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• dollars between the loan program and the grant program.
• :16.959><c> program</c><00:14:17.279><c> was</c><00:14:17.519><c> created,</c> time uh this grant program
• between the loan program and the grant<00:14:50.800><c> program.
• Um this too has been grant program.
• for that grant program for central<01:07:57.039><c> Minnesota.

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• The BSCC currently administers the California Violence Intervention Prevention Program, the Prop 47 grant
• program, the Prop 64 grant program, and the organized retail theft grant programs.
• Currently, we're administering 11 different large grant programs, eight from the state and three from
• We are—grant programs have—” “Sure.
• Programming, and it's essential to fund the right grant to ensure programs are maintained and keep bringing

Summary: The Senate Budget Subcommittee on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor, and Transportation heard an overview from the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) on its budget change proposal and grant administration. BSCC requested authority for 11 additional permanent positions to handle a workload that has nearly tripled over five to seven years, with more than 600 grant agreements and about $1.5 billion in grant funds in the field. The board also reported on its new In-Custody Death Review Division, which has collected data since July 2024 and received 136 jail death reports; staff said the division is still building out reviews and has identified overdose, natural causes, and suicide by hanging as the leading manners of death. Members raised concerns about family notification practices, oversight of local grants, and the impact of taking more administrative funds from local assistance, while the LAO and Department of Finance did not oppose the position request but urged correction of the administration’s Proposition 47 savings methodology before May Revision. The committee then reviewed CDCR’s overall budget and operations. Secretary Jeffrey Macomber described a relatively steady prison and parole population, ongoing structural budget pressures from retirement payouts, workers’ compensation, medical transport, violence, and aging facilities lacking air conditioning and ADA features. He emphasized rehabilitation, recidivism reduction, college programming, and the department’s 20-year infrastructure planning effort, while also defending the closure of the California Rehabilitation Center and warning that additional closures can increase overcrowding, double-celling, and waitlists for programming. Senators pressed CDCR on fiscal discipline, vacancy savings, staffing shortages in medical and mental health classifications, the use of tablets for incarcerated people, and community impacts from prison closures, including the Norco site. A separate item focused on CDCR’s request for $91 million ongoing for lump-sum leave payouts to separating correctional officers and nurses. CDCR said these costs had historically been covered by vacancy savings, but lower vacancy levels and facility closures have reduced that funding source. The LAO supported the funding only on a limited-term basis with reporting, arguing the need may change as the system reaches a new normal, and also urged the Legislature to scrutinize the broader structural shortfall and the Boston Consulting Group efficiency contract. Finance supported ongoing funding, saying the costs are recurring and vacancy savings are less reliable. The committee also discussed CDCR’s fall 2025 population projections, which forecast a 6.5% decline in the institution population and a 10.4% decline in parole over five years, while updating Proposition 36 assumptions based on actual admissions data. CDCR and Finance said the California Rehabilitation Center closure would generate savings and that no additional prison closure had been formally proposed, though the LAO argued the state could close another prison and recommended not funding certain Soledad projects unless another closure is identified.

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• By supporting this grant, we'll expand our programs in sense of purpose and well-being.
• By supporting this grant, we'll expand our programs in sense of purpose and well-being.
• We would like to testify in support of our application for the grant and a program.
• </c><04:15:16.880><c> and</c><04:15:17.040><c> Grant</c> through a variety of programs and Grant through
• Our grant application seeks to expand these programs across all islands.

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• be new programs, burgeoning programs.
• I they eligible for the capitalization of workforce capitalization grant program to recognize yes. >>
• program.
• Program.
• And since receiving that grant enrollment has grown 28% in our apprenticeship programs.

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• The Commission must award grant funds to tribes to implement the program and provide program support
• traffic safety grants, with funding programs through FY 2027 and 2029 for tribal coordinator and grant
• Well, if I may, when it comes to federal grants, the Port Infrastructure Development Grant Program through
• The Port Infrastructure Development Grant Program through the U.S.
• So it really depends on the scale of the grant program itself.

