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Observe
In the context of disrobing a child, to make a visual examination (see definition under disrobing) and make note of any indicators of physical harm (see definition under disrobing) as a person other than the CSW disrobes or rearranges the clothing of the identified child victim.
OCOC
See "One Church, One Child (OCOC) of Los Angeles."
On-Site Monitored Visits/Contacts
See "Monitored Contacts."
On Track
The aligning of the Case Plan Update and the Status Review Hearing court report due dates so they are both due at the same time.
One Church, One Child (OCOC) of Los Angeles
A recruitment program that works cooperatively and in collaboration with the Adoptions Division. It is committed to finding Black families able to provide loving, safe, and nurturing homes for Black children requiring permanency. The program focuses on targeted recruitment for Black children and on locating homes, which will enable keeping siblings together in adoptive placement.
An orientation and reception held at a church or church-designated location to provide an opportunity for prospective Black adoptive parents to meet and interact with available,
adoptable Black children and/or review photo albums and biographies. It also gives prospective parents the chance to learn about the OCOC program and the adoptive process.
Open Monitored Visits/Contacts
See "Monitored Contacts."
Opportunistic Infections
Infections which would normally either not be found or produce only mild illness in a person with a normal immune system. When the immune system is suppressed, however, opportunistic infections can result in serious, often fatal illnesses.
Some of the AIDS-defining opportunistic infections include pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), candidacies of the esophagus, persistent disseminated cytomegalovirus (CMV), cerebral toxoplasmosis, cryptococcal meningitis, and extrapulmonary mycobacterium tuberculosis. In addition, in persons less than 13 years old, specified occurrences of certain serious multiple or recurrent bacterial infections (including salmonella septicemia) and/or lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis (LIP) lead to a diagnosis of AIDS.
Order for Publication of Citation
A legal document which, when signed by a Dependency court hearing officer, