The transition of 860,000 children from the Healthy Families program to Medi-Cal plans has crossed a milestone, moving state officials into the second phase of a projected nine-month process. Medi-Cal is California 's Medicaid program. The initial shift of 178,000 children went off without much of a hitch, Toby Douglas, director of the Department of Health Care Services, said at a legislative oversight hearing in Sacramento .