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• of grants within that program called special focus grants.
• of grants within that program called special focus grants.
• This proposal moves funding for early literacy grant programs.
• This proposal moves funding for early literacy grant programs.
• Many important grants and programs.

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• Yeah, the other section of the bill is the community grant program.
• </c> community grant program. community grant program.
• program to make it more community grant program to make it more whole<00:40:57.600><c> so</c><00:40:
• Chair, I just want to add on the community grant program.
• Uh, right now community grant program.

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• Each practice and grant program was validated and overseen by staff within our Office of Agricultural
• Those grants allocated directly to schools through the Incubator grant program, for example, could be
• And so it would be to increase, it would be to do all of the same incubator grant program activities
• Those are both block grant programs.
• So that’s one thing we’ve done at a high level to support applicants to the block grant program.

Summary: The subcommittee heard a series of budget presentations from the Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC), and related agencies. CDFA discussed its overall budget, ongoing support for the Farm to School program and climate-smart agriculture, and a proposed climate bond expenditure plan. Members focused heavily on whether the Farm to School proposal should become ongoing, how schools and suppliers are selected, whether the program is reaching disadvantaged and food-insecure communities, and whether the trailer bill language creates new duties. The LAO recommended rejecting the ongoing Farm to School proposal as presented, suggesting the Legislature consider Prop. 98 funding instead, while CDFA argued the program supports children, farmers, and local economies and helps build long-term supply-chain infrastructure. Several members also questioned the bond plan’s timing, program metrics, and workforce impacts, while LAO said the bond plan was generally reasonable and should be guided by legislative input. The committee also discussed CDFA’s proposal to eliminate vacant positions; the department said the positions were largely long-vacant or unfunded and could be reclassified if needed, while LAO recommended retaining the special-fund positions and weighing the General Fund positions on their merits. CDFA’s IT support request for additional ongoing funding and four positions was presented as necessary to address staffing shortages, legacy systems, and cybersecurity risks, and LAO had no concerns. The committee then took public comment and voted to approve items 9 through 13, including CDFA dog importation and carcass disposal items, a Gambling Control Commission IT item and tribal grant fund item, and an ABC office relocation item. DCC presented a request to strengthen enforcement against the illicit cannabis market by opening a North State office in Redding and adding sworn and non-sworn staff. The department said most cannabis consumed in California still comes from the illicit market, that it receives about 1,500 complaints annually but can close only about 400 cases, and that it has a backlog of roughly 4,000 cases. DCC argued that a northern office would reduce travel time, improve coordination with local agencies, and help target cross-county and cross-border criminal networks. Finance supported the request as a targeted investment, and LAO had no comment. Members asked about public safety, office security, and whether a North State presence would increase complaints or referrals; DCC said safety is considered in every office opening and that a local presence would likely improve case development. The director also described the broader regulatory strategy as balancing consumer safety, illicit-market enforcement, consumer awareness, and reducing friction for legal operators. The discussion continued into broader concerns about the size of the illicit market and the long-term goals for the cannabis program.

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• We also launched a business development and expansion grant that has become one of our core grant programs
• the recurring grant programs.
• For all of our grant programs, and that's been across the three grant programs that the division has
• So it's 18 local, state, and federal grant programs.
• For the State Meat Inspection Program and the Meat Processor Grant Program that went through the legislature

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• so we're part of both of those programs, but we weren't eligible for any of the grant programs because
• the grant programs are for developers who we'd lend to. >> Right?
• Grant programs are for developers who we'd lend to. >> Right?
• You're saying you're not aware of grant programs. Sounds like Mr.
• You're saying you're not aware of grant programs. Sounds like Mr.

