The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - The Child Welfare Services/Case Management System (CWS/CMS) cannot currently provide this level of tracking but, upon completion, the first version of CWS-CARES will meet federal tracking requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2025 - This post provides our analysis of the administration’s 2025-26 proposal for the Child Welfare Services-California Automated Response and Engagement System information technology project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5006

The 2016-17 Budget: Child Welfare Services--New System

Feb 25, 2016 - The CWS-NS project will replace the existing Child Welfare Services/Case Management System (CWS/CMS), which is the statewide case management system currently supporting the state ’s CWS program. The CWS workers throughout the state rely on CWS/CMS for access to child, family, and other case-related information to make timely decisions, perform effective case management, and ultimately keep children safe and families intact.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3369

Federal COVID-19 Response Actions Affecting Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities

Apr 16, 2020 - On March  13, 2020, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) put in place several measures to protect nursing home residents from COVID-19. Specifically, CMS directed to (1) restrict all visitors to nursing facilities except instances of compassionate care such as end-of-life situations, (2) restrict all volunteers and nonessential health care
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4221

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - During the first year of FFPSA implementation, a county may elect to begin providing prevention services by providing written notice to DSS prior to fully completing its com prehensive prevention plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/3

Evaluation of the Statewide Project Management Office

Dec 7, 2017 - This allowed the PMO to test the potential of the centralized project management approach and build the reputation and capacity of the office gradually, with the intention of scaling up to larger, more com plex projects once the office was more established.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3723