Recommendation R2.6.1
To encourage more resource families to care for teenagers and children with special needs: Provide incentives and additional support to the families such as respite care, hosting local support group meetings, hosting teenagers’ night outs and providing mentors for the parents;
Jury report: Los Angeles County Foster Care · PDF page 139
Permanent linkOfficial response
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (consolidated County departmental response)
Agency says implementedTo recruit families for teenagers and children with special needs, DCFS agrees and claims ongoing support through assigned RFS workers, respite and groups, relative support services, needs-based rates, specialized TSH/ISFC placements and FURS crisis response. Listed supports are agency implementation claims, not verified availability for every family.
Read official response · PDF page 29Editorial engagement review of the answer, not confirmation of implementation. To recruit families for teenagers and children with special needs, DCFS agrees and claims ongoing support through assigned RFS workers, respite and groups, relative support services, needs-based rates, specialized TSH/ISFC placements and FURS crisis response. Listed supports are agency implementation claims, not verified availability for every family. Report physical PDF page(s) 139; County response physical PDF page(s) 29–30. Claims remain attributed; adoption date is not a filing or receipt date.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.