATIONS
WHO ARRIVE FORMALLY AS REFUGEES
AND AFGHANS AND UKRAINIANS IS
THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A CLEAR
LEGAL PATHWAY. FOR REGULARISING
THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS FOR
ACHIEVING A LEGAL PERMANENT
RESIDENCY OR U. S. CITIZENSHIP
AND THAT HAS LONGER TERM
IMPLICATIONS FOR THEY WERE
SETTLEMENT PROSPECTS FOR
ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS. FOR
UKRAINIANS THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT HAVE THEM BEGAN TO
ARRIVE ON THEIR OWN SHORTLY
AFTER THE INVASION OF THEIR
COUNTRY. AND THEN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT CREATED A PROGRAM
CALLED UNITING FOR UKRAINE ARE
YOU FOR YOU THAT YOU MAY HAVE
HEARD ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS THIS
IS A DIFFERENT MODEL THAN THE
ESTABLISHED REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT
PROGRAM IN THAT IT RELIES ON
PRIVATE SPONSORSHIP. SO WE AS-
RESIDENTS OF THIS COUNTRY CAN
APPLY TO A SPONSOR A UKRAINIAN
INDIVIDUAL AND MAKE SOME
COMMITMENTS ABOUT SUPPORTING
THEM THROUGH THEIR RESETTLEMENT
IN IN THE UNITED STATES. NOW IN
CALIFORNIA WE HAVE WELCOME TO
CLOSE TO SIXTEEN THOUSAND
AFGHANS ARE RATHER OVER SIXTEEN
THOUSAND AFGHANS- WE DON'T HAVE
A CLEAR DATA SET ON THE NUMBER
OF UKRAINIANS WHO HAVE
ULTIMATELY. ARRIVED IN
CALIFORNIA WHAT WE DO KNOW IS
THAT ABOUT TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND
CALIFORNIANS HAVE SUBMITTED
APPLICATIONS FOR SPONSORSHIP OF
UKRAINIANS BUT THE INFORMATION
ABOUT WHO ACTUALLY ARRIVES AND
QUOTE UNQUOTE RECITALS IN
CALIFORNIA IS NOT SOMETHING THAT
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SHARES
PUBLICLY. I'M ADDS AS I
MENTIONED- THE UKRAINIANS AND
AFGHANS ARE NOT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE
FOR THE TRADITIONAL REFUGEE
RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM HOWEVER A
CONGRESS SHOULD APPROPRIATE
FUNDS- TO- TO PROVIDE SERVICES
FOR THEM AND THEN MADE SOME
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR A
FOR THESE PARTICULAR
POPULATIONS. AND SO WITH THOSE
FUNDS WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT A
NUMBER OF NEW INITIATIVE
SPECIFICALLY FOR THESE
POPULATIONS A KEY ONE WAS THE
AFGHAN SUPPORT AND INVESTMENT
PROGRAM OR A STEP WHICH WAS THE
FIRST OF ITS KIND HOUSING
SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR AFGHANS OF
FORTY FIVE MILLION DOLLAR
INVESTMENT. WE SUPPORTED FIFTEEN
HUNDRED HOUSEHOLDS TOTALING
FIFTY ONE HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS
AND CONNECTING WITH LONGER TERM
HOUSING WE ALSO FUNDED THE
AFGHAN ARRIVALS JOB READINESS
PROGRAM WHICH SUPPORTED AFGHAN
NEWCOMERS IT SPECIALIZED
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT
TRAINING. AS AS MANY OF YOU KNOW
AGAIN WITH THE WITH THE AFGHAN
COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR MANY
MANY AFGHANS HAD SUPPORTED THE
U. S. MILITARY THERE HAD SOME
TRANSLATION CIRCUIT. TRANSLATION
THEY HAD SOME TRANSLATION SKILLS
AND SOME OF MANY OF THEM WERE
PROFESSIONALS AND SO THERE IS A
BIG EFFORT IN A BIG PUSH TO TRY
TO HELP THEM INTEGRATE INTO
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN
THE UNITED STATES. THE THIRD
INVESTMENT THAT'LL HIGHLIGHT IS
THE AFGHAN IN INTEGRATION AND
RESETTLEMENT SERVICES PROGRAM WE
FUNDED THIRTEEN NONPROFITS WHO
WOULD SUPPORT CASE MANAGEMENT
FOR- FOR AFGHANS- OF THIS
PARTICULAR PROGRAM WAS FUNDED
WITH A WITH A STATE GENERAL FUND
IT WAS REALLY CRITICAL. BECAUSE
THERE IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE TO
SUPPORT REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT
RESETTLEMENT AGENCIES THERE'S
ROUGHLY TWENTY THREE IN
CALIFORNIA AT THE MOMENT BUT
THAT NUMBER REALLY CONTRACTED
DURING THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION.
THOSE ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVE
FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT BASED ON THE NUMBER
OF REFUGEES THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZES TO COME
INTO THE UNITED STATES AND UNDER
THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION THOSE
NUMBERS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCED. SO WHEN AFGHANS ARRIVED
WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE THAT
INFRASTRUCTURE WAS HAD REALLY.
HAD REALLY SET SUFFERED SEVERELY
AND HAD SHRUNK SINK TO
SIGNIFICANTLY AND SO IT WAS
NECESSARY TO MAKE THOSE
INVESTMENTS TO BE ABLE TO BUILD
UP THOSE NONPROFIT PROVIDERS SO
THAT THEY COULD PROVIDE THAT THE
CASE MANAGEMENT- ADDITIONALLY.
THERE WAS THERE WAS A GAP
BETWEEN WHEN AFGHANS AND
UKRAINIANS BEGAN TO ARRIVE IN
THE ONE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
APPROPRIATED FUNDS SO WE WERE
ABLE TO USE. TWO POINT THREE
MILLION DOLLARS OF THE RAPID
RESPONSE WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT
MORE IN A MOMENT- TO ESTABLISH A
UKRAINIAN SUPPORT SERVICES
PROJECT AGAIN TO FUND
ORGANIZATIONS THAT COULD PROVIDE
THAT NAVIGATION. SERVICE FOR
UKRAINIAN ARRIVALS THEY ARE
CONNECT TO RESETTLEMENT. THEY
COME THROUGH PRIVATE SPONSORSHIP
AND SO THEY NEED EXTRA HELP IN
BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE
SOCIAL SERVICE SAFETY NET AND
CONNECT TO THE SERVICES IT AND
WHEN THEY ARRIVE IN THE UNITED
STATES. I'M FINALLY FOR THIS
ITEM YOU ASKED FOR UPDATES ON.
FOUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THE
RAPID RESPONSE PROGRAM THE
OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT YOUTH THE
STOP THE HEAT PROGRAM. AND THE
CRISIS PROGRAM SO START WITH THE
RAPID RESPONSE OF THE RAPID
RESPONSE WAS ESTABLISHED IN
TWENTY NINETEEN AND WE AWARD
GRANTS OR CONTRACTS TO
ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE
CRITICAL ASSISTANCE TO
IMMIGRANTS DURING TIMES OF NEED.
WHEN FEDERAL FUNDING IS NOT
AVAILABLE OR ITS INSUFFICIENT IN
FISCAL YEAR TWENTY ONE TWENTY
TWO AND TWENTY TWO TWENTY THREE-
THE RAPID RESPONSE HAS RECEIVED
A MULTI YEAR APPROPRIATION A
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS IN THIS CURRENT YEAR AND
A HUNDRED AND FIVE POINT TWO
MILLION DOLLARS IN FISCAL YEAR
TWENTY ONE. TWENTY TWO THESE
RAPID RESPONSE. ARE SHELTERING
MIGRANTS WERE RELEASED BY THAT
PROCESS AND RELEASED BY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN SHORT TERM
RESPITE SHELTERING PROBABLY THE
AVERAGE JUST LIKE TWENTY FOUR TO
SEVENTY TWO HOURS- WE HAVE ALSO-
AS A MENTION SUPPORTED.
NAVIGATION SERVICES FOR
UKRAINIANS- AND WE ARE CURRENTLY
IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A
STORM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO
SUPPORT A IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE NOT
ELIGIBLE FOR. FEMA FOR FEMA-
FUNDS AND BENEFITS. THE OFFICE
OF IMMIGRANT YOUTH WITH THE
SECOND PROGRAM YOU ASKED ABOUT
THIS IS A NEW OFFICE THAT WAS
ESTABLISHED IN JUNE OF TWENTY
TWENTY TWO AND IT OVERSEES
PROGRAMS DEDICATED. AS AS IS
EVIDENT FROM THE NAME TO
EMIGRATE USED IN PARTICULAR. OF
UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN AND I
JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IN
THE PAST YEAR CALIFORNIA HAS
RECEIVED ABOUT SEVENTEEN
THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY
UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN WHO HAVE
BEEN REUNITED WITH PARENTS OR
CAREGIVERS HERE IN CALIFORNIA
THERE ISN'T AN EXTENSIVE SET OF
SERVICES FOR POST PLACEMENT FOR
UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN YOU MAY
HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE- HEADLINES
IN THE NEW YORK TIMES THAT SPEND
DOING SOME FOLLOW UP ABOUT. THE
PLIGHT OF THESE ISSUES AND SO
THROUGH THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT
YOUTH WE A WE ADMINISTER A
NUMBER OF PROGRAMS WILL START
WITH THE ONE FOCUSED ON
UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN WHICH IS
A STATE INVESTMENT TO SUPPORT
THE RE INTEGRATION AND THE
INTEGRATION OF THE ISSUES WITH
THE FAMILIES THEY ARE PLACED
WITH. COULD BE A PARENT IT COULD
BE A RELATIVE BUT OFTEN THEY
HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF CONNECTION
WITH THAT FAMILY MEMBER FOR A
LONG TIME OBVIOUSLY THE ISSUES
HAVE TRAVELED MAINLY FROM
CENTRAL AMERICA. EXPERIENCE
SIGNIFICANT TRAUMA AND HOME
COUNTRY THROUGH THE VOYAGE TO
THE UNITED STATES IN THESE POST
PLACEMENT SERVICES THAT SUPPORT
THE FAMILY SUPPORT THE USE
CONNECT THEM WITH SOCIAL
SERVICES ARE OUR REGION REALLY
CRITICAL. WE ALSO FUND THE
CALIFORNIA NEWCOMER EDUCATION
AND WELLBEING PROGRAM OR THE
COUNTY NEW WHICH IS A FIVE
MILLION DOLLAR ANNUAL INVESTMENT
TO PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES
TO UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN.
REFUGEES OTHER IMMIGRANT
CHILDREN IN SCHOOL SETTINGS AND-
WE ALSO ADMINISTER FEDERAL
FUNDING- I'LL JUST MENTION IT BY
NAME THE UNACCOMPANIED REFUGEE
MINOR PROGRAM WHICH IS A FEDERAL
FOSTER CARE PROGRAM. AND THE
LAST TWO- THE STOCK THE HE
PROGRAM. IS A HUNDRED AND
MILLION DOLLAR PREPARATION OVER
THREE YEARS TO FUND NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS. THAT WE
ADMINISTER AND CONSULTATION WITH
THE COMMISSION ON ASIAN AND
PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICAN
AFFAIRS. AND THAT FUNDS- DIRECT
SERVICES INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH
AND COMPLEMENTARY HEALTH
SERVICES WELLNESS LEGAL SERVICES
FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS
OF HATE INCIDENTS ARE HATE
CRIMES. PREVENTION SERVICES AND
INTERVENTION SERVICES WHICH
INCLUDES OUTREACH AND TRAINING
ON ELEMENTS OF HATE INCIDENTS SO
IN TWENTY TWENTY TWO IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMISSION
WE ISSUED A STOP THE HE GRANTS
TO EIGHTY ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS
THE STATE TOTALING FOURTEEN
POINT TWO MILLION DOLLARS. AND
THEN AGAIN IN CONSULTATION WITH
THE COMMISSION WE ISSUED ANOTHER
ROUND OF FUNDING CALLED THE
TRANSFORMATIVE GRANT PROGRAM
UNDER THE SAME UMBRELLA TOTALING
ABOUT THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS FOR
TWELVE ORGANIZATIONS TO DO
DEEPER AND LONGER TERM- ANTI HE
WORK. AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS
OF RUNNING OF A PROCUREMENT
PROCESS RIGHT NOW FOR NEW
APPLICATIONS TO AWARD AN
ADDITIONAL THIRTY MILLION
DOLLARS. FINALLY THE CRISIS
GRANT PROGRAM WE ARE
ADMINISTERING A NINE POINT FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS OF GRANT MAKING
TO SUPPORT PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN
EITHER CITIES COUNTIES AND OUR
TRIBES AND COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS. TO PROVIDE
EMERGENCY RESPONSE PILOT TO
LESSEN RELIANCE ON LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AS FIRST
RESPONDERS FOR CRISIS THIS IS
THE PILOTS THIS IS UNIQUE IN
THAT ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS
THAT THERE BE NO LAW
ENFORCEMENT. INVOLVEMENT IN IN
THIS IN THIS PIPE PILOT WE HAVE
SPENT THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF
WORKING WITH THE WORKGROUP AS
REQUIRED BY THE STATUTE TO
DEVELOP IN RFA- THE RFA WAS
RELEASED IN MARCH TWENTIETH AND
WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL UNTIL
JULY MID JULY. WE EXPECT TO MAKE
AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SELECTED
GRANTEES UP TO FIVE GRANTEES
WITH AWARDS TOTALING TWO HUNDRED
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR TWO
YEARS SO ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND TO A MAXIMUM OF ABOUT
THREE POINT FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS. SO ALL PULSE HERE.
