California Welfare and Institutions Code CHAPTER 5.5 - Child Welfare Leadership and Performance Accountability

• Section 16540.
  The California Child Welfare Council is hereby established, which shall serve as an advisory body responsible for improving the collaboration and processes of the multiple...
• Section 16541.
  The council shall be comprised of the following members:(a) The Secretary of California Health and Human Services, who shall serve as cochair.(b) The Chief Justice of the...
• Section 16541.5.
  The council shall meet no less frequently than each quarter of the state fiscal year and at the call of the cochairs, at a time...
• Section 16542.
  The cochairs may appoint committees composed of council members, experts in specialized fields, foster youth, program stakeholders, state and county child welfare and foster care...
• Section 16543.
  Consistent with state and federal law, the council shall have access to aggregate data and information concerning the child welfare and foster care systems held...
• Section 16543.5.
  It is the intent of the Legislature to inspect other state child welfare and foster care systems over the course of the 2007–08 Legislative Session,...
• Section 16544.
  The secretary shall ensure that all of the federal Child and Family Services Review outcome measures and all of the California Child and Family Service...
• Section 16545.
  By April 1, 2008, the Judicial Council shall adopt, through rules of court, performance measures designed to complement and promote those measures specified in Section...

Last modified: October 22, 2018