Los Angeles County Self-Assessment Report

Los Angeles County Self-Assessment Report
Probation Services
(Includes the Community Based, Specialized Units and Youth Development Services)
Placement Permanency Unit
This unit receives and assesses all cases referred by
DCFS, delinquency court, Probation Officers,
Attorneys, Child Advocates and the Placement
Quality Assurance process. All cases are
investigated for parents’ whereabouts,
relatives/non-relative extended family and life-long
connections. Each permanency officer carries a
caseload of 6-8 and meets with the
DCFS/Probation Collaborative Permanency
Committee monthly to discuss all cases destined
for legal guardianship and adoption. Currently, the
committee is working on 3 potential adoptions and
3 potential legal guardianships.
Mentoring Model This is a new program that will begin July 2008
and will handle 800 DCFS and Probation foster
youth, approximately 100 per SPA. This program
is for youth 16 or older where family reunification
has failed for the purpose of obtaining life-long
connections for these aging-out youth.
Transition to Permanency
This program is for youth 18-25 years who have
had contact with the criminal justice system as a
juvenile or an adult and are homeless or at
imminent risk of becoming homeless. The program
will provide financial assistance with rent, moving
costs and appliance. The youth must be employed
or willing to be employed, and the program will
assist with finding the youth shelter until they are
employed. This is the first project that both the
adult and juvenile are working on together.
Placement Community Transition Services This unit identifies youth eligible for Evidence-
Based In-Home Services (FFT and MST) and
assists in transitioning these youth out of Group
Home care and back into the home of their parents.
The PCTS Unit supervises these youth in
community and works with the therapist to support
the success of the intervention.
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