Organizations cannot successfully advocate for issues without engaging in effective budget advocacy. While the process is opaque, Advocates successfully navigates this process to secure and protect funding for CHCs and its patients.
Budget Advocacy Resources
NEW: UIS Calculation Template
Call to Action: Opposition to Dental Cuts in 2025–26 CA Budget
State Budget Social Media Advocacy Toolkit
2025-26 May Revision Talking Points
2025-26 May Revision Impact Summary
2025-26 May Revision Budget Letter
Resources from Other Organizations
State of California
CalPACE
California Dental Association
2025 Budget Priorities
Health Enrollment Navigator Funding
$20M request for the Health Enrollment Navigators Project at health centers to assist with Medi-Cal outreach, enrollment, and renewal efforts. Current program funding is set to expire at the end of June 2025.
UPDATE: Advocates were not able to secure funding in the FY 25/26 budget to continue the Navigators Project. Advocacy will continue in light of HR 1.
Proposition 35 Funding
Maximize MCO tax resources for CHCs, ensure successful development and implementation of the clinic quality incentive program, and protect the purpose and intent of the initiative in the budget and legislative process. While the Legislature will play an oversight role in how the funding is distributed, the majority of the advocacy will be administrative/regulatory efforts.
UPDATE: The FY 25/26 budget maintained the $100M for the Community Clinic Directed Payments thereby more than doubling the fund which was once known as the non-hospital clinic supplemental payment pool.. However, the budget approved the sweeping of the Prop. 56 primary and specialty care provider rate increases and used the funding to increase MCO plan rates.
Supplemental Payment Pool
Ensuring Proposition 35 funding allocated for CHCs is included in the FY 25-26 budget to supplement the Community Clinic Directed Payment program (formally the non-hospital clinic 340B Supplemental Payment Pool).
UPDATE: This funding was protected in the FY 25/26 budget increasing the pot of funding to over $200M.