Reforming Child Welfare

CSWs On the Road to Child Safety: One Year Later – L.A. County Children’s Social Workers Make Progress on Caseloads and Mentoring

One Year Later: Progress on the road to child safety. But a long way to go.
L.A. County SEIU 721 Children’s Social Workers are preparing a follow-up progress report on their “Roadmap to Child Safety” plan, which shows significant progress on caseload reduction through new hires at the Department of Children and Family Services and successful implementation of a new mentorship program aimed at reducing high attrition among CSWs.

Social Workers Dig Deep to Find Child Placement Solutions

Every year in Los Angeles County thousands of children are left in a lurch, waiting to be placed with a loving family. Sometimes social workers get 20, 30, or 40 rejections before they can place a child. We are in a placement crisis. The SEIU 721 Placement Forum on March 25th brought social workers together from across Southern California to tackle this immense problem.