RECOMMENDATION(S):
ACCEPT and APPROVE the Contra Costa County Employment and Human Services Department, Children and Family Services Bureau, System Improvement Plan as recommended by the Employment and Human Services Department Director and AUTHORIZE the Chair, Board of Supervisors, to sign the System Improvement Plan.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No Fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
Passed in fall 2001, Assembly Bill 636, the Child Welfare System Improvement and Accountability Act of 2001, is also known as the California Child and Family Services Review (C-CFSR). The legislation directed counties to undergo a process of self-assessment and system improvement in order to improve performance on key child welfare outcome indicators. Modeled after the Child and Family Services Review process which was designed by the federal government to assess state-level performance on child welfare outcomes, the C-CFSR process consists of three (3) components:
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