County of Los Angeles, Department of Children & Family Services & Department of Mental Health Draft Enhanced Specialized Foster Care Mental Health Services Corrective Action Plan
June 28, 2007 In November 2006 the court in the Katie A. v Bonta class action lawsuit ordered Los Angeles County, California to make numerous changes to its county plan for foster care children. The Los Angeles Department of Mental Health and the Department of Children and Family Services have proposed the following modifications: Expanded and coordinated system for the screening, assessment, and provision of mental health services to children at-risk of entering the child welfare system, newly detained children, and children already receiving child welfare services  Creation of a Resource Management Process to improve the identification and matching . . .
