CHAPTER 1. Foster Care Placement

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1370, Sec. 1.

§§ 16000–16014 · 29 sections

§ 16000 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to preserve and strengthen a child’s family ties whenever possible, removing the child from the custody of his or her…
§ 16000.1 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The state has a duty to care for and protect the children that the state places into foster…
§ 16000.5 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-351)…
§ 16000.6 The State Department of Social Services shall negotiate in good faith with the Indian tribe, organization, or consortium in the state that requests development…
§ 16001 (a) The State Department of Social Services shall provide technical assistance to encourage and facilitate the county placement agency’s evaluation of…
§ 16001.1 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to support the urgent and exceptional needs of children and nonminor dependents in foster care under the supervision of…
§ 16001.5 The State Department of Social Services shall annually distribute information declaring the importance of promoting self-esteem with respect to foster children…
§ 16001.7 (a) The department shall promote the participation of current and former foster youth in the development of state foster care and child welfare policy. Subject…
§ 16001.8 (a) The State Department of Social Services shall convene a working group regarding the rights of all minors and nonminors in foster care, as specified in…
§ 16001.9 (a) All children placed in foster care, either voluntarily or after being adjudged a ward or dependent of the juvenile court pursuant to Section 300, 601, or…
§ 16002 (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to maintain the continuity of the family unit and ensure the preservation and strengthening of the child’s family…
§ 16002.5 It is the intent of the Legislature to maintain the continuity of the family unit and to support and preserve families headed by minor parents and nonminor…
§ 16003.5 (a) Any state funding allocated to counties for the purpose of recruiting, retaining, and supporting foster parents, relative caregivers, and resource families…
§ 16004.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is an urgent need to develop placement resources to permit minor parents and their children to remain…
§ 16005 Siblings shall be assigned to the same social worker when there is a prospective adoptive family that intends to adopt the children as a sibling group, unless…
§ 16006 Children and nonminor dependents in out-of-home care shall be placed according to their gender identity, regardless of the gender or sex listed in their court…
§ 16010 (a) (1) When a child is placed in foster care, the case plan for each child recommended pursuant to Section 358.1 shall include a summary of the health and…
§ 16010.2 (a) The department, in consultation with pediatricians, other health care experts, including public health nurses, and experts in and recipients of child…
§ 16010.4 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Foster parents are one of the most important sources of information about the children in their…
§ 16010.5 (a) When initially placing a child into foster care or kinship care, and within 48 hours of any subsequent placement of that child, the placing agency shall…
§ 16010.6 (a) As soon as a placing agency makes a decision with respect to a placement or a change in placement of a dependent child, but not later than the close of the…
§ 16010.7 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to prevent children or youth in foster care placement from experiencing unnecessary or abrupt foster care placement…
§ 16010.8 It is the intent of the Legislature that no child or youth in foster care reside in group care for longer than one year. The State Department of Social…
§ 16010.9 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to restrict the use of out-of-state residential facilities, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 7910 of the Family…
§ 16010.10 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that the admission of dependents, nonminor dependents, and wards of the juvenile courts in psychiatric…
§ 16010.11 (a) (1) Each county child welfare agency shall adopt a policy for supporting foster children who are transitioning between placement settings and who are…
§ 16011 (a) Subject to the conditions prescribed by this section, Los Angeles County may pursue the development and evaluation of a pilot Internet-based health and…
§ 16013 (a) It is the policy of this state that all persons engaged in providing care and services to foster children, including, but not limited to, foster parents,…
§ 16014 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to maximize federal funding for foster youth services provided by local educational agencies. (b) The State Department…