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

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - Recent research on cumulative child welfare involvement of California ’s 1999 birth cohort found nearly one ‑in ‑two Black and Native American children experienced some level of child welfare system involvement (meaning they were at least the subject of an investigated allegation) by the time they turned 18 (compared to around 29  percent of Hispanic/Latino children, 22  percent of white children, and 13  percent of Asian/Pacific Islander children).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897