Recommendation R2.11.2
To improve coordination between DCFS, DMH, and other departments, and to children and families in foster care: Identify instances in the foster care process where delays in sharing information with other departments affect a worker’s ability to care for foster children/families and consider how technology can be used to facilitate information exchange. Determine whether programs can be written to automatically notify and send the information, record, report or file entry to the person waiting for it in another department, rather than having department workers chase it down online. New MOUs may have to be entered for this to happen.
Jury report: Los Angeles County Foster Care · PDF page 142
Permanent linkOfficial response
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (consolidated County departmental response)
Agency says implementedFor the shared coordination objective, DCFS agrees and claims partial implementation through referral improvements and DMH collaboration, while acknowledging manual workflows. Automated notices remain possible enhancements; DCFS promises evaluation and prioritization during and after CWS-CARES transition, not completed automation or new MOUs.
Read official response · PDF page 37Editorial engagement review of the answer, not confirmation of implementation. For the shared coordination objective, DCFS agrees and claims partial implementation through referral improvements and DMH collaboration, while acknowledging manual workflows. Automated notices remain possible enhancements; DCFS promises evaluation and prioritization during and after CWS-CARES transition, not completed automation or new MOUs. Report physical PDF page(s) 142; County response physical PDF page(s) 37–38. Claims remain attributed; adoption date is not a filing or receipt date.
- DCFS will evaluate and prioritize system enhancements during and after CWS-CARES transition; automated notifications are potential improvements, not completed functionality. Owner: Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (consolidated County departmental response). Timing: during and after the transition from CWS/CMS to CWS-CARES.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.