CHAPTER 2.5. Foster Child Ombudsman Program

Chapter 2.5 added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 311, Sec. 66.

§§ 16160–16167 · 8 sections

• § 16160 The Legislature finds and declares that the people of California have benefited from the establishment of a long-term care ombudsperson pursuant to Section…
• § 16161 (a) The Office of the State Foster Care Ombudsperson shall be established as an autonomous entity within the department for the purpose of providing children…
• § 16162 (a) The Director of Social Services, in consultation with, and after receiving a list of possible nominees from, a committee of at least five interested…
• § 16163 The department shall hire the necessary personnel to perform the functions of the office. Priority shall be given to former foster youth in hiring decisions.
• § 16164 (a) The Office of the State Foster Care Ombudsperson shall do all of the following: (1) (A) Disseminate information and provide training and technical…
• § 16165 As part of the office’s efforts to resolve complaints related to foster care, the ombudsperson may do all of the following: (a) Establish policies and…
• § 16166 In order to encourage candor during the ombudsperson’s investigation of complaints made by or on behalf of foster youth and to facilitate the ombudsperson’s…
• § 16167 (a) A toll-free number shall be established for the office. (b) Social workers and probation officers shall provide foster children with the toll-free…