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CSAC credits county advocacy with preserving services, securing VOCA backfill and homelessness funding
Summary
In an annual address, a CSAC representative said county advocacy protected CalWORKs and other safety-net programs from proposed $1 billion cuts, secured a $103 million Victims of Crime Act backfill and helped win $1 billion for homelessness programs in the 2024 state budget.
A CSAC representative told members that county advocacy helped shield core programs from deep state budget cuts and won new funding for victim services and homelessness response. "CSAC preserved core safety net services in response to the governor's proposed $1,000,000,000 cuts to county administered programs," the speaker said, naming CalWORKs, child welfare and adult protective services as priorities.
The speaker framed the address as a progress report on advocacy and member services, saying the association coordinated with county supervisors, executive officers, department heads and frontline staff in Sacramento and Washington, D.C., to press county priorities. The address…
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