The attached is a budget memo on Child Welfare Services (CWS) budget proposals from the County Welfare Directors Association (CWDA). This is a follow-up budget memo to our original budget memorandum dated March 6, 2025, to provide additional comment and response based on discussions held in the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 hearing on March 12, 2025. 

Specifically, our follow-up memo builds on our prior comments on the Integrated Practice-Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (IP-CANS) assessment tool and Child and Family Teaming (CFT) model fidelity implementation work, and implementation of AB 2906 (Bryan, Statutes of 2024), including updated cost estimates for FY 2025-26.