Foster Care

A letter of support  for SB 1407 protecting the privacy of foster children and other dependent minors and their mental health records.

Ginny Puddefoot, Director HIT Initiatives for Vulnerable Youth
March 29, 2012

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By Stefanie Gluckman with Ashley Phelps | May 2011

California is poised to make great progress, and has an opportunity to leverage the tremendous potential of information technology to improve health and wellness outcomes for vulnerable populations, particularly children and youth living in foster care.  Recent technology and policy developments have created an environment in which it is possible to transform the delivery of care by linking systems, programs, and providers, allowing decision-makers efficient access to the information necessary to provide comprehensive care to the whole child.Building on two previous reports, this Issue Brief summarizes the potential for electronic information exchange to enhance care coordination and improve outcomes, highlights current efforts at the state and local level to achieve these results, and raises a few policy issues that, if resolved, would facilitate movement toward the goal of appropriate information exchange between programs and providers to serve vulnerable youth.

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Download submitted comments  to the Administration on Children and Families concerning the redesign of requirements for Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (a comprehensive automated case management tool that supports social workers' foster care and adoptions assistance case management practice).