Bill > AB2767

This bill aims to improve the process of "family finding," which is the effort to locate and connect children in the child welfare system with their relatives and extended family members. It expands the timeframe for initiating family finding activities to include when a child is first accepted for services by a county child welfare or probation department, not just when they are removed from their home. The bill clarifies that family finding includes actively reaching out to identified relatives and kin through various methods, including social media, and informing them about available support and placement options. These efforts are intended to continue throughout the child's case unless specific circumstances, like adoption proceedings, allow for discontinuation. The bill also allows for the disclosure of certain information to these relatives and kin, even without their consent, if it directly aids in administering the child welfare program and helps find placement or support for the child. Additionally, it grants county child welfare and probation personnel access to juvenile case files specifically for the purpose of conducting these family finding activities.

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