Finding F4
Findings and Recommendations
CPS fails to apply the Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard to limit a foster youth’s access to cellular phones and other technology, leaving youth vulnerable to exploitation.
Jury report: No Longer Invisible: Foster Youth Still in the Shadows · PDF page 14
Permanent linkOfficial responses
Sacramento County Board of Supervisors
The Board wholly disagrees, citing youth rights and individualized supervision rather than broad device confiscation.
Read official response · PDF page 7The response identifies the disputed legal premise, Title 22 and youth rights, explains phones’ safety role and gives a 3–8 p.m. Wi-Fi schedule. This is reasoned engagement, not an independent legal ruling.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.
California Office of the Foster Care Ombudsperson
OFCO disagrees that the prudent-parent standard permits the report’s proposed restrictions on technology and movement.
Read official response · PDF page 1Pages 1–2 identify the disputed legal interpretation and explain constitutional rights, Welfare and Institutions Code 16001.9 and the distinction between reasonable searches and RPPS. OFCO speaks independently of CDSS.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.