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• But here you have a bill that is entitled California Black-Serving Institutions Grant Program.
• I think as the name itself of the grant program would suggest to colleges receiving this, that there
• It depends on the grant, the way the grant program is written, but the goal for us, when we look at the
• The Cal Grant program is a...
• The Cal Grant program is a financial aid program administered by the California Student Aid Commission

Summary: The committee first adopted its 2025-26 rules on a 7-0 roll call, then approved three consent items—AB 88, AB 240, and AB 313—on a due-pass motion to Appropriations. The hearing then moved to AB 648, which would give community college districts the same zoning authority as the UC and CSU systems to build student and staff housing on property they own or lease. The author and supporters argued the bill would help address severe housing insecurity and homelessness among community college students, while opponents and some members raised concerns about local control, zoning exemptions, and the impact on nearby communities. AB 648 passed the committee on a 5-2 vote and was sent to the Local Government Committee. The committee next heard AB 466, which would require California Community Colleges and CSU campuses to provide organ and tissue donor registry information during student orientation, and request UC campuses to do the same. Supporters shared personal stories about transplants and donation, saying college orientation is a good opportunity to increase registrations. Some members worried about information overload during orientation and suggested campuses have flexibility in how they present the material, but the bill advanced on a unanimous 7-0 vote to Appropriations. AB 326 followed, proposing campus-by-campus external audits of the CSU every three years and public release of the audits. The author, faculty supporters, and a student argued that systemwide audits do not provide enough transparency about how money is spent at individual campuses, citing examples of financial mismanagement and fee increases. CSU opposed the bill, saying it already conducts annual consolidated external audits and that campus-level audits would add cost without added benefit. After extensive discussion about transparency, audit scope, and implementation, the bill passed 6-1 to Appropriations. The committee then took up AB 335, which would create a California Black-Serving Institution Grant Program to support Black student success and broader underserved student services; supporters emphasized persistent equity gaps and low completion rates, while an opponent argued the bill needed to be carefully amended to comply with Proposition 209 and equal protection requirements. The transcript ends during that item’s discussion, before a final vote is shown.

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• That's a grant program or anything.
• There are no named grants within that program.
• It is just a grant program, a competitive grant program.
• grant programs that each the different grant programs that each of<00:21:03.679><c> the</c><00:21:03.840
• c> this</c> other uh a grant program created in this other uh a grant program created in this article

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• We administer grant programs that are assigned to us by the Legislature or by the Governor's office.
• for new grants.
• , Pathways program.
• So the success of this program, because it was built off of federal grants, we have good numbers in terms
• Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program, we're requesting $24 million to make grants for the Extreme

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• As you mentioned, the High Road program is a one-time funded grant program. Right.
• They are assigned to grant programs that are funded.
• At this point in time, we are seeing our grant programs are coming to a close.
• Our grant programs are coming to a close.
• If additional grant funds are appropriated for the purpose of those programs.

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• other</c> programming providing grants to other programming providing grants to other groups<00:07:46.560
• program, and that small grants program is put on by the Department of Natural Resources.
• program, and that small grants program is put on by the Department of Natural Resources.
• Here's the breakout of the Lard members. that small grants program is put on by that small grants program
• the small grants program that that's the small grants program that goes<00:31:40.159><c> to</c><00:31

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• This core reflects the PS, E, and FTE needed to administer the grant program.
• The Substance Use Disorder Grant Program awards...
• The Substance Use Disorder Grant Program awards grants to agencies and not-for-profits to increase access
• Primary programs managed under this core are the Missouri Graduate Medical Education Grant Program, the
• Flexibility Program grants.

