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County reports progress on child‑welfare audit: referrals down, reforms under way
Summary
DCFS updated the board on audit follow‑up, reporting a drop in open referrals from a peak near 3,997 to 1,497 and listed completed and in‑progress fixes to documentation, training and interagency data sharing; staff committed to provide the board an updated dashboard and an April committee report.
The Alameda County Department of Children and Family Services told supervisors on March 10 that it has implemented multiple reforms tied to a recent audit and has reduced a backlog of open referrals by more than half.
Michelle Love, DCFS leadership and behavioral‑health partners presented audit follow‑up work that included improvements to case documentation and court reports, new templates to capture service referral dates and monthly child‑visit tracking, mandatory shadowing for new staff and a revised approach to supervisor review. Love reported 1,497 open referrals at the time of the…
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