Recommendation R2.6.3
To encourage more resource families to care for teenagers and children with special needs: Provide online foster family applicants with a means to indicate their willingness to foster teenagers and/or children with special needs.
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 implementedFor the same recruitment objective, DCFS agrees and claims existing preference collection through RFA01 and Resource Family Home Preferences forms, including age and medical or mental health needs. Further online application improvements remain exploratory; forms alone do not establish completed online enhancement.
Read official response · PDF page 30Editorial engagement review of the answer, not confirmation of implementation. For the same recruitment objective, DCFS agrees and claims existing preference collection through RFA01 and Resource Family Home Preferences forms, including age and medical or mental health needs. Further online application improvements remain exploratory; forms alone do not establish completed online enhancement. Report physical PDF page(s) 139; County response physical PDF page(s) 30–31. Claims remain attributed; adoption date is not a filing or receipt date.
- RFA will explore online application opportunities to better identify applicants willing to foster teenagers and children with special needs; enhancement is exploratory, not completed. Owner: Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors (consolidated County departmental response). Timing: Not specified.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.