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