Ventura County To Implement ‘One Child One CANS’

Ventura County, California is implementing a new initiative—One Child One CANS—which will allow its Behavioral Health and Child Welfare divisions to share data from Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) assessments. The goal is to coordinate the county’s efforts to provide holistic care for families and children served by both agencies.

Ventura County Behavioral Health anticipates serving 4,500 children annually with the new approach, and the Human Services Agency anticipates using the new approach with 850 children in the child welfare system. The county does not have a deadline for the full deployment of One . . .