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County outlines child abuse prevention network, ARPA-funded supports and new reporting guidance
Summary
Alameda County detailed its Child Abuse Prevention Council work, a county prevention plan, a Strong Families Alliance network and ARPA‑funded contracts that reached 2,148 families; staff also highlighted Assembly Bill 2085 guidance that poverty is not neglect.
Colette Cotteswalla, Alameda County's child welfare supervisor and coordinator of the Child Abuse Prevention Council, briefed the Social Services Committee on April 27 about prevention efforts, funded partners and recent legal and programmatic changes.
Cotteswalla described a county task force and the Strong Families Alliance—a network of providers that coordinates referrals and wraparound supports. The county funds 12 organizations under CAPIT (child abuse prevention, intervention and…
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