Recommendation R4
Findings and Recommendations
Sacramento Welcome Home staff should apply the Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard and best practices to monitor access to cell phones and other technology to protect foster youth from sex traffickers no later than October 1, 2026.
Jury report: No Longer Invisible: Foster Youth Still in the Shadows · PDF page 14
Permanent linkOfficial responses
Sacramento County Board of Supervisors
Agency says implementedThe Board reports implementation through trauma-informed limits consistent with youth rights.
Read official response · PDF page 8The response engages monitoring and provides supervision context, while rejecting broad confiscation. Implementation remains a Board claim.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.
California Office of the Foster Care Ombudsperson
Agency position unclearOFCO rejects the report’s application of RPPS and offers training on foster youth rights.
Read official response · PDF page 1The letter provides a substantive legal objection but does not speak for county implementation or assign an implementation category. Training availability is not a scheduled county commitment.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.