ALONI COMMITTEE. PROPONENTS
ASSEMBLY MARSHALL DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
THANK YOU I'M- WHAT KIND OF-
CRISIS SITUATIONS WITH THIS
CRISIS PILOT BE ABLE TO RESPOND
TO. SURE. I'M SO THE PROGRAM IS
DESIGNED TO RESPOND TO MOUNT
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE CRISIS- ANY KIND OF
CRISIS SITUATION AND THE AND THE
IMPETUS BEHIND THE PROGRAM. IS
TO CREATE A MODEL WHERE THERE IS
A MORE COMMUNITY BASED RESPONSE
TO HELP DE ESCALATE SITUATIONS
WHEN THERE'S RECOGNITION RIGHT
THAT PEOPLE PARTICULARLY
EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH
CRISIS THERE'S A LOT OF EVIDENCE
ABOUT. THE INVOLVEMENT OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND THE RESULTING OF
POTENTIAL HARM THAT CAN HAPPEN
IN THOSE IN THOSE SITUATIONS AND
THEY'RE SEVERAL MODELS THAT THIS
IS BASED ON THE MOST FAMILIAR
ONE ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS THE
COOTS MARC MODEL UP IN OREGON NO
THIS MAKES IT IS JUST YOU KNOW
WE'VE BEEN HEARING. ABOUT MOBILE
CRISIS TEAMS AND I WAS TRYING TO
FIND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
ONES AND- THE DOLLARS THAT WENT
UNDER THE BEHAVIORAL. TO ANYONE
STRUCTURE YES AND WHAT THE
DIFFERENCES WITH THIS BUT I'M
NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW THE ANSWER
TO THAT- IN WIDE THAT WOULD FALL
UNDER THIS OFFICE. AS WE'VE BEEN
HEARING THAT SPECIFIC MODEL IN.
OR THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND
SECTIONS. THIS I DON'T THINK
THAT'S AN ANSWER THAT. I CAN I
CAN I CAN RESPOND TO AT LEAST A
PART OF THAT QUESTION ABOUT WHY
IT CAME HERE IS THAT- PROBABLY
NOT SOMETHING THAT I THAT I CAN
RESPOND TO BUT THE DISTINCTION
BETWEEN THE OTHER MOBILE CRISIS
RESPONSE PROGRAMS IN THIS
PROGRAM IS THE INVOLVEMENT OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT SO MANY OF THOSE
OTHER MODELS. HAVE EITHER FIRE
DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT ALONG
WITH THE SOCIAL WORKER. THIS
PROGRAM IS THAT THE MAIN
DIFFERENCE IS THAT IT'S A
PILOT'S- TO LOOK AT HOW YOU
MIGHT BE ABLE TO DESIGN A CRISIS
RESPONSE THAT DOES NOT INVOLVE
LAW ENFORCEMENT. I'M IN DID YOU
MENTION THAT THE- GRANTS. THEY
WERE SELECTED READY WHICH CITIES
COUNTIES TRAVELS. WE'RE IN THE
PROCESS ARE WE SHOULD BE
ANNOUNCING THE- AWARD EASE BY
THE END OF THE SUMMER. PERFECT
WE MAKE SURE THAT. WE GET A LIST
OF THOSE PLEASE ABSOLUTELY SO
MUCH. IN YOUR QUESTION. THANK
YOU I JUST. I MEAN IT'S A GETS A
GRANT PROGRAM AND YOU'RE SEEING
IF YOU CAN DEVELOP SOMETHING FOR
THAT CRISIS RESPONSE BUT IT JUST
SEEMS TO ME WE ALREADY HAVE
THOSE. WE'VE ALREADY FORM THOSE
RIGHT I MEAN THOSE HAVE BEEN
TRIED AND TESTED FOR A LONG
TIME. HAVING MENTAL HEALTH BOOKS
GO OUT COMMUNITIES WILL GO OUT
VERSUS LAW ENFORCEMENT SO DOES
NOT WANT TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME
LIKE REINVENTING THE WHEEL. INTO
ME I MEAN I'VE I'VE I'VE SEEN
THESE PROGRAMS IN EFFECT SINCE
THE NINETIES. AND THE PROBLEM
IS. FOR A LOT OF THEM IS IT
WORKS BUT THEN THE GRANT FUNDING
GOES AWAY. SO IT JUST SEEMS TO
BE WE SHOULD JUST INVEST OUR
MONEY IN THE- IN THE THINGS WE
ALREADY KNOW THAT WORKS. AND BE
ABLE TO USE THEM ACROSS.
PLATFORMS OF- COMMUNITIES THANK
YOU FOR THAT SENATOR EGGMAN WE
COMPLETELY AGREE AND WE SEE THE
NEED FOR THERE TO BE ALIGNMENT
AND CONNECTION AND THAT THIS
PILOT INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE STRATEGIES UNDER THE BROADER
UMBRELLA AND THEM. MORE
SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS THAT
THAT OUR OUR SISTER AGENCIES ARE
ADMINISTERING SO OUR GOAL IS TO
ENSURE THAT SAID THERE'S AN
EVALUATION COMPONENT. THAT
WHATEVER LESSONS ARE LEARNED
FROM THIS PARTICULAR PILOT WE
WERE ABLE TO CIRCLE BACK TO DH
CS AND OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE
ADMINISTERING THESE TYPES OF
INTERVENTIONS. SHE THE MANAGER
I'M JUST CURIOUS WITH RESPECT TO
THE IMMIGRANT- INTEGRATION.
EFFORTS IN THE UKRAINIAN
ARRIVALS DID I SEE THAT THERE IS
A EITHER PROPOSED OR THERE IS A
PATHWAY TO- PERMANENT RESIDENT
STATUS FOR THE UKRAINIANS. I
BELIEVE THERE IS- A BILL THAT
HAS BEEN INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS
FOR AFGHANS WHICH FAILS IS WAS
MY THE LAST TIME I TALKED TO WAS
A LOT OF ADVOCACY AROUND
CREATING A LEGAL PATHWAY FOR
AFGHANS. ALL JUST CLARIFY HERE
THAT TYPICALLY FOR REFUGEES AT
THE SPECIAL KIND OF VISA AND IT
THERE IS A CLEAR PATHWAY. TO GO
FROM HAVING A REFUGEE VISA TO
APPLY FOR LEGAL PERMANENT
RESIDENCY TO APPLYING FOR- U. S.
CITIZENSHIP OF A PERSON SO
DESIRES WHAT AFGHANS AND
UKRAINIANS WILL HAVE TO DO IS
EVALUATE THERE ARE. OPTIONS
UNDER THE EXISTING IMMIGRATION
NATURALIZATION ACT THEY COULD
APPLY FOR ASYLUM BUT THEY HAVE
TO MEET THE ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS FOR ASYLUM THEY MAY
HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER AND THEY
MAY. BE ABLE TO REGULARIZE THEIR
STAR STATUS IN THAT WAY BUT ALL
OF THIS IS FEDERAL LAW RATES
THAT IMMIGRATION PATHWAYS ARE-
ABSOLUTELY THE PURVIEW OF THE OF
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SO IT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE'RE MONITORING
VERY CLOSELY BECAUSE THEY WILL
HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS
FOR. THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
RESETTLED HERE IN CALIFORNIA AND
WITH RESPECT TO THOSE WHO
ACTUALLY DO ARRIVE HERE AND- AND
ARE HERE DO WE HAVE ANY. ANY
PLANS TO PROVIDE ANY SORT OF
ASSISTANCE TO THEM WITH RESPECT
THESE- EFFORTS TO REGULARIZE
THEIR STATUS. BECAUSE I WOULD
ASSUME THAT THAT HAS OTHER
IMPLICATIONS FOR US WITH RESPECT
TO- MEDICO- AS TO WHETHER
THEY'RE DOCUMENTED OR
UNDOCUMENTED. YEAH ABSOLUTELY
ACTUALLY ONE OF THE INVESTMENTS
WE JUST MADE AND I FORGOT TO
MENTION WAS A SIXTY MILLION
DOLLAR INVESTMENT FROM THE
AFGHAN SUPPLEMENTAL TO EXPAND
LEGAL SERVICES FOR. FOR AFGHANS-
WE ARE WAITING FOR. FUTURE
ALLOCATIONS FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO SEE IF THERE WILL
BE AN EQUIVALENT FOR IT FOR YOU
CREATING A RIVAL SO THAT THEY
CAN ACCESS SPECIALIZED LEGAL
SERVICES FOR. FOR UKRAINIANS IN
THE MEANTIME CALIFORNIA DOES
FUND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
LEGAL SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS TO
PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES SO BOTH
PREMIUMS AND AFGHANS CAN
ABSOLUTELY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. OF
THOSE SERVICES AS WELL. THE WILL
BE MORE COMPLICATED CASES AND IF
THERE WERE CLEAR CLEAR PATHWAY
IN TERMS OF BENEFITS ELIGIBILITY
AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MEDIC CAL
CALIFORNIA'S EXPANSION OF OUR
SAFETY NET MEANS THAT. MY
MIGRANTS IMMIGRANTS RESETTLED IN
CALIFORNIA ACTUALLY HAVE A
BETTER OPPORTUNITY OF
SUCCESSFULLY CONNECTING TO THE
SAFETY NET AND WAYS THAT THEY
DON'T IN OTHER STATES SO WE ARE
GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE EXPANSIONS
THAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS
SUPPORTED AND WITH REGARD TO
THAT MY POINT WAS THE FILM. OF
COURSE IF THEY ATTAIN. A REGULAR
STATUS THEN. IT'S NOT SOLELY
GENERAL FUND- THAT PAYS FOR THE
EXPANDED BENEFITS WE HAVE A
FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS THAT TOO
SO THERE'S PROBABLY SOME
FINANCIAL INCENTIVE FOR US TO.
ASSIST THOSE WHO ARRIVED HERE
AND PLAN TO STAY HERE. WITH THE
- THANK TO AS I SAID REGULARIZE
THEIR STATUS THAT IS THAT IS
CORRECT ALL THE FOR UKRAINIANS
AN AFGHAN SPECIFICALLY CONGRESS
DID MAKE. APPROPRIATIONS ENDED
CREATES SPECIFIC PATHWAYS FOR
ELIGIBILITY FOR SOME OF THE
SAFETY NET FOR IT FOR THEM- IN
THE VESSEL WE WILL. RECEIVE THE
NORMAL FEDERAL SHARE FOR A
MEDICAID MEDICARE BENEFITS FOR
THOSE. IF THE RECIPIENTS OR
AFGHANS OR UKRAINIANS. I CANNOT
GUARANTEE THAT HAVE TO DO WITH
OUR COLLEAGUES AT DH CS THAT TO
CONFIRM TO CONFIRM THAT BUT JUST
LIFTING UP THAT THAT CONGRESS
DID IT CREATE- CERTAIN
ELIGIBILITY FOR AFGHANS AND
UKRAINIANS THAT- THAT. ARE
SIMILAR TO WHAT REFUGEES ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR STING THANK YOU
VERY MUCH APPRECIATE. THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR YOUR FOR THIS
PRESENTATION GONNA HOLD ITEM
OPEN MOVE ONTO ISSUE SIXTEEN.
GOOD AFTERNOON MY SALARIES
DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EQUITY
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
SERVICES AS WE ARE TODAY
DISCUSSING A BUDGET CHANGE
PROPOSAL- TO RIGHT SIZE THE
OFFICE OF EQUITY THAT INCLUDES A
REQUEST FOR SEVEN DIFFERENT
POSITIONS FOR THREE DIFFERENT
PROGRAMS IN THE OFFICE OF
EQUITY. WITH THE TOTAL COST OF
EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY THREE
THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE NEXT
YEAR IN A HUNDRED FIFTY THREE
THOUSAND DOLLAR ANNUAL COST FOR
THE FOLLOWING YEARS- THE FIRST
PROPOSAL IS FOR PERMANENT
POSITIONS. WITHIN THE OFFICE OF
IMMIGRANT USED ALSO FOR- WE ARE
SICK SEEKING A POSITION OF
AUTHORITY BUT NO FUNDING FOR A
FOR A FIFTH POSITION WITHIN THE
OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT YOUTH. AND
THE REQUEST IS A POSITIONS TO
SUPPORT THE ADMINISTRATION OF
THE CALIFORNIA NEWCOMER
EDUCATION AND WELLBEING PROGRAM
THE CALIFORNIA WHICH I TOUCHED
ON BRIEFLY IN THE PRIOR ITEM-
THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AUTHORIZED
THE CAL NEW TO BECOME AN ONGOING
FIVE POINT. FIVE MILLION DOLLAR
APPROPRIATION AND THE STAFF
WOULD HELP SUPPORT OF THE
PLANNING DESIGN AND
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OF THE
COUNTY YOU WE ARE EXPECTING WITH
THE WITH THE ONGOING
APPROPRIATION FOR THE NUMBER OF-
OF THAT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS. AND
OTHER ELEAZAR EACH THAT
PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM TO
EXPAND WE ALSO- WITH THE NEW
APPROPRIATION HAVE AN EXPANDED
REQUIREMENT TO COLLABORATE WITH
THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND SO THESE POSITIONS
WOULD HELP IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM
AND WITH SUPPORT THAT
COLLABORATION. WE ARE ALSO
REQUESTING ONE POSITION A STAFF
SERVICES MANAGER POSITION FOR
OUR OFFICE OF THE FOSTER CARE-
BEDS OR ARE OFF TO OFFICE- WE
ARE REQUESTING DISPOSITION
POSITION TO HELP WITH THE
COLLABORATION. BETWEEN OUR
OFFICE OF THE FOSTER CARE EMBEDS
AND OUR OFFICE OF HOUSTON
COMMUNITY RESTORATION ALSO
WITHIN THAT CALIFORNIA HEALTH
AND HE MRS SERVICE AGENCY. BOTH
OFFICES HAVE OVERLAPPING BUT
ALSO DISTINCT SET OF RULES AND
SCOPES AND- BOTH OFFICES ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING
OUTREACH AND PROVIDING TRAININGS
TO USE AROUND BOTH THE FOSTER
THE USE BILL OF RIGHTS BUT ALSO-
THE JUVENILE JUSTICE BILL OF
RIGHTS AND SO THERE'S A NEED FOR
COORDINATION COLLABORATION
PARTICULARLY. AS USE WHO ARE
INVOLVED IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE
SYSTEM MAY BE ALSO INVOLVED IN
DEPENDENCY WE THAT COORDINATION
ON THE OTHER ROLE THAT THIS
INDIVIDUAL WOULD PLAY WOULD BE
TO HELP COORDINATE WITH THE
COUNTY AND OTHER LOCAL ON THAT'S
PEOPLE IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT
WE ARE. PROVIDING INFORMATION
SHARING INFORMATION BETWEEN OUR
STATE ON BEDS IN THE IN THE
LOCAL- EMBEDS AND THEN FINALLY
WE'RE REQUESTING TWO POSITIONS-
TO HELP SUPPORT THE
ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRIBAL
NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
WHICH IS A NEW PROGRAM A FOUR
POINT SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR.
INVESTMENTS THAT- HELPS TRIBES
AND TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESS
FOOD INSECURITY THESE POSITIONS
WOULD HELP WITH THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM
INCLUDING ENSURING A ROBUST
GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
CONSULTATION WITH WITH
CALIFORNIA TRIBES. THANK YOU
HELLO. THE FAMILY MARSHALL
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE NOTHING
FURTHER TO ADD AT THIS TIME BUT
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
SHOULD. WASHINGTON ISN'T. GREAT
THINK YOU'RE GONNA HOLD THE ITEM
OPEN ONCE ISSUE NUMBER.
SEVENTEEN THANK YOU MARCELO
RUIZ- DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF
EQUITY WITH THE CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES-
WE ARE HERE. TO TALK ABOUT THE
GRASS OPTION FOR DEATH ACCESS
PROGRAM WE ARE SEEKING THE
OPTION TO BE ABLE TO ISSUE
GRANTS IN ADDITION TO OUR
EXISTING CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
FOR THE PROVISION OF DEAF ACCESS
SERVICES- THAT WOULD HELP CREATE
A MORE STREAMLINED PROCESS. OF
FOUR PARTNERS AND FOR THE
DEPARTMENT THE OFFICE OF DEATH
ACCESS WITHIN CDSS ADMINISTERS
THE DEATH ACCESS PROGRAM- TO
ENSURE THAT PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE
ADAPTED TO MEET THE
COMMUNICATIONS NEEDS OF DEAF
DEAF BLIND DEAF DISABLED HARD OF
HEARING AND LATE DEAFENED DEAF
IN CHILDREN ADULTS AND FAMILIES
WE CURRENTLY CONTRACT WITH EIGHT
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS
THE STATE. TO PROVIDE THE
SERVICES HOWEVER THE CONTRACTING
PROCESS IN THE AMENDMENT PROCESS
THAT IS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE
THROUGH THE CONTRACTING PROCESS
CAN BE VERY ADMINISTRATIVELY
BURDENSOME FOR THE ORGANIZATIONS
MAKING SIMPLE CHANGES TO THEIR
AGREEMENTS VERY DIFFICULT THE
PUBLIC CONTRACTING CODE.
PROVIDES A AND THE OPTION TO
ISSUE GRANTS TO NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS WE HAVE THAT
OPTION AND OTHER PROGRAMS IT
WORKS BASS FOR THE NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS WERE WE WERE ABLE
TO- EASE THE ADMINISTRATIVE THE
ADMINISTRATIVE WAIT OF- ENGAGING
WITH WITH THE STATE AND SO WE
ARE SEEKING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO.
MAKE IT EASIER FOR THESE
ORGANIZATIONS TO WORK WITH THE
STATE. YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT HE
WAS. NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
DIRECTOR MOVING ON TO ISSUE
NUMBER EIGHTEEN. WONDERFUL GOOD
AFTERNOON ITEM NUMBER SEVENTEEN
UP IT YES EIGHTY. WONDERFUL
THANK YOU GOOD AFTERNOON
MARCELLA RUIZ DIRECTOR OF THE
OFFICE THAT COULD WITH THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL
SERVICES- FOR ITEM NINETEEN WE
ARE DISK THAT DISCUSSING THE-
EIGHTEEN EIGHTEEN THE SORRY
EIGHTEEN. YES YES IT OKAY BUT IF
WE ARE JUST SEEKING OF AN
EXTENSION OF THE FLEXIBILITY AND
ALLOCATION OF FEDERAL REFUGEE
RESETTLEMENT FUNDS- U. S. TWO
DIFFERENT QUESTIONS BOTH TO
DESCRIBE THAT THAT FLEXIBILITY
WERE REQUESTING AND HOW WE HAVE
USED THAT. IN THE PAST SO- WE
ARE REQUESTING TO EXPAND THE
QUALIFIED SERVICE PROVIDERS THE
STATE MAY AWARD FEDERAL FUNDS TO
FOR SERVICES FOR REFUGEES THE
PROPOSED CHANGE WOULD ACTUALLY A
LOT ALIGNED WITH WHAT WE ARE
AUTHORIZED TO DO UNDER FEDERAL
LAW WHICH IS BOTH TO CONTRACT
WITH NONPROFIT. ORGANIZATIONS
AND- PRIVATE CONTRACTORS-
CURRENTLY WE ONLY UNDER STATE
LAW CAN ONLY A ISSUE THE FUNDS
EITHER TO COUNTIES ARE TO
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THE
GREATER FLEXIBILITY IS NECESSARY
AND WE HAVE FOUND IT TO BECOME
INCREASINGLY MORE NECESSARY
BECAUSE WE ARE FACED WITH.
DIFFICULT SITUATIONS WITH
UNEXPECTED SURGES IN ARRIVALS AS
WE DISCUSSED WITH AFGHAN REBELS
AND UKRAINIAN RIVALS WE HAVE TO
STAND UP PROGRAMS VERY VERY
QUICKLY WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO USE
THIS FLEXIBILITY ARE QUITE
JUDICIOUSLY I WOULD SAY- IN
ORDER TO US IN ORDER TO
SUPPLEMENT TO BOTH THE-
NONPROFIT. COUNTY AND THE STATE
TO BE ABLE TO STAND UP SOME
PROGRAM SO IN THE PAST YEAR IT
WOULD ONLY USE THE FLEXIBILITY
TWICE WE USED IT TO A CONTRACT
WITH THE CRITICAL TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE UNITS WHICH IS.
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS C. TILE THEY
ARE A CONTRACTOR WITH EXPERTISE
IN HOUSING AFTER CONSULTATION
WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS ARE CBO
PARTNERS WE WANT IDENTIFIED THAT
THERE WASN'T. SUFFICIENT
CAPACITY AT THAT TIME FOR THE
STATE THE COUNTY THE C. TO STAND
A HOUSING PROGRAM WITHOUT
BRINGING IN CONSULTANTS AND SO
WE AWARDED C. TELL TWO POINT
THREE MILLION DOLLARS TO SUPPORT
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AESOP
PROGRAM THAT I DISCUSSED UNDER A
PRIOR ITEM. AND WE ARE CURRENTLY
FOR- ALSO CONTRACTING WITH AN
ORGANIZATION NAME SO VERA
CONSULTING THEY ARE ONE OF THE
FEW ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAS.
EXPERTISE IN- SUPPORTING
UKRAINIAN POPULATIONS WHO ARE
PLACED WITH PRIVATE SPONSORS WE
HAVE A SMALL CONTRACT WITH THEM
FOR THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THE
DEVELOPMENT. OF A TRAINING AND-
BUILDING UP THE CAPACITY OF
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE WHO
ARE SUPPORTING A UKRAINIAN
ARRIVALS. ANY IN THE COMMENTS OF
THE SENATE. THANK YOU SO MUCH
STRICTER WE'RE GONNA LEVINE I'M
OPEN AND GOING TO YOUR LAST BCP
- THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE BILL
. GOOD AFTERNOON- ED MARCELO
RUIZ WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES AND WE'RE HERE
TO DISCUSS ISSUED NINETEEN WHICH
IS. IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES
CLEAN UP LANGUAGE THAT WE'RE
PROPOSING POSING TO AMEND
WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE
SECTIONS. THIRTEEN THREE HUNDRED
THIRTY THREE THIRTEEN THREE TEN.
OF WHICH IS THE SECTION THAT
AUTHORIZES THE IMMIGRATION LEGAL
SERVICES FUNDING WE WANT TO
CLARIFY THAT THE WAY THAT THAT
PROGRAM IS STRUCTURED AND WE
HAVE THREE COMPONENTS THAT WE
ARE SEEKING OF WE ARE SEEKING TO
ADDRESS ONE IS TO PROVIDE THE
LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY TO ALLOW.
FOR DIFFERENT TYPE OF FUNDING
METHODOLOGY SOME FURTHER
FLEXIBILITY RIGHT NOW ALL OF THE
STATUTE ONLY ALLOWS FOR FUNDING
ORGANIZATIONS ON A FEE PER CASE
MODEL- MANY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE
APPROACHED US ABOUT THE NEED FOR
US TO RECONSIDER AS FOR STAFFING
MODEL TO ALLOW. THE DEPARTMENT
TO PAY FOR THE TRUE COST OF THE
SERVICES WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO
CLARIFY THE TYPES OF IMMIGRATION
CASES THAT THE DEPARTMENT CAN
SUPPORT WITH THIS WITH THIS
FUNDING VERY PRESCRIPTIVE AND
THE STATUTES AS IT ENUMERATES
VERY SPECIFIC TYPES OF
IMMIGRATION CASES. DOESN'T
INCLUDE CASES LAKE EMPLOYMENT
AUTHORIZATION DOCUMENTS OR WORK
AUTHORIZATION DOCUMENTS WHICH IS
A CRITICAL PART OF A AND
IMMIGRATION KEYS AND THEN WE'RE
ALSO REQUESTING- THE CHANGE JUST
TO CLEAN UP SOME SOME OUTDATED
LANGUAGE THERE'S A REFERENCE
THERE FOR EXAMPLE TO A ONE TIME
INVESTMENT FOR. DACA LEGAL
SERVICES THAT HAS SINCE EXPIRED
. BUT REMAINS IN THE STATUTES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH NO COMMENTS
AND QUESTIONS- DIRECTOR THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY
AND PRESENTING ALL THESE ISSUES
WERE GONNA LEAVE THAT ISSUE OPEN
. HI COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND-
GUESTS WE HAVE NOW MOVED ON TO
ISSUE TWENTY WHICH IS OUR
STAKEHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR
INVESTMENT YOU CAN TURN TO THE
AGENDA TO SEE- WHICH WILL
INCLUDE SEVERAL STAKEHOLDER
PROPOSALS FOR INVESTMENT NOT ALL
OF THEM WILL BE HEARD TODAY AIMS
TO PLEASE TURN TO THE GENDER FOR
THE OTHER ONES. AS A REMINDER
YOU STAKEHOLDERS- TAKE ORDERS
YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO
PRESENT- YOUR REQUEST. I'D LIKE
TO TURN IT OVER TO AND I'D LIKE
TO WELCOME. THE FIRST ONE TO
TALK ON CALPERS SAFE DRINKING
WATER PARTY PROGRAM EXPANSION
JERRY CALL. THANK YOU CARE
MEMBERS- JERRY CALL WITH NEAREST
CALIFORNIA- THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS
PROPOSAL THIS IS ANOTHER
PROPOSAL INTENDED TO. HELP
MITIGATE THE HUNGER CLIFFS OF
THIS IS ABOUT OF EXPANDING AND
EXTENDING A PILOT PROGRAM THAT
IS GETTING CALFRESH BENEFITS OUT
THE DOOR TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
FACING AN EXTRA CHALLENGE WHEN
IT COMES TO PROVIDING FOR THE
FOOD AND DRINKING WATER. FOR US
FOR THEIR FAMILY SO THERE OVER A
MILLION HOUSEHOLDS- IN IN- THE
STATE WHO LACK ACCESS TO SAFE
DRINKING WATER THOSE ARE
CONCENTRATED IN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY AMONG LATIN X. AND LOW
INCOME COMMUNITIES- AND THEY
HAVE TO SPEND OUT OF POCKET
USING THEIR LIMITED FOOD AND
NUTRITION BUDGETS FOR BOTTLED
WATER EVERY YEAR EVERY. MONTH SO
THEY'RE TAKING THAT LIMITED
CALFRESH BENEFITS AND BEING
ESSENTIALLY PENALIZED FOR-
HAVING UNSAFE DRINKING WATER
THAT THEY CAN'T DRINK USED TO
PREPARE THEIR FOOD MIXED WITH
INFANT FORMULA AND THE LIKE. SO
THERE WAS A PILOT PROGRAM THAT
WAS FUNDED ON I THINK THIS
SUBCOMMITTEE FOR HAVING THE
FORESIGHT TO FUND IT SOME YEARS
AGO SO WE'RE IN A POSITION TO
POTENTIALLY LEVERAGE IT NOW.
THAT PROGRAM IS THE IS THE
CALFRESH SAFE DRINKING WATER
PILOT IT'S PROVIDING AN
ADDITIONAL FIFTY DOLLARS PER
MONTH TO HELP OFFSET THAT EXTRA
COSTS OF BOTTLED WATER THAT THAT
HOUSEHOLDS ARE FACING. IN IN
SELECTED ZIP CODES THAT HAVE
BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HAVING UNSAFE
DRINKING WATER SO IT'S EIGHT ZIP
CODES IN KERN COUNTY RIGHT NOW-
IT'S SERVING ABOUT FOUR THOUSAND
HOUSEHOLDS- AND WITHOUT FURTHER
ACTION IT WILL SUNSET IN OCTOBER
SO THOSE HOUSEHOLDS WERE FACING
AGAINST THAT ADDITIONAL
CHALLENGE THAT REALLY STARK IN
EQUITY. ARE GOING TO BE FORCED
TO TAKE A SECOND. CALFRESH CUT
AFTER THE ONE THAT THEY SAW THIS
MONTH I'M SORRY PROPOSAL IS TO.
HAVE A ONE TIME. APPLICATION OF
TEN MILLION DOLLARS TO ALLOW A
FURTHER EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT
PILOT SITES AND IDEALLY EXPANDED
TO ADDITIONAL. LOCATIONS WITHIN
THE CENTRAL VALLEY. IF I COULD
I'D JUST LIKE TO CLOSE WITH A
COUPLE OF QUOTES FROM PROGRAM
PARTICIPANTS- AND SO- FROM A
SPEAK A SPANISH LANGUAGE FOCUS
GROUP THAT WE HELD. WE SPEND
BETWEEN FORTY AND FIFTY FORTY
FIVE DOLLARS PER WEEK BECAUSE I
HAVE A LARGE FAMILY WE'RE SEVEN
AND THE CHILDREN EVERY DAY HAVE
TO TAKE BOTTLED WATER TO SCHOOL.
ALL FIVE OF THEM. ANOTHER
PARTICIPANT WHEN THE PROGRAM
ENDS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
TAKE IT FROM OUR FOOD BUDGET.
BECAUSE THE MONEY HAS TO COME
FROM SOMEWHERE TO BUY WATER WE
CAN'T DRINK THE TAP WATER. AND
SO WITHOUT ALL CLOSED DOWN AND
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS
. REALLY PUSH YOUR PRESENTATION
WE'RE GOING TO HOLD ITEM OPEN.
THANK YOU THANKS. BUT EVEN THE
SHORTEST STAKEHOLDER PROPOSAL.
INTAKE OF THE FOR THREE MINUTES.
NO HE'S- THE- I'D LIKE TO
WELCOME UP NOW- MISTER MARK LORI
LOWRY. THANK YOU. I'M MARC LASRY
REPRESENT THE CALIFORNIA
ASSOCIATION OF DIAPER BANKS BUT
I WORK FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY
FOOD BANK. AND I'VE BEEN WITH
THE FOOD BANK FOR THIRTY SIX
YEARS. AND LONG BEFORE DEEP
DIAPER BANK RIVER ON MY RADAR
SCREEN. I WAS ABLE TO TELL THE
STORY THAT THERE IS NO ITEM. FOR
WHICH I RECEIVE MORE CALLS FOR
HELP. WHEN I WAS UNABLE TO HELP
THE PERSON. THEN THE CALLS I GOT
FROM DESPERATE YOUNG MOTHERS
LOOKING FOR DIAPERS. SO WE ARE
PARTICULARLY EXCITED FOUR YEARS
AGO WHEN WE DISCOVERED THAT THEY
WERE FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE
ABLE TO SECURE STATE FUNDING
TYPE. LUNCH TYPE BANKS IN THEIR
COMMUNITY. SO WE SOUGHT FUNDING
THE FOLLOWING YEAR THE INITIAL
FORGOT THREE YEARS WORTH OF
MONEY WE SOUGHT THREE YEARS A
FOUR OR TWO YEARS WORTH OF
FUNDING SO. OUR FUNDING WOULD
ALL BE ALIGNED. SO NEARLY TWO
YEARS AGO THE FIVE OF US WENT
TOGETHER SEEKING CONTINUED
FUNDING AND WERE ABLE TO BRING
ON THREE ADDITIONAL DIAPER BANKS
AS WELL SO THERE ARE NOW. EIGHT
STATE FUNDED DIAPER BANKS IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND DURING
THAT TIME WE HAVE DISTRIBUTED
COMBINED SERVE SEVEN HUNDRED AND
FORTY FIVE THOUSAND HOUSEHOLDS.
ONE POINT TWO MILLION BABIES AND
DISTRIBUTED OVER A HUNDRED AND
THIRTY ONE MILLION DIAPERS. IN
THE LAST FOUR YEARS. SO THAT
BRINGS US TO THE PROPOSAL BEFORE
YOU A SIXTY MILLION DOLLAR THREE
YEAR PROPOSAL. THAT IS SPONSORED
BY SENATOR LEE MON AND SIX CO
SPONSORS. AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER DR
WEBER WITH SIX ADDITIONAL
SPONSORS AS WELL. AND THAT
PROPOSAL REALLY DOES FIVE
THINGS. THE FIRST IS A PROVIDES
CONTINUED FUNDING. FOR THE EIGHT
EXISTING DIAPER BANKS. TO IS IT
A STAB. DIAPER BANKS IN THREE
ADDITIONAL COMMUNITIES A TOTAL
OF ELEVEN. AT THREE WE ARE
SILENT ON THE ISSUE OF INFANT
DIAPERS THAT'S BEEN THE FUNDING
OF THE PAST. WE HAVE SIMPLY SAID
DIAPERS INSPIRED IN PART THAT I
COME FROM A CALL THAT I GOT FROM
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE THAT
ASKED. WHAT ABOUT ADULT DIAPERS.
SO WERE SILENT ON THE ISSUE OF
INFANT DIAPERS SO THAT.
OPERATORS WOULD HAVE SOME
FLEXIBILITY. I'M THREE OR I'M
SORRY FOR IS THAT- IT'S HARD TO
HAVE DIAPERS WITHOUT WIPES SO
WOULD PROVIDE FUNDING TO THOSE
ELEVEN ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPLY
WIPES AS WELL. AND FINALLY AS
YOU WELL KNOW A LOT OF ATTENTION
THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS IN THE
STATE LEGISLATURE REGARDING THE
ISSUE OF PERIOD PRODUCTS. SO
THERE'S BEEN A PILOT PROJECT IN
LOS ANGELES AND SAN DIEGO TO
PROVIDE PERIOD PRODUCTS HAS BEEN
INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL. SO THIS
FUNDING WOULD ALLOW THAT TO
CONTINUE AND ALLOW THE REMAINING
NINE TYPER BANKS TO PROVIDE
PERIOD PRODUCTS AS WELL. SO
WE'VE RECEIVED WIDESPREAD
SPOKESPERSON WARD OVER A HUNDRED
ORGANIZATIONS ALREADY SIGNED ON
IN SUPPORT WHEN WE DO THIS LESS
THAN TWO YEARS AGO STATEWIDE
ASSOCIATIONS SUCH AS THE
CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
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ASSOCIATION CALIFORNIA HEAD
START CALIFORNIA WE ASK AND MANY
OTHERS JOINED ON IN SUPPORT AS
WELL. SO WE HAVE A MODEL THAT'S
WORKING LEVERAGING THE
INFRASTRUCTURE OF FOOD BANKS IN
THE RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE IN
LOCAL COMMUNITIES. WITH THE END
OF EMERGENCY ALLOTMENTS AND
CALFRESH AND OTHER THREATS TO
BASIC NEEDS PROGRAMS YEAH WE
URGE YOU TO CONTINUE PROVIDING
SUPPORT TO THE EXISTING NETWORK.
AND ENHANCE THAT SERVICES WELL.
THANK YOU A QUICK QUESTION WHEN
DID THE DID THE PILOT READY
SUNSET HE HASN'T YET NO SO IT
CONTINUES. WHEN IT WHEN WILL IT
BE SUNSET IN SO THEY COULD THEY
SUNSET AND THEY GET RECEIVED TWO
MILLION DOLLARS MILLION EACH I
BELIEVE IT WAS TWO YEARS I THINK
IT GOES THROUGH JUNE OF NEXT
YEAR. QUESTIONS CALL. THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION
GOING TO HOLD ITEM OPEN. MOVING
ON TO. OUR THIRD PROPOSAL I'D
LIKE TO WELCOME BENITO THEY'VE
GOT THE OLSEN. OKAY GO AHEAD.
OKAY. OKAY YES AND CHECK OUR
TRAFFIC WILL A GOOD AFTERNOON
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK TO ALL OF YOU TODAY MY
NAME'S BENITO DEL GOGGLES AND
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND
FOUNDER OF SUPPLY BANK DOT ORG.
WE'RE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
BASED IN OAKLAND BUT OPERATE IN
ALL FIFTY EIGHT COUNTIES. TO
ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ALL HAVE THE
MATERIALS THEY NEED TO THRIVE.
WE BEGAN OUR JOURNEY ADDRESSING
DIAPER NEED WAY BACK IN TWENTY
FIFTEEN WHEN WE WERE APPROACHED
BY A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS IN
SIX COUNTIES ALAMEDA CONTRA
COSTA SANTA CLARA SOLANO. SAN
JOAQUIN AND SACRAMENTO AROUND
ADDRESSING MANY OF THE THINGS
YOU JUST HEARD FROM THE PREVIOUS
STAKEHOLDER DIAPERS ARE VERY
EXPENSIVE THEY COST A HUNDRED
DOLLARS A MONTH FOR DIAPERS AND
WIPES. THEY ALSO HAVE SERIOUS
BARRIERS TO BOTH CHILD CARE AND
US EMPLOYMENT YOU CAN'T TAKE
YOUR KIDS TO CHILD CARE THEY
PARENTS CAN'T GO TO WORK.
