Los Angeles County Self-Assessment Report
Los Angeles County Self-Assessment Report
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Indian Child<br />
Welfare Task Force<br />
Interagency Council<br />
on Child Abuse and<br />
Neglect (ICAN)<br />
Inter-Agency<br />
Council on Child<br />
Abuse and Neglect<br />
(ICAN)<br />
<strong>Los</strong> <strong>Angeles</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Self</strong>-<strong>Assessment</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
To recruit American Indian<br />
resource family homes.<br />
To improve the lives of<br />
abused, neglected and at-risk<br />
children through multidisciplinary<br />
efforts that support the<br />
identification, prevention and<br />
treatment of child abuse and<br />
neglect.<br />
To serve as the offical county<br />
body to coordinate the multiagency<br />
development of services<br />
for the prevention, identification,<br />
prosecution and treatment of<br />
child abuse and neglect. To<br />
improve the lives of children and<br />
families at-risk and those served<br />
by the Child Welfare and<br />
Protection systems through interdisciplinary<br />
collaboration,<br />
program development,<br />
accountability and advocacy.<br />
Establish a partnership<br />
between DCFS and the<br />
American Indian Community<br />
ICAN provides advocacy<br />
and leadership within <strong>Los</strong><br />
<strong>Angeles</strong> <strong>County</strong>, as well as on<br />
a state and national basis, for<br />
improved policy development,<br />
provision of services, public<br />
awareness, education and<br />
training.<br />
ICAN’s activities are carried<br />
out through a variety of<br />
committees comprised of both<br />
public and private sector<br />
professionals with expertise in<br />
child abuse, which address<br />
critical issues affecting the<br />
well-being of the most<br />
vulnerable children including<br />
prenatally substance affected<br />
infants, pregnant and<br />
parenting adolescent, children<br />
exposed to family violence,<br />
abducted children, and<br />
siblings of children who are<br />
victims of fatal abuse. Nonprofit<br />
ICAN Associates raises<br />
funds and public awareness<br />
for programs and issues<br />
identified by ICAN.<br />
American Indian Children's Council,<br />
the Native American Indian Commission<br />
DCFS, <strong>County</strong> departments, and<br />
child welfare and health care agencies.<br />
Thirty-two <strong>County</strong>, City, State and<br />
Federal agency heads are members of<br />
the ICAN Policy Committee, along with<br />
UCLA, five private sector members<br />
appointed by the Board of Supervisors<br />
and the Children’s Planning Council.<br />
ICAN's Policy Committee is comprised<br />
of the heads of each of the member<br />
agencies.<br />
DCFS hired an American<br />
Indian Supervisor,<br />
established report with<br />
American Community,<br />
American Indian Orientation<br />
Support and advocacy of<br />
new legislation to increase<br />
services for children who are<br />
victims of abuse and neglect.<br />
Support and advocacy for<br />
preventive services and best<br />
practice protocol to reduce<br />
the incidence of abuse and<br />
neglect.<br />
• Successful sponsorship<br />
& passage of AB 1687,<br />
Brownley which allows<br />
greater sharing of<br />
information among county<br />
departments regarding<br />
children in the child<br />
protection system. •<br />
Development &<br />
implementation of<br />
countywide inter-agency<br />
child abuse protocols,<br />
including training for all<br />
county departments. •<br />
Development & publication<br />
of guidelines for the<br />
mentoring of foster youth;<br />
formation of partnerships<br />
with the Rotary and Lyons<br />
organizations to support<br />
mentoring efforts. •<br />
Production of Annual<br />
<strong>Report</strong>s: The State of Child<br />
Abuse in LA <strong>County</strong>; The<br />
ICAN Child Death Review<br />
Team <strong>Report</strong>; The Safely<br />
Surrendered Baby Law in LA<br />
<strong>County</strong>. • Two Annual ICAN<br />
Conferences: Nexus<br />
conference on violence<br />
within the home and the<br />
Conference on Childhood<br />
Grief and Traumatic <strong>Los</strong>s .<br />
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