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6/10/2020

Technology Can Move Child Welfare Forward, Even Amid Budget Cuts

Opinion

Felicia Curcuru and Barrett Johnson

State budgets, heavily impacted by COVID-19 and the resulting economic fallout, are going to be tight this year. Instead of cutting important child welfare services, agencies should determine if there are ways to become more efficient in how they operate.

6/8/2020

California Legislators Restore Child Welfare Cut as Budget Battle Looms

Jeremy Loudenback

With California still officially entering a recession Monday and coronavirus infections continuing to multiply, the state Legislature released a budget that would restore more than $90 million in previously proposed cuts to child welfare services, setting up a showdown between lawmakers and Gov.

5/14/2020

New California Budget Includes $90.5 Million in Cuts to Child Welfare Services

Sara Tiano

Facing an historic economic crisis triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, California Gov. Gavin Newsom presented a revised state budget Thursday that reflected deep cuts from the original draft released in January. 

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