HHS Network CA

Updates, analysis and statements on the 2011-2012 California State Budget from the Health and Human Services Network of California and its member organizations and partners.

• Media Coverage Report for HHS Network January 2012 Month of Budget Action (PDF)
• California Partnership Fact Sheet on Trigger Cuts in the CA Buget (October, 2011) (PDF)
• HHS Network Letter to Pres. Barack Obama re: Deficit Reduction Negotiations (July 22, 2011) (PDF)
• HHS Network Cumulative Cuts Impact Report (June 2011) (PDF)
• HHS Network Spending Cap Letter to Legislators (March 17, 2011) (PDF)
• HHS Network Enterprise Zone/Single Sales Factor Sign-On Letter (March 2, 2011) (PDF)
• Health Access: Governor’s Proposed Budget to Include Harmful Cuts to Health Care (Jan. 11, 2011) (PDF)
• Western Center on Law & Poverty: Human Services Highlights of the Governor’s Budget (Jan. 10, 2011) (PDF)

2010 Analysis & Other Documents from the HHS Network:

• HHS Network Response Statement to Governor-elect Jerry Brown’s Budget Forum (PDF) (December 8, 2010)
• Child Care Law Center Press-Release: Emergency Court Order Sought to Preserve Child Care for Thousands of California Working Families (PDF) (October 29, 2010)
• Health Access California Post-Budget Summary (HTML) (October 2010)
• California Partnership Summary of 2010-2011 Budget (HTML) (October 2010)
• HHS Network Response Statement to “Big 5″ Budget Deal (PDF) (October 5, 2010
• CSAC: Response to Senate Realignment Proposal (PDF) (June 21, 2010)
• ACCE: Analysis, Action Alert and Q&A on AB 2492 (Ammiano) (PDF) (June 11, 2010)
• WCLP: Conference Committee Letter on Human Services Issues (PDF) (June 8, 2010)
• Health Access California: California Budget Seeks to Limit Access to Health Care (PDF) (May 18, 2010)
• California Immigrant Policy Center (CIPC) May Revise Update: Governor Proposes to Eliminate Services to Immigrants (PDF) (May 14, 2010)
• WCLP: Overview of Health & Human Service Cuts in Governor’s 2010-11 May Revise Budget (PDF) (May 14, 2010)
• WCLP: Governor Proposes Evisceration of California’s Safety Net & No New Taxes While Protecting Big Business (PDF) (May 14, 2010)
• Health and Human Service Advocates React to Governor’s May Revise Budget (PDF) (May 14, 2010)
• Child Care Law Center Budget Analysis (PDF) (April 20, 2010)
• IHHS Coalition Letter to Senate Budget Subcommittee (PDF) (March 2010)
  
• California Budget Project: Fact Sheet on Proposed Health Cuts in CA by Legislative District (March 9, 2010)

REPORTS

• ALLOWING FEDERALLY SUPPORTED UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS TO EXPIRE WOULD COST JOBS AND COULD ENDANGER THE FRAGILE RECOVERY (PDF) Analysis from the California Budget Project on the expected economic consequences facing hundreds of thousands of struggling California families if Federal unemployment insurance benefits are not renewed. (California Budget Project, November 19, 2010) (New)
• DUELING BUDGET PROPOSALS (HTML) An analysis from the California Budget Project’s Jean Ross regarding the Assembly and Senate Democrats’ two proposals to balance California’s state budget deficit. (California Budget Project, May 26, 2010)
• CALIFORNIA FORWARD FLOOR ALERT (PDF) (May 24, 2010)
• MOVING CALIFORNIA FORWARD…OR BACKWARDS? (PDF) Analysis of the “California Forward” reform package (California Budget Project, May 20, 2010)
• BUDGET SOLUTIONS & JOBS (PDF) Policy brief from the University of California Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education detailing the economic impacts, including estimated job loss, as a result of cuts to California’s health and human service programs (UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education, March 2010).
• GOVERNOR RELEASES MAY REVISION WITH, AS PROMISED, “ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE CUTS,” NO TAX INCREASES (PDF) A new CBP analysis provides a “quick and dirty” summary of key provisions of the Governor’s May Revision. (California Budget Project, May 14, 2010)
• LOCAL IMPACT OF PROPOSED CUTS TO IN-HOME SUPPORTIVE SERVICES (PDF) Two new CBP fact sheets document the impact, by county and legislative district, of the Governor’s proposals to severely restrict eligibility for In-Home Supportive Services and potentially eliminate the program. (California Budget Project, April 23, 2010)
• EXTENDING THE TANF EMERGENCY FUND CREATES JOBS NOW (PDF). New report from CLASP showing that the extension of the TANF Emergency Fund would help create jobs across the country. (CLASP, April 9, 2010).
• CUTS TO HEALTH CARE ARE BAD FOR THE ECONOMY (PDF). New report from Health Access showing the impact on jobs of the Governor’s proposed budget cuts to health care programs. (Health Access California, March 25, 2010)
• THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ENDING TANF ON CALIFORNIA CHILDREN (PDF)  (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 24, 2010)
• 60,000 MORE HOMELESS SCHOOL CHILDREN THAN LAST YEAR (Western Center on Law & Poverty, March 24, 2010)
• LOCAL IMPACT OF PROPOSED CUTS TO CALWORKS (PDF). Two new CBP fact sheets document the impact of proposed cuts to CalWORKs, including the potential elimination of the program, by county and legislative district. (California Budget Project, March 19, 2010) 
• LOCAL IMPACT OF PROPOSED CUTS TO SSI/SSP AND CAPI (PDF). Two new CBP fact sheets document the impact of proposed cuts to monthly cash assistance for low-income seniors and people with disabilities by county and legislative district. (California Budget Project, March 11, 2010)
• TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (PDF). CBP report on corporate tax loopholes enacted as part of the 2009 budget deal. (California Budget Project, June 2009)

***Materials older than March 2010 are available in the HHS Network CA Public Archive.