California Welfare and Institutions Code CHAPTER 1 - Foster Care Placement

• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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) provides Indian tribes...
• Section 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 of...
• Section 16001.
  (a) The State Department of Social Services shall provide technical assistance to encourage and facilitate the county placement agency’s evaluation of placement needs and the development...
• Section 16001.5.
  The State Department of Social Services shall annually distribute information declaring the importance of promoting self-esteem with respect to foster children to all of the...
• Section 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 to...
• Section 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...
• Section 16001.9.
  (a) It is the policy of the state that all minors and nonminors in foster care shall have the following rights:(1) To live in a safe, healthy,...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 16003.5.
  (a) Any state funding allocated to counties for the purpose of recruiting, retaining, and supporting foster parents, relative caregivers, and resource families shall be used to...
• Section 16004.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is an urgent need to develop placement resources to permit sibling groups to remain together in out-of-home care...
• Section 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 together...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 16010.2.
  The department, in consultation with pediatricians, other health care experts, including public health nurses, and experts in and recipients of child welfare services, including parents,...
• Section 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 care....
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 education passport...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 of Education and...

Last modified: October 22, 2018