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Alameda County reopens transitional shelter care, cites shortage of high‑needs placement capacity
Summary
County foster care managers reported about 700 children in out‑of‑home care, a reopened transitional shelter care facility with provisional license, and ongoing challenges placing high‑needs youth due to statewide reductions in group-home capacity.
Alameda County foster care staff briefed the Social Services Committee April 27 on current caseloads, resource family approvals and the reopening of the county's transitional shelter care facility.
"We have around 700 children... who are in foster care in Alameda County," said Jess Sapp, program manager for resource family approvals. Sapp said about half of children in care are placed with relatives or extended family members and that the county is working to recruit more resource families.
Sapp and other…
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