THERE'S ALSO MORE THAN FORTY
THOUSAND HOSPITAL VISITS PRIOR
TO THE PANDEMIC LARGELY DUE TO
DIAPER NEED THAT INCLUDES TWO
THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED NINETY
FOUR IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY THAT
INCLUDES ABOUT SIXTEEN HUNDRED
SAN JOAQUIN AND STANISLAUS
COUNTIES IN ABOUT FOURTEEN
HUNDRED AND KERN. AND I WOULD
ADD THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF
THESE ARE MEDIC HOW CLIENTS OR
UNINSURED SO THE STATE IN THE
SYSTEM IS PAYING FOR IT ONE WAY
OR THE OTHER. TO ADDRESS THIS WE
CREATED A PROGRAM WITH TWENTY
FOUR PUBLIC AGENCIES AND SEVERAL
PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS. TO
INTEGRATE DIAPER AND WIPE
DISTRIBUTION INTO EXISTING
WRAPAROUND SERVICES. THIS REALLY
STARTED TO TAKE OFF IN TWO
THOUSAND AND EIGHTEEN AND
NINETEEN WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS
DIAPER AND WIPE DISTRIBUTION
BECOMING PART. OF EXISTING
PROGRAMMING SO FOR EXAMPLE IN
RIVERSIDE COUNTY THERE'S SEVERAL
FAMILY RESOURCE CENTERS IN
PARTNERSHIP WITH FIRST FIVE. IN
SAN JOAQUIN AND STANISLAUS IN
MUCH OF THE NORTHERN CENTRAL
VALLEY WE PARTNER WITH THE TRUCK
DRIVING SCHOOL SAID THAT THOSE
STUDENTS CAN DELIVER ON TO A
VARIETY OF PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICE
PROGRAMS. WE DISTRIBUTE ABOUT
TWENTY EIGHT POINT FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS WORTH OF DIAPERS AND
WIPES OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS
THIS WAS PART OF AN EIGHTY
MILLION DOLLAR. COVE IN NINETEEN
PANDEMIC RESPONSE THAT ALSO
INCLUDED LIKE MEDICAL DEVICES
AND PP. BUT AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM
MANY OF FOLKS PROVIDING
TESTIMONY TODAY THERE'S A BIT OF
A CLIFF MUCH OF THAT FUNDING HAS
EXPIRED IN THESE PROGRAMMING.
ARE GOING TO STOP VERY SOON SOME
ALREADY HAVE. WE WERE HOWEVER
VERY HUMBLED WHEN WE SAW THAT
THE CONGRESS ON A BIPARTISAN
BASIS ADOPTED THE MODEL THAT
GREW OUT OF CALIFORNIA. TO FUND
THE FIRST DEVIL FEDERALLY FUNDED
DIAPER AND WHITE DISTRIBUTION
PROGRAM. THE NATIONAL DIAPER
BANK NETWORK ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY
THAT CALIFORNIA WILL ACTUALLY BE
RECEIVING SOME FUNDS BUT IT'S
QUITE MARGINAL. AND LIMITED TO
JUST FOR COUNTIES KERN MERCED
SAN FRANCISCO IN CINEMA. WE'RE
ALSO QUITE HUMBLED THAT OUR TEAM
ITS SUPPLY BANK DOT ORG HAS BEEN
TRAINING OTHER STATES AND TRIBAL
NATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ON
HOW TO IMPLEMENT THIS EXACT SAME
MODEL SO THAT THOSE. PUBLIC
SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS CAN
START TO INTEGRATE DIAPER AND
WIPE DISTRIBUTION. FOR THEIR
CLIENTS. LASTLY I WOULD NOTE THE
OBVIOUS THAT THERE'S TWO
PROPOSALS HERE FOR DIAPER AND
WIPE DISTRIBUTION. WE VERY MUCH
WANT TO SEE THEM BOTH BE
SUCCESSFUL WE VERY MUCH WANT TO
WORK TOGETHER AND THAT'S AN OPEN
INVITATION TO THE OTHER
STAKEHOLDERS AS WELL. I GREATLY
ENJOYED MY TIME TWO WEEKS AGO IN
WASHINGTON ALONG WITH THE LA
FOOD BANK IN THE ORANGE COUNTY
FOOD BANK. AND A MEMBER OF THE
BOARD FOR THE NATIONAL DIAPER
BANK NETWORK TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE CAN GET MORE FUNDING SO IT'S
NOT ON THE BACK OF THE STATE
GENERAL FUND TO DO THIS AND SO.
GREAT THINGS CAN HAPPEN WE WORK
TOGETHER CALIFORNIA HAS CREATED
SOME AMAZING PROGRAMS. I'VE HAD
THE BENEFIT OF GOING ON A TOUR
THE SAN BERNARD DINO FOOD BANK
IN DIAPER BANK AND THEY DO
TREMENDOUS WORK WE DID A BIG.
MILLION DOLLAR PARTNERSHIP WITH
THEM AND OTHERS FOR FORMULA
DURING THAT CRISIS AND SO. WE
VERY MUCH ENCOURAGE THE
LEGISLATURE ONCE AGAIN TO MAKE
DIAPER AND WIPE DISTRIBUTION A
PRIORITY THIS YEAR I THINK WE'RE
VERY EXCITED WE DID LAST YEAR
AND WE HOPE YOU CAN AGAIN. THANK
YOU SO MUCH. I'M IN REGARDS TO
YOU MENTIONED YOU KNOW THE YES
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. WHAT
ARE YOUR LOCATIONS IN THE SAME
LOCATIONS IS THE BRAND I DON'T
EVEN KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS OR
CAN YOU SHARE WHERE YOU
LOCATIONS WOULD BE. YOU KNOW IN
THE PREVIOUS PROPOSALS REQUIRE
THE PROPOSAL. THEY HAVE EIGHT
SITES ORANGE COUNTY A LEE SAN
DIEGO REDWOOD. ORANGE COUNTY SAN
BERNARDINO- WOULD JUMP FOR YOUR
LOCATION TO BE IN THE SAME.
AREAS NOW LARGELY WE WANT TO
COMPLEMENT THE GOOD WORK THEY'RE
DOING ORANGE COUNTY COMMITTEE
ACTION PARTNERSHIP RUNS A
PHENOMENAL PROGRAM THE SAMBAR TO
DINO ONE DOES. I HAVE SPENT A
LOT OF TIME BRAINSTORMING WITH
LA FOOD BANK ABOUT HOW CAN WE
SET UP A REFERRAL SYSTEM SO THAT
WHEN ONE OF THESE FORTY THOUSAND
BABY SHOW UP IN THE EMERGENCY
ROOM FOR SEVERE DIAPER RASH
URINARY TRACT INFECTION. WE CAN
SET UP A REFERRAL TO A DIAPER
BANK AND OF COURSE THAT REQUIRE
COORDINATION ACROSS THE STATE.
SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THAT NEED
MATT AND NOT RETURN BECAUSE OUR
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT A LOT OF
THOSE BABIES WHO ARE GOING TO
THE HOSPITAL OR AN URGENT CARE
CLINIC. FOR ONE OF THE WORST
THREE SYMPTOMS OF DIAPER NEED.
ARE GOING BACK IN SO IT'S- I
CAN'T COMMENT ON THE FINDINGS
YET BUT OUR TEAM IS VERY
TALENTED THEY'VE BEEN WORKING
WITH FRESNO STATE UNIVERSITY SAN
JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY AND
OTHERS. ON LOOKING AT DIFFERENT
DISPARITIES WITHIN DIAPER NEED
AND ITS IMPACT SPECIFIC TO
HOSPITAL VISITS IN ONE OF THE
THINGS WE FOUND IN ADDITION TO
THEM ALL THE MEDICAL CLIENTS. IS
THAT THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER
THINGS ALONG THE LINES OF RACING
OF COURSE CLASS AND SO. WHAT
CALIFORNIA REALLY NEEDS IS A
STATEWIDE SYSTEM. SO THAT THE
NEXT CHAPTER OF THINGS LIKE.
DEFERRALS SO THAT WHEN YOU SEE A
NURSE PRACTITIONER OR PHYSICIAN
AT THE HOSPITAL THAT YOU CAN GET
A REFERRAL TO ONE OF THE GREAT
DIAPER BANKS THAT ARE OPERATING
IN OUR STATE. AND JUST HAVE THAT
NEED MET UNTIL THE BABY IS OUT
OF DIAPERS. THANK YOU. I SEE NO
OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION GOING
TO HOLD ITEM OPEN OKAY THANK YOU
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THANKS. FOR
THANK TO WELCOME BACK. ANDREW
SHANE. NO IT DOESN'T WORK.
ORDERS. ARE YOU. THANK YOU TERM
NUMBERS- INTERCHANGE. WITH GRACE
AND TELL POVERTY CALIFORNIA I'M
GLAD TO SPEAK BRIEFLY TO ISSUE A
NOTICE NEAR DEAR TO YOU- ABOUT.
ENSURING THAT WE HAVE- A
DEDICATED. PRODUCTS BENEFIT
WITHIN CAL WORKS IN CALIFORNIA
ONE IN SEVEN WOMEN AND GIRLS
BETWEEN THE AGE OF TWELVE AND
FORTY FOUR LIVE BELOW THE
FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL IN ONE IN
THREE LOW INCOME WOMEN REPORT
MISSING SCHOOL WORK OR OTHER
COMMITMENTS. DUE TO LACK OF
ACCESSING PERIOD SUPPLIES AND WE
KNOW THAT THIS
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS BLACK
INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR
AS ONE FOR BLACK AND LATIN X.
MEN STREETERS REPORT DIFFICULTY
IN FORGING THAT'S OUR PRODUCTS
AND WE HEARD IN POLICY COMMITTEE
HOW DEEPLY PERSONAL THAT IS- AND
PROCEED THE TIME TO ELEVATE THIS
ISSUE TODAY. A SURVEY CONDUCTED
BY THE ACLU FOUND THE INCOME
LOSS WAS ASSOCIATED WITH ASPECTS
OF MENTAL AND SECURITY AND THAT
INDIVIDUALS THAT EXPERIENCE
INCOME US FOR FOUR TIMES MORE
LIKELY TO STRUGGLE WITH THE COST
OF YOUR PRODUCTS. THE PANDEMIC
FOR THE COMPOUNDED THIS MEANING
THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE MENSTRUATING
ARE FORCED TO CREATE MAKESHIFT
PRODUCTS THEY CAN INCREASE THE
INSTANCES OF HEALTH CONCERNS OR
UNNECESSARY LEAKS- OR WEARING
THAT'S OUR PRODUCTS FOR LONGER
PERIODS OF TIME WHICH COULD LEAD
TO SERIOUS HEALTH CONCERNS. SUCH
AS TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME THAT
SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING
CALIFORNIA. OBVIOUSLY THE STATE
HAS MADE GREAT PROGRESS- THE
COVER EXPENSIVE EXPANSION OF
DIAPERS IN TWENTY SEVENTEEN.
REQUIRING PUBLIC SCHOOLS
COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN CALIFORNIA
STATE. UNIVERSITY STOCK
RESTROOMS OF TREATMENTS OR
PRODUCTS EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION
ABOLISHING PAYING TAX BUT WE
HAVE WORK TO DO- IN IN TERMS OF
ADDRESSING MENTAL EQUITY. AND SO
WE'RE ASKING FOR THE BUDGET TO
INCREASE AND CREATED DEDICATED A
BENEFIT WITHIN CAL WORKS FOR A
TWENTY DOLLAR MONTHLY ALLOTMENT.
FOR MENTORING INDIVIDUALS TO
COVER THE COSTS OF TAMPONS
SANITARY NAPKINS AND CLEANSING
WIPES WE NEED TO EASE THE
SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL BARRIERS.
DISK DECREASE SYSTEMIC
INEQUITIES AND IMPROVE THE
LIVELIHOODS OF RECIPIENTS WHO
LACKEYS AND SUBSIDIES. AND THANK
YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. ON
THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DON'T
A QUESTION. WE'RE GONNA HOLD
EITHER OPEN THE- MOVE ON TO OUR-
FOR. PROPOSED LIKE TO WELCOME
BACK- MISTER KEVIN. I SALONEN.
WHO WILL PRESENT ON THE WORKS
ACCESS FOR CHILDREN WHOSE SSI
BENEFITS ARE SUSPENDED. THIS IS
YOUR SO WHAT HAPPENS THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN. WHOSE SSI HAS BEEN
SUSPENDED. AND THEY APPLY FOR
CAL WORKS THEY CAN'T GET THE-
CAL WORKS AND THEY DON'T GET A
SOCIETY. SO WHAT THIS BILL WITH
THIS PROPOSAL SAYS IS THAT THEY
IF THEY'RE NOT GIVING US A SIGN.
THEN THEY SHOULD GET THE KERR
WORKS. THEN IT THE ESTIMATE IS
ABOUT THREE HUNDRED CHILDREN. IN
THIS A DISABLED CHILDREN FOR
SOME REASON THIS I GOT STOPPED
AND IN SUSPENSE FOR TWELVE
MONTHS AND AFTER THAT THEY COULD
GET WORKS BUT BEFORE THAT THEY
CAN'T GIVE TOWERS KIND OF NOT
THE- VERY SITUATION. AND
HOPEFULLY THIS WILL HELP THE
THREE HUNDRED. THIRTY KIDS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
. NO QUESTION. LOOK THANK THANK
YOU WERE GOING TO HOLD THE ITEM
OPEN. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME BACK
I'M NOT BACK I'D LIKE TO WELCOME
OUR PRESENTER FOR LAST TIME.
STICKER PROPOSAL THAT'S GOING TO
BE PRESENTED IN PERSON. CAMERON
CAMERON CAMERON MIMS JONES.
THANK YOU HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON.
I THANK YOU CHAIRMAN MEMBERS MY
NAME IS CAMERON MIMS JONES WITH
NURSE CALIFORNIA I WE'RE KRAUT
WE ARE PROUD TO CO SPONSOR THE
PROPOSAL WITH OUR OR OUR
PARTNERS AT THE CCP ROUND TABLE.
I TO INCREASE FOOD FUNDING FOR
FAMILY CHILDCARE HOMES. I ALSO
WANTED THINKS INTERTIDAL FOR
CHAMPIONING THIS PROPOSAL WHICH
WILL FINALLY ENSURE THAT ALL
FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDERS ARE
REIMBURSED- MORE EQUITABLY BY
THE STATE. FOR THE COST MEALS
SERVED THE KIDS IN THEIR CARE.
ALL CHILDREN DESERVE TO BE WELL
NOURISHED AND TO THRIVE IT IS
THE CURRENT STATE POLICY THAT NO
CHILD BE HUNGRY WHILE ATTENDING
A PRESCHOOL PROGRAM. AND THAT
PRESCHOOL PROVIDERS ARE
OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE FOR THE
NUTRITIONAL NEEDS FOR CHILDREN
IN THEIR ATTENDANCE. EVEN WITH
THIS POLICY CALIFORNIA CAN FEELS
TICKET TO EQUITABLY INVEST IN
FOOD SYSTEMS NOURISHING OUR
CHILD CHILDREN DURING PRESCHOOL
CARE. OPTING INSTEAD TO PENALIZE
CARE PROVIDERS OPERATING OUT OF
THEIR HOMES ON RAZOR THIN
MARGINS. EXISTING STATE LAW
CREATES A STATE MEET REAP MEAL
REIMBURSEMENT GAP THE KEEPS
FAMILY CHILD CARE HOME PROVIDERS
FROM RECEIVING THE FULL
STATEMENT REIMBURSEMENT. AS WE
SIT HERE TODAY FAMILY CHURCH THE
FILE FAMILY CHILD CARE HOME
PROVIDERS ARE REIMBURSED FOR
ONLY 75% OF THE MEALS THEY SERVE
TO KIDS IN THEIR CARE. THIS
STATE REIMBURSEMENT GAP MEANS
FAMILY CHILD CARE HOME PROVIDERS
RECEIVE NO STATE FUNDING FOR ONE
OUT OF EVERY FOUR MEALS THEY
SERVE. CALIFORNIA'S EARLY CARE
SYSTEM HAS CONTINUED A LEGACY OF
RATE BREWED IN RACISM AND
EXCLUSION THE REIMBURSEMENT GAP
CODE FIVE UNDERVALUING AND
UNDERPAYING LABOR HISTORICALLY
PERFORMED BY BLACK BROWN AND
IMMIGRANT WOMEN OF COLOR. MANY
FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDERS FACE
SYSTEMIC BARRIERS TO COMPLETE
ECONOMIC SUCCESS MOST WOMEN OF
COLOR AND NEARLY HALF WERE BORN
OUTSIDE OF THE U. S. ACCORDING
TO A U. S. UC BERKELEY EARLY
CARE. STUDY FAMILY CARE
PROVIDERS INCOME LEVELS ARE
OFTEN BELOW A THRIVING OR EVEN
LIVING WAGE ALARMINGLY WHILE
PROVIDERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
FEEDING HEALTHY MEALS TO KIDS IN
THEIR CARE ONE THIRD OF FAMILY
CARE PROVIDERS REPORT FOOD
INSECURITY. THIS SMALL BUT
IMPACTFUL INVESTMENT MOVES THE
STATE CLOSER TO ENSURING MORE
EQUITABLE CHILD CARE NUTRITION
PROGRAM. ALL FAMILY CHILD CARE
PROVIDERS SHOULD BE COMPENSATED
FOR LIVING UP TO THE OBLIGATION
TO PROVIDE FOR HEALTHY MEALS FOR
KIDS IN THEIR CARE. I APPRECIATE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE THIS
AND PORTANT ISSUE BEFORE THIS
BODY AND I'M READY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS I KNOW YOU'RE ALL
TIRED THE MONDAY THAT. NOTICES
RUN ON TIME IS GOOD- I DON'T
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IS. PRETTY
STRAIGHTFORWARD TO ME APPRECIATE
IT NO OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU
FOR PRESENTING WE'RE GOING TO
HOLD THE ITEM OPEN THAT
CONCLUDES OUR IN PERSON
STAKEHOLDER PROPOSALS. PLEASE
NOTE THERE ARE ADDITIONAL ONES
IN THE AGENDA ITEM THAT HAVE
BEEN INCLUDED IN JUST WILL NOT
GET A PRESENTATION TODAY. WE ARE
NOW GOING TO BE MOVING INTO OUR
PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THOSE IN
PERSON THAT WOULD LIKE TO
PROVIDE A PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE
STEP FORWARD. FOR THOSE WHO'LL-
ARE NOT HERE AS A REMINDER YOU
CAN DO THIS BY THE
TELECONFERENCE THESE NUMBERS
EIGHT SEVEN SEVEN. TWO TWO SIX
EIGHTY ONE SIXTY THREE ACCESS
CODE SEVEN THREE SIX TWENTY
EIGHT THIRTY FOUR WE'LL START
WITH OUR IN PERSON COMMENTS HI
GOOD AFTERNOON I'M SURE MEMBERS
MY NAME IS EMMA EVANS FROM GRACE
IN CHOPPY CALIFORNIA. IN SUPPORT
OF STAKEHOLDER PROPOSED A NUMBER
TEN THE FORTY FIVE AND A HALF
MILLION ONE TIME REQUEST TO FUND
THE CALIFORNIA COORDINATED
NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY
SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM
CHAMPIONED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER
BONTA. INCIDENT HER TADO WE URGE
THE LEGISLATURE TO FULLY STAFF
TO FULLY FUNDED IT TAKES A
VILLAGE ACT. IN RESOURCE
ORGANIZATIONS WHO NEED SCALE WHO
NEED TO SCALE HIGHLY AFFECTED
PLACE BASED ANTI POVERTY
SOLUTIONS AND ESTABLISH NEW
PARTNERSHIPS IN CURRENTLY
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. THAT
ARE PROVEN TO IMPROVE WHOLE
CHILD AND WHOLE FAMILY OUTCOMES
FROM CRADLE TO CAREER THANK YOU
THANK YOU. HEY GOOD AFTERNOON
CHAIR AND MEMBERS MY NAME IS
EDGAR CHAVEZ ON THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FROM HE WE'RE PROMISE
NEIGHBORHOODS- IN STRONG SUPPORT
OF. STAKEHOLDER PROPOSAL NUMBER
TEN THE FOUR POINT FIVE MILLION
DOLLAR ONE TIME REQUEST TO FUND
THE CALIFORNIA COORDINATED
NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY
SERVICES GRANT. CHAMPION BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER BONTA AND
SENATOR D'AMATO. WE URGE THE
LEGISLATURE TO FULLY FUND IT
TAKES A VILLAGE IS A VILLAGE
ACTON RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS TO
HELP. SCALE THESE HIGHLY
EFFECTIVE PLACE BASED MODELS. I
WANT TO ADD THAT THIS IS ALSO AN
EQUITY FRAMEWORK FOR STATE WE
KNOW THAT THE ZIP CODE IN CENSUS
TRACTOR CHILDREN GROW UP IN
DETERMINES OUR SOCIO ECONOMIC
OUTCOMES. DOES THE WAY WE
CONTINUE A LINE SYSTEMS TO
SUPPORT SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES IN
CITIES LIKE HE WERE TO ENSURE
THAT ALL CHILDREN INNER CITY.
HAVE EQUAL FOOTING FROM BIRTH
AND THAT THEY ARE UNDER
DEPLOYMENT CAREER- AFTER SOON
AFTER THAT THANK YOU SO MUCH
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON ON A
HASSELBLAD WITH UNITED REYES A
CALIFORNIA AND ALSO A MEMBER OF
THE END AND- CHILD POVERTY-
CALIFORNIA COALITION I'M
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF
REIMAGINING CAL WORKS. THE
CONFERENCE FIFTY DOLLAR MINIMUM
BENEFIT FORTY FIVE POINT FIVE
MILLION DOLLARS TO FUND IT TAKES
A VILLAGE COURT NEEDED GRANT
PROGRAM FOOD FOR ALL AND SUMMARY
B. T. AND FINALLY I JUST WANTED
TO NOTE THAT- WELL IS NOT ON THE
AGENDA THERE IS A PROPOSAL TO
FUND TWO ONE ONE WHICH IS THE
INFORMATION AND REFERRAL
SERVICES PER- THAT PROVIDE
INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE STATE
WITH CONNECTIONS TO HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES. BY DIALING THE
EASY TO REMEMBER THREE DIGIT
CODE TWO ONE ONE CALIFORNIANS
CAN SPEAK WITH HIGHLY TRAINED
STAFF TWENTY FOUR HOURS A DAY
THREE HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE DAYS A
YEAR. OVER TWO HUNDRED LANGUAGES
HOWEVER CALIFORNIA HAS NOT
FUNDED TO AND WANTED TO
STATEWIDE LEVEL AND THE MINIMAL
MINIMAL FUNDING TO SUPPORT
DISASTER ONLY SERVICES IN
EIGHTEEN RURAL COUNTIES EXPIRED
IN DECEMBER. EVEN FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND CALIFORNIANS AT RISK OF
THEIR TWO ONE ONE SERVICES-
SHRINKING OR SHUTTING DOWN
ALTOGETHER WE REQUEST THAT THE
SENATE INCLUDE TWENTY MILLION IN
THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TO SHORE UP
AND EXPAND TO ONE ONE SERVICES
TO ENSURE ACCESS TO SOCIAL
SERVICES ACROSS THE STATE. WE
ENCOURAGE THE SENATE TO
PRIORITIZE ALL THESE CRITICAL
SUPPORT IN PROGRAM
TRANSFORMATIONS THANK YOU THANK
YOU- BECKY SILVA FROM THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF FOOD
BANKS- JUST WANTED TO SAY IN
ADDITION TO THE ANTI HUNGER
INVESTMENTS TOWARDS CALFRESH THE
CALIFORNIA FOOD ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM. AND FOOD BANKS AS WELL
AS THE SAFE DRINKING WATER PILOT
AND FOOD FUNDING FOR FAMILY
CHILD CARE HOMES WITH AND WE
ALSO WANTED TO EXPRESS SUPPORT
FOR THE SEVERAL PROPOSALS AROUND
CAL WORKS. TO RE IMAGINE THE
PROGRAM AND ALSO TO SUPPORT
FAMILIES WITH THE COST OF PERIOD
PRODUCTS. I'M WE ALSO URGE
STRONG SUPPORT OF THE CONTINUED
INVESTMENTS TOWARDS THE STATE
DIAPER BANK PROGRAM. AND THE
MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS PILOT- AND
JUST ONE EXPRESS APPRECIATION
FOR THE REALLY ROBUST
CONVERSATION- AN AGENDA TODAY
AROUND ALL OF THESE REALLY
IMPORTANT PROGRAMS THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM
CHAIRMAN MARTHA CARRERA
REPRESENTING THE LOS ANGELES
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
JUST WANTED TO- EXPRESSED
POSITIONS ON ON SOME OF THE
ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA
SUPPORT FOR THE GOVERNOR'S
CALFRESH ADMIN INCREASE- WE ALSO
SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF C. FAB-
WE ALSO- SUPPORT- THE- FUNDING
THAT AND- THURMOND MADAM CHAIR
YOU HAVE ON THE PANDEMIC
CALFRESH BENEFITS TO- EXPAND
THOSE BENEFITS. AND WE SUPPORT
THE CO WORKS RENT INCREASE WE
ALSO APPRECIATE THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSAL ON AB T. THEFT- AND-
ADDRESSING THE FRAUDULENT
ACTIVITY WE DO. LIKE TO SEE
THAT. EXPEDITED BECAUSE THAT IS-
THE JUST REALLY SEVERE OUT THERE
TO SEE THE EBT THEFT IN
APPRECIATE THE ANALYSIS ON YOU
KNOW- PRIORITIZING CAL WORKS
BENEFITS BECAUSE THAT CAN BE
DEVASTATING TO A FAMILY. CAN'T
PAY THE RENT OR HAVE CHECKS THAT
ARE- NOT BEING ABLE TO GET
CASHED- AND THEN IT IT IT REALLY
JUST HAVE HAS A RESIDUAL IMPACT
ON FAMILIES- AND WE ALSO OPPOSE
THE SINGLE ADMINISTRATION CUT-
FOR CAL WORK SPENT- THE COVERS
PROGRAM. SORRY GOING BACK TO THE
BEAUTY THAT I DO WANT TO SAY
THAT I APPRECIATE WEEKLY-
APPRECIATE CDSS ECHT ACTIVITIES
TO ADDRESS- YOU KNOW AND YOU
KNOW THE REGULATIONS. SO THAT
THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE GET
A POLICE REPORT THAT WE CAN
REFRESH THOSE BENEFITS
IMMEDIATELY THANK YOU THANK YOU
. GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR
MEMBERS CHRIS RESPONSES POLICY
ADVOCATE AUSTIN CINEMA POVERTY
FURNITURE PROJECTION FOR THE
SENATE BUDGET PLAN ON IT AND ITS
LEADERSHIP ON HUMAN SERVICE
ISSUES. ON ISSUES ONE THROUGH
SEVEN WHAT I LINE MY COMMENTS
WITH ANTI UNDER MY ANTI HUNGER
COLLEAGUES ESPECIALLY- PROVIDING
SUPPORT FOR FOOD FOR ALL- AND UP
LIFTING ON ISSUE NUMBER THREE
ONE OF MY COMMENTS OF THE
PANELISTS THE NOTES OVER. THE
CURRENT PROCESS THE FIRST ON THE
BENEFITS ARE FOR THEM TO BE
RESTORED IS VERY BURDENSOME FOR
THE RECIPIENTS. ALSO AN AD THAT
WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT YOU
TO CARDHOLDERS. ARMS SHOULD BE
TREATED AS ANY OTHER ELECTRONIC
CARD HOLDER AND SHOULD NOT BE
CONSIDERED CONSECUTIVE ARE SO
CLASS CONSUMERS AND THAT'S WHY
WE WOULD. URGE THE COMMITTEE TO
ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO
INTERRUPTION IN CARD USAGE OR
ANY OTHER BURGERS FOR RECIPIENTS
ADDITIONALLY. WE WOULD ALSO
ENCOURAGE THE COMMITTEE TO
ENSURE THAT CD IT WENT CDSS AND
WE'RE ALL ROLLS OUT THE- UCBCP
CHIP CARDS BUT THERE IS A
SPECIFIC PLAN IN PLACE FOR
INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT HAVE.
RELIABLE MAILING ADDRESS SUCH AS
ON HOW CALIFORNIANS. ARE TO
ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO-
HAVE THIS WESTERN CENTER JUST
PUBLISHED A REPORT CALLED RETURN
TO SENDER THE HIGHLIGHTS. THAT
NOT HAVING A MAILING ADDRESS
FURTHERS OUR PARTY FOR THESE
INDIVIDUALS. OUR LAST THE ON
COUPLE ISSUES I'M WRITING MY
COMMENTS ARE OUT WITH THAT ARE
REIMAGINE CALL WORKS. OUR
COLLEAGUES AND THEN ALSO JUST
ONE OF LIFT. THE PROPOSAL WHICH
YOUR LAN. THE EXPANSION OF
CAPPY- AND SO FORTH OFF- AND
THEN LASTLY MISS RAISES
PROPOSAL. TO PROVIDE WRAP AROUND
SERVICES. FOR IMMIGRANTS THANK
YOU THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON MY
NAME CHAIR. SENT ROD. HI KATHY
VAN. RIGHT BURKE. JOE BURTON
ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH I'M HERE.
SUPPORT ITEM NINE. OF
REINVENTING CAL WORKS- JUST
QUICK NOTES- YOU KNOW. REMOVING
LANGUAGE THAT CREATES BIAS- OR
THAT STRAIGHT OUT REFLECTS
RACISM- IS INAPPROPRIATE AND ARE
STATUTES ANY. NEVER WORK BUT
CERTAINLY ANY LONGER. AND ALSO
WANT TO POINT OUT THAT AND THE
SOME OF THE SANCTIONS THAT WERE
LOOKING TO REMOVE. CAN MEAN. A
WORLD OF DIFFERENCE- TO A FAMILY
WITH CHILDREN ON A MONTHLY BASIS
YOU KNOW TWO HUNDRED TWO HUNDRED
AND THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS- THAT IS
A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF
WHAT THEY CAN BUY FOR FOOD AND-
THEIR ABILITY. TO AFFORD THEIR
THEIR LIVING. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THANK
YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON CHEN MEMBERS
AND THEY'RE GONNA IS A STATE
POLICY ADVOCATE WITH COLLISION
FRIEDMAN IMMIGRANT RIGHTS CHILE
HERE AND SPEAKING ON THREE ITEMS
FIRST UTILIZE IN STRONG SUPPORT
OF PROVIDING FOOD BENEFITS FOR
ALL CALIFORNIANS ARE REGARDLESS
OF THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS. OR
THEIR AGE AND ONCE THE EXPANSION
AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF C.
FOUGHT FOR THOSE FIFTY FIVE
ORDER SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
SECOND I WANNA MAKE A GENERAL
COMMENT ON THE CASH ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM FOR IMMIGRANTS WHICH HAS
BEEN UP LIFTED AS PART OF OUR
CONVERSATION TODAY. THE STATE IS
WORKING TO FIND AND EXPAND
ACCESS TO MANY IMPORTANT
PROGRAMS ENTERED A SUPPORT
EFFORTS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO THE
CRAPPIE PROGRAM FOR UNDOCUMENTED
INDIVIDUALS LASTLY BELIEVE IT'S
CRUCIAL TO ADDRESS THE TIMES AT
WHICH AT. AT TIMES OUR LINK THE-
TIME FRAMES WHICH IMMIGRANTS
MUST WAIT IN ORDER TO ACCESS
STATE BENEFITS ENSURING WILL
ROLL IMMIGRANTS CAN ACCESS THE
BENEFITS IN A TIMELY MANNER IS
PARAMOUNT SO WE URGE SUPPORT.
FOR ASSEMBLY MEMBER RAISES
BUDGET PROPOSAL ON. THIS ISSUE
THANKS SO MUCH THANK YOU. I'M
SURE SENATE ROTH INTERCHANGE
GRAYSON TELL POVERTY ON
CALFRESH. WITH COURSES STRONG
SUPPORT OF FOOD FOR ALL ON ISSUE
THREE. AGAIN WHEN I THINK THE
GOVERNOR BUT WHEN A LINE WITH L.
A. COUNTY- AS WELL AS THE OTHER
ADVOCATES TO EXPEDITE THIS AND A
PROJECT PRIORITIZE TEN OF
HOUSEHOLDS APPRECIATE THE
COMMENTS ABOUT THAT- THE-
PRESSURES ACCOUNT. THAT COVERS
HOUSEHOLDS ON THE M. ON THE
CHIPPED UP ROLLOUT. ON CAL WORKS
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY MADAM
CHAIR THAT WITH THE WPR. IT'S
NOT GOING TO GO AWAY IT'S SO WE
WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT BUT IT
IS NOT GOING TO AFFECT ANY OF
THE REFORMS THAT. WILL WILL FALL
BUT WITH YOU AND YOUR STAFF
ABOUT THAT IT'S NOT GONNA STOP
US FROM DOING ANY OF THAT
REIMAGINE AND I KNOW- THAT THAT.
WAS A REALLY ROBUST DISCUSSION I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT- WE
WILL. CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THE
DEPARTMENT ON ISSUES ELEVEN AND
TWELVE WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE
DISCUSSION- AND THEN FINALLY ON-
CAL- SORRY ON CAPPY WE ALIGN
WITH HER LAN OR SUPPORT OF THE
PROPOSAL. THANK YOU. GOOD
AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE MY NAME
IS EASIER PAYMENT TO ON ON
BEHALF OF ALAMEDA COUNTY
COMMUNITY FOOD BANK. AND WE'RE
RAISING THE ALARM THAT IN SPITE
OF THE AND OF MANY PANDEMIC
RELATED EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS.
HUNGER IS STILL AN EMERGENCY.
AND ALONG THOSE LINES WERE
APPRECIATIVE OF THE SENATE
BUDGET PLAN. AND IN PARTICULAR
WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF INCREASING
CALFRESH BENEFITS ADVOCACY. AND
ACCESS FOR ALL REGARDLESS OF
IMMIGRATION STATUS. WE'RE IN
SUPPORT OF STRENGTHENING SCHOOL
MEALS AND SUMMER EBT. BOLSTERING
OUR EMERGENCY FOOD SYSTEM IT'S
IMPORTANT CALIFORNIA'S FOOD
BANKS. SUPPORTING OLDER ADULTS
AND PEOPLE LIVING WITH
DISABILITIES ON SSI. AND FINALLY
ENDING CHILD POVERTY AND ENDING
DEEP POVERTY FOR ALL THANK YOU
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I SEE NO
OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS IN PERSON
MODERATE IF YOU COULD Q. THOSE
WISHING TO PROVIDE COMMENT. THE
TELECONFERENCING KINDLY LET ME
KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WAITING
. YES THANK YOU IF YOU'D LIKE TO
HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT YOU MAY
PRESS ONE AND THEN ZERO. AGAIN
THAT IS ONE IN THERE FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF IN
Q. PERFECT. I WILL GO TO LINE
FIFTY ONE YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH- HI MANAGER
MEMBERS MY NAME IS TRACY GO WITH
THE CALIFORNIA ALTERNATIVE
PAYMENT PROGRAM THE FUSION OR
ALL. YOU LIKE THAT ONE ADULT AND
CHILD POVERTY CALIFORNIA AND
SUPPORT. REIMAGINE HOWARD. HOW
FRESH FIFTY DOLLAR MINIMUM
BENEFIT. TWENTY FIVE POINT FIVE
MILLION TEN BONDS THAT IT TAKES
A VILLAGE COMMITTEE GRANTS
PROGRAM GOOD FOR ALL. CALVET
PRODUCT IN SUMMER EVP. MANY OF
THE FAMILIES AFTER THIRDS RELY
ON THESE PROGRAMS AND OUR
MISSION IS TO UPLIFT THE
FAMILIES AND THE PROGRAMS THAT.
PROVIDE Q. THANK YOU NETWORK
ALIGN FORTY SEVEN YEAR LENDS
OPEN. AFTERNOON MERRY
CHRYSANTHOS OF SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY AND PART OF UPDATING THE
CALIBRATION MINISTRATION
BUDGETING METHODOLOGY BUDGETING
METHODOLOGY USED TO DETERMINE
THE AMOUNT OF STATE FUNDING IS
BASED ON COSTS AS THEY EXISTED
IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS. NOT
ONLY FUNDING ABOUT 60% OF
CURRENT COSTS. WITH WHAT WE
ANTICIPATE WOULD BE INCREASED
FUNDING SEPTEMBER DID YOU KNOW
COUNTY COULD HIRE MORE STAFF TO
MEET CALFRESH REEVALUATION
PROCESS AND DEADLINES QUALITY
CONTROL ACCURACY AND MEET THE
THIRTY DAY ARE PROCESSING TOOL
FOR CALFRESH APPLICATIONS. AND
PROVIDE. SERVICES TO THOSE MOST
IN NEED ON BEHALF OF THE
CHILDREN'S PARTNERSHIP SPEAKING
TO ISSUE FOR SUPPORT PROVIDING
TO BENEFIT ALL INCOME ELIGIBLE
CALIFORNIA IMMIGRANTS AND
CRITICS INCLUDING CHILDREN AND
THEIR FAMILIES. AS WELL AS
REJECTING THE PROPOSAL LATE TO
THE C. FLAP WITH PENSION WE ARE
AT THE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE
SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE'S
PROPOSAL TO TAKE BOTH. OF THESE
ACTIONS THANK YOU THANK YOU.
THANK YOU NEXT GO TO LINE OF SIX
THREE YEAR LETTER OPEN. BY HI
THIS IS- THE VICE AND BAY AREA
LEGAL AID- A GOOD AFTERNOON-
CHAIR REMEMBER THE CITY. I'M
CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE
REIMAGINING CALYX PROPOSAL.
ABOVE PROPOSALS TO INCREASE
ACCESS TO. OTHER PUBLIC BENEFITS
IN YOUR CHRISTIAN BENEFITS. FOR
AT THE VIRUS. UPPING THE LEFT
CAL THAT ARE. ALSO IN FOR OF A-
FIFTY FIFTEEN TWELVE TO SUPPORT.
FOSTER YOUTH. AND AB FOUR NINE
ONE TO SUPPORT ACCESS TO MAIL
FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING.
HOMELESSNESS THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU KNOW WILL LINE
FIFTY FOUR YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR AND MEMBERS
OF YOUR OWN KIND OF NOT FROM
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA AND AT
THE HELP NETWORK. AND HAVING OUR
SAY NETWORK. EVEN HAVING OUR SAY
NETWORK A COLLECTION OF OVER
THIRTY FIVE COMMUNITY BASED
ORGANIZATIONS. ARE SUPPORTIVE OF
PROVIDING COULD BENEFIT TO ALL
CALIFORNIA. REPUBLICAN
REGARDLESS. OTHER IMMIGRATION
STATUS- WE WERE DISAPPOINTED
KICKING THE GOVERNOR'S. THAT THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL TO ALL OF
THE LATE THE ATTENTION OF THE
CALIFORNIA COULD ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS IMMIGRANT- AGED FIFTY
FIVE AND OLDER- CUTE QUESTION
IMMIGRANTS FROM CRAWFISH AND
KEEP THAT. CONTRIBUTES TO OF.
FAITHFULLY HIGH RATES OF HUNGER
OF WHICH MEET WHICH HAVE
CONSEQUENCES FOR THE HEALTH AND
WELL BEING OF COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR. CONTROL WILL HELP ALL
CALIFORNIANS TRIED AND IMPROVE
THE HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR ALL OF
OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE ARE
ACTUALLY THE LEGISLATURE TO
INVEST IN THE EXPANSION OF THE
CRAP THANK YOU THANK YOU. BUT
FIFTY NINE YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
OKAY OUR NUMBERS MY NAME IS MIKE
DAVIDSON FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO
MARIN FOODBANK PRESENT GRATITUDE
TO THE SENATE FOR ITS ROBUST
BUDGET PLAN AND LEADERSHIP AND
FUNDING SO MANY CRUCIAL HUMAN
SERVICES PROGRAMS. I'M CALLING
IN SUPPORT OF INCREASING
CALFRESH BENEFITS ADEQUATELY
ANTI FIVE EXPANSION TO PROVIDE
ACCESS TO CALFRESH FOR ALL
REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS
FURTHER INTO POOR A
STRENGTHENING SCHOOL MEALS AND
SUMMARY HE- BOTH DURING OUR
EMERGENCY FOOD SYSTEM THROUGH
FULL FUNDING OF OUR FOOD BANKS.
REPORTING AS A VIRUS EXPEDIENCE
IMAGINE CAL WORK AND THEN TO GET
POVERTY FOR ALL OUR STUDENTS
THERE'S FIFTY SIX THOUSAND
HOUSEHOLDS EVERY SINGLE WEEK LOW
INCOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL
BENEFIT GREATLY FROM THESE
INVESTMENTS. DISCUSSED HERE
TODAY THANK YOU THANK YOU. THANK
YOU KNOCKED THE LINE SIX ZERO
LINE IS OPEN. HELLO KAREN
MEMBERS WITH THE KELLY HARDY
WITH CHILDREN NOW I'M COMMENTING
IN SUPPORT OF THE KALPESH BASED
THINKING WATER PILOT PROGRAM
EXPANSION. ALL CALIFORNIANS THAT
ARE FIVE THANK YOU WATER
ACTUALLY LOW INCOME CHILDREN
FACILIDAD ENVIRONMENTAL
TOUGHNESS IF YOU THANK YOU THANK
YOU. THANK YOU NEXT OVER TO LINE
THE SIXTY THREE. SCHERING
COMMITTEE MEMBERS ELIANA PINTOR
REPRESENTING CLIENTS TO SOCIAL
SERVICE PROVIDER IN SAN
FRANCISCO AND ALSO A MEMBER OF
THE CALIFORNIA HUNGER ACTION
COALITION. I'M CALLING IN
SUPPORT OF THE IMAGINING POWER
BOLSTERING OUR REGION TO FOOD
SYSTEM. THANK THE COW FRESHMAN
BENEFITS FIFTY DOLLARS. GOOD FOR
ALL SPENDING FIFTY FIVE TO ALL
AGES ABOUT THE LEAD.
STRENGTHENING FOR MEALS AND MORE
E. B. TEAM AND SUPPORTING UP TO
FIVE RECIPIENTS. THANK YOU THANK
YOU. THANK YOU NEXT TO THE LINE
SIXTY TWO LINE IS OPEN. HELLO MY
NAME IS- HELLO SHARON MEMBERS MY
NAME IS LINDA BUT IT'S OBVIOUSLY
NOT- WE TACKLE HAVE A ON BONNIE
AND I'M CALLING SUPPORT OF BOTH
ON A MEASURE PUT THEM. I L. FOR
A TO- I'LL ALSO- TO CREATE A
CULTURE MANY. FROM TWENTY
DOLLARS WHO ARE FIFTY DOLLARS
OLD LOW FOR- AND THE PART OF US
ALL A FOR ALL OR EVEN COMMUNITY
WELL IS THE PART OF- USE SUMMER
HE AND CURRENT AT THE I THINK IN
WE ARE PROVIDES THIRD OF THE ON
THE CRITICAL ME AND WE- ARE READ
. THAT INVEST INTO THE THAT THE
PROBLEMS WITH IMPROVE THE- THANK
THE TO HELP THE END OF THE WITH
OUR LOW INCOME. THANK YOU THANK
YOU. FELINES SO NEARLY CLIP IN.
BLOATWARE MEMBER OF MINE HOLD A
POLICY RESEARCHER MANAGER AT LOS
ANGELES THREE FOOD BANK CALLING
IN COURT OF SEVERAL ISSUES AND-
THE REIMAGINE COLOR. I THINK ALL
RIGHT R. M. FOOD THEM INCLUDE-
DAY BAKER MESROP- FUNDING. THAT
A FRESH MINIMUM OR- PUTTING IT
AT FIFTY. I THE WATER DRINKING
POWER BECAUSE- I AM- FOOD FOR
ALL THOSE MANY CONTRACT EVERYONE
REGARD OF THE HE ADDED WITH NO.
IN HANDLING MEAL AND THE HIGH HE
- THAT. IRISH FIFTIETH AND ANY
DEEP- THE PROPERTY FOR A- THANK
YOU SO MUCH THANK YOU. THANK YOU
BUT LINE SIX ONE LINE IS A-
HELLO CHAIRMAN MANY IS MARIE
AGAIN PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGER
WITH AN EAGLE ON THE CALL.
ANALYTIC CAL HUNGER CALL CHAU.
I'M CALLING IN SICK OF BOWSTRING
MARGINS WHICH IS THEM THE CAFE
FIFTY DOLLAR MINIMUM. THROUGH
FOR ALL SPENDING THE KIND OF THE
C. PAP PRO OF ALL AGES NEXT NO
DELAY. NUMBER EIGHTY N. STREET
SCHOOL MEALS SUPPORTING I
RECIPIENTS- IN OTHER. MEASURES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU.
THANK YOU MEXICO LINE SIXTY FIVE
YOUR LINE IS OPEN. DIMENSIONAL
NUMBER LOOK AT MY NECK YEAH
CALLING ON BEHALF NOTHING HUNGRY
UNCOMFORTABLE TALK ABOUT OKAY
FANS ARE BECAUSE OF THE
CALIFORNIA ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
ALSO ON AND FRIENDS APPRECIATION
FOR THE IMPORTANT WORK. AND
LEGISLATURE OF THE LEGISLATURE
AND BOTH EASY ACCESS AND- WILL
BE UNDERTAKING AGREEMENT THE
PERMANENT I MIGHT NEED TO
PROGRAM HELP OF THE BUT- WELL
AND GOOD BUT IN THE IMPROPER. IF
FACTOR. THE WHICH. BURKE ABOUT
BOOKS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO A
GO TO LINE. FOR FORGIVENESS
SEVEN YEAR LINE OF THE- GOOD
AFTERNOON MA'AM CECILIA AND ALL
WITHIN THE PROMISE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND THE- PROMISE EVER HAD
NETWORK I'M CALLING IN STRONG
SUPPORT AT STAKEHOLDER PROPOSAL
NUMBER TEN. OF FORTY FIVE POINT
FIVE MILLION ONE TIME REQUESTED
FROM THE CALIFORNIA COORDINATED
NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY
SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM
CHAMPIONED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER
BONTA AND SENATOR HER DAUGHTER.
WE URGE THE LEGISLATURE TO FULLY
FUND THE IT TAKES A VILLAGE ACT
AND RESOURCE ORGANIZATIONS WHO
NEED TO SCALE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE
PLACE BASED ANTI POVERTY
SOLUTIONS. AS WELL AS ESTABLISH
NEW PARTNERSHIPS IN UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES THAT ARE PROVEN TO
IT IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR HOTELS
AND WHOLE FAMILY FROM CRADLE TO
CAREER THANK YOU THANK YOU. IN
Q. ONE SIXTY EIGHT YOUR LINE IS
OPEN. NUMBER TWO SUMMER MARKSMAN
IF YOU AREN'T AROUND. CAREFUL
OVER IT OKAY- WEEKEND CONTROLLER
TO CONTROL INFLAMMATION AND I'M
QUOTING COOPER OF REMARKING KIND
WORKS CONFERENCE FIFTEEN RACKING
BENEFIT. I'LL WORLD PROGRAM.
COULD WORK. FULLER- OF WHAT.
THANK YOU. NINE SIX NINE OF THE
- HELLO CARE RUN PARK WITH LOTS
AND CA YEAH NETWORK AND OF THE
DIRECTION- CALL AND NOT ANGELES
. CALLING TO TRANSPORT THE
SAFETY WATER PILOT PROGRAM
CONTENT EXPANSION THIS
INVESTMENT WILL BRING
SIGNIFICANT RELIEF TO
COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T HAVE A
PERMANENT SOLUTION FOR SAFE
DRINKING WATER- COMMITTEE
HEARINGS GET ROW IN DOWNTOWN LOS
ANGELES IS WATCHING THIS
POLITICS WITH GREAT INTEREST IN
THE HOPES OF IT BEING MADE
AVAILABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
WATER IS EXPENSIVE AND IT
DEPENDS IS NEEDED TODAY FOR
THOSE OF US LIVING. IN POVERTY
THANK YOU THANK YOU. AND LINE
SEVENTY LINE IS OPEN. THANK YOU
HELLO CHAIR MEMBERS MY NAME IS
MARK SONNTAG AND I'M THE SENIOR
GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS MANAGER WITH
THE SAN FRANCISCO MARIN FOOD
BANK. AND ALSO WITH THE
CALIFORNIA HUNGER ACTION
COALITION DISLIKE OTHERS I'M
CALLING A STRONG SUPPORTER AND
RE IMAGINING CAL WORKS- BOOSTER
IN OUR MARCH SEE FULL SYSTEM.
THE INCREASE- CALFRESH BENEFITS
TO FIFTY DOLLARS- BUT KEEP IN
MIND YOU CAN BARELY BY BRAND
EXPERIENCE IN A PRO SYRIAN WAR
WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY GETTING
LET ALONE FIFTY DOLLARS SO LET'S
GET THAT OUT SO PEOPLE CAN FOR
BOTH. BOTH FOR AUTO SUMMARY B.
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