Summary: The committee heard the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services present its FY 2027 budget request, with Director Sarah Wilson and budget staff describing the department’s mission, major divisions, and the impact of federal funding shifts, especially the FMAP change that will shift costs to general revenue. Wilson emphasized prevention, public health infrastructure, workforce capacity, and data modernization, while several members praised the department’s responsiveness and cost-cutting efforts. The discussion repeatedly focused on lapses, excess authority, and the department’s stated practice of spending federal and other funds before general revenue where possible. Members asked detailed questions about local public health agency support, nutrition programs, rural health and primary care, newborn screening, the state public health lab, and the department’s use of flexibility and reallocations. There was extended discussion of substance use disorder funding: the department explained that some funding is being reduced in its own budget because transfer authority is being added for the Department of Mental Health and the Department of Corrections, while some other SUD-related lines are actual reductions. Members also questioned tobacco prevention and cessation cuts, maternal and infant health programs, fetal infant mortality review, and minority health initiatives, with staff explaining program purposes and noting that some reductions were tied to excess authority or to moving programs to other departments. The committee also reviewed specific operational items such as the Health Initiatives Fund transfer, debt offset escrow for loan repayment defaults, donated funds authority, emergency preparedness, environmental health, health informatics, HIV/STI/hepatitis services, local public health incentives, and the COVID/ARPA authority reductions. Several members requested follow-up information on vacancies, lapse trends, grant spending plans, and program details. No final vote or formal action was taken in the portion provided; the chair recessed briefly and the hearing continued with additional budget testimony.

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• ><c> you</c> river grant program and the what you river grant program and the what you could<00:13:08.160
• grant program, and the lead service line replacement grant program. my name is Chad Coloulston.
• It's just a affordability grant program.
• 01:09:40.080><c> help</c> straight grant program to help straight grant program to help communities<01
• > really</c><01:10:21.600><c> well</c> grant program that partners really well grant program that partners

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• These are the CASA grants.
• Program.
• Next, we have grants four through 11. These are all for the area agencies on aging grants.
• Grant number 12 through grant number 16 are all federal grants with the Division of Aging, Adult, and
• UAMS, is for financial reporting and analysis for Medicaid programs, waivers, and grants.

Summary: The committee met to review a supplemental agenda item, procurement rule revisions, methods of finance, discretionary grants, contracts, reports, and a member disclosure. The supplemental agenda was accepted, and the Office of State Procurement’s rule revisions were approved after Jessica Patterson explained they were driven by 2025 legislative changes, including Act 782, CASO Consulting recommendations, and updates to sole source, bid, protest, and debarment provisions. The methods of finance and discretionary grants were also approved, covering a range of university capital projects, health and human services grants, historic preservation awards, and tobacco prevention and cessation programs. The committee then reviewed RFQs and six ratifications. The ratifications included a Workforce Connections payment to ACT WorkKeys for services provided during a contract gap, a Department of Health ratification for water-leak repairs, a large Department of Public Safety ratification for Motorola’s Arkansas Wireless Information Network upgrade, a Veterans Affairs HVAC ratification, an ADFA medical services ratification, and a UA Little Rock painting contract ratification. Members questioned the Public Safety ratification at length about why the expired Motorola contract was not caught sooner and why it took months after discovery to come forward; agency officials said the work was tied to bond funding and was not tracked in ASIS, and the chair urged agencies to develop better monitoring procedures. The committee approved a large slate of construction, intergovernmental, out-of-state, and in-state contracts, including many recurring service agreements for DHS, higher education institutions, corrections, health agencies, and state support functions. Several members asked about specific contracts, including aerial application services for correctional farms and a Southern Arkansas University custodial contract, and staff or agency representatives provided brief explanations. The meeting concluded with review of reports and approval of a member disclosure involving Representative Andrew Collins’ investment interest in a company leasing property to Arkansas Rehabilitation Services.

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• There remains insufficient publicly available data to determine whether these grant programs are effectively
• program.
• I'll skip the overview of the grant program itself.
• success, which includes recidivism, which is one of the primary goals of the grant program.
• As with many of the BSCC's competitive grants, the Proposition 47 ...grant program awards are determined

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• And as Tim O'Malley, the state director of program integrity, has noted, it is important in grant making
• Those services are ongoing, and the providers are more constant than a normal grant program.
• Those services are ongoing, and the providers are more constant than a normal grant program.
• Those services are ongoing, and the providers are more constant than a normal grant program.
• Services are ongoing, and the providers are more constant than a normal grant program. Thank you.

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