The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - For example, in the current year, DSS is working to build the capacity of local child welfare agencies to conduct timely CANS assessments and Child and Family Team meetings, in alignment with specified criteria for fidelity.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - Department/Agency Readiness Teams (DARTs) Created by SCO and CalHR to Facilitate Change Management Activities. SCO and CalHR will coordinate change management efforts for the CSPS IT project using DARTs, which are individual teams of department staff assigned different roles and responsibilities for project-related communication, subject matter expertise, and training.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project [Publication Details]

Mar 7, 2025 - This post provides issues for legislative consideration, as well as questions for the Legislature to ask, ahead of an expected May Revision budget proposal to fund development and implementation of the California State Payroll System information technology project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5011

The 2020-21 Budget: Governor’s Information Security Proposals

Feb 25, 2020 - CMD ’s Cyber Network Defense (CND) Team. CMD ’s CND team is comprised of National Guard personnel who, among other responsibilities, perform independent security assessments (which we discuss in more detail later in this post) of individual state government entities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4176

The 2021-22 Budget: California State Payroll System IT Project

Feb 2, 2021 - This report could help the Legislature consider options other than the proposed project scope and the approach to development and implementation, and inform future hearings or meetings with the project team.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4339

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 26, 2024 - Under current policies, CANS assessments are completed as part of the Child and Family Team (CFT) process. Based on an initial analysis of CANS data, DSS has estimated the distribution of foster youth across the newly proposed tiers, as shown in Figure  4.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4855

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - Child and Family Team (CFT) Meetings for Family Maintenance (FM) Cases. As part of CCR, county child welfare agencies are required to coordinate a CFT meeting for youth within 60 days of entering foster care, and at least every six months throughout their time in care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Wraparound refers to the practice of partnering with families to provide intensive services to children and families with complex needs using a team ‑based approach. A  child and family, working with a team of service providers, develops and follows a service plan that is intended to be comprehensive, family ‑centered, strengths ‑based, and needs ‑driven.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - This net increase in CCR costs reflects increases for the home-based family care rate and placement prior to approval, partially offset by decreases in net costs for child and family teams, resource family approval backlog funds, and other program areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/4

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - (Under current policies, CANS assessments are completed as part of the Child and Family Team [CFT] process.) While the CANS itself is not a rate-setting tool, DSS contracted the University of Kentucky Center for Innovation in Population Health to analyze California ’s CANS data and design a model to classify foster youth into rate tiers based on shared needs and strengths.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/6