Submittal to the Board of Supervisors County of Riverside, State of California From: Executive Office*

Recommendations 13

• R1
  Establish a time limit to implement necessary corrective measures and conduct a review to evaluate the progress.
• R2
  2. Establish an autonomous Children's Services Citizens oversight commission to be responsible for overseeing the compliance of Child Protective Services.
• R3
  Develop and strictly enforce specific and uniform complaint policies and procedures.
• R4
  2. Establish a Professional Standards/Internal Investigations Division. The division should be directly under and report to the department director.
• R5
  3. Establish a 24-hour, 7-day a week Multi-disciplinary Central Receiving Assessment Facility.
• R6
  4. Amend Department Policy 31-400E to facilitate placement with private foster family agencies. 5. Contract with non-profit Foster Family Agencies to: a. Facilitate difficult placements. b. Assist in managing caseloads. c. Assist in facilitating adoptions to reduce the growing backlog of children in permanent placement and adoption programs.
• R7
  6. Re-evaluate employee allocations, and make adjustments based on caseload.
• R8
  7. Focus assets and personnel to ensure compliance and quality of service delivery of mandated programs, prior to the implementation of discretionary programs.
• R9
  8. Mandate uniform application and compliance of the Practice Handbook/Policies and Procedures Manual throughout each region.
• R10
  9. Conduct a review of existing case files of each child to ensure proper and appropriate case management.
• R11
  10. Develop mandated guidelines specifically addressing removals and definition of immediate and imminent danger.
• R12
  11. Collaborate with local law enforcement agencies to develop a joint response protocol.
• R13
  12. Address compartmentalization by implementing a policy of cross training staff to perform duties of other programs and blend units conducting similar functions.