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

Feb 25, 2020 - CDT ’s OIS expects each entity to receive a cybersecurity maturity score, which is calculated based on a complex formula that uses various information sources (including IS compliance audits and independent security assessments) to score the entity on each metric.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4176

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - We understand that while the administration indicates it will provide this payment in the future—after the final calculation of the minimum funding requirement—it also has not scored this future obligation in its multiyear budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Older Youth Access to Foster Care

Mar 22, 2019 - Under the supervision of DSS, county CWS agencies provide the frontline administration of the CWS system, including: ( 1)  R eceiving reports of child maltreatment, ( 2)  i nvestigating maltreatment reports, ( 3)  r emoving children from unsafe homes, ( 4)  f inding and funding placements for children in foster care, ( 5)  p roviding services to families for reunification, and (
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3980

The 2022-23 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 2, 2022 - In order to qualify for IHSS, a recipient must be aged, blind, or disabled and in most cases have income below the level necessary to qualify for the Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment cash assistance program (for example, about $1,040 a month for an aged and/or disabled ind ividual living independently in 2021 ‑22).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4512

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure at May Revision

May 23, 2024 - The elimination of this proposal is scored as one of the solutions to the budget problem facing the state in 2024 ‑25 and projected budget deficit in 2025 ‑26. However, the May Revision does maintain the $250  million General Fund included in CDT ’s state operations budget in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4906

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - This report examines disproportionalities and disparities across California’s child welfare system in terms of income and race/ethnicity. The report provides background on the child welfare system, describes child welfare system disproportionalities and disparities, and lays out potential drivers of these inequities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897