News Report | August 26, 2018
Los Angeles County Contracts With A Second Chance, Inc. To Address Foster Family Approval Process Backlog
On July 17, 2018, the Los Angeles County California Board of Supervisors approved a motion for a contract with Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based A Second Chance, Inc. (ASCI) (dba, Kinship Insight Solutions, LLC) to improve timelines for Resource Family Approval (RFA) consistent with the California Department of Social Services' (CDSS') foster care RFA process mandates. In addition, ASCI will provide technical assistance to reduce the current backlog of cases.
ASCI is a private, non-profit specialized kinship care agency; it uses a process that can complete assessments of relative and non-relative caregivers, on average, in 60 days or less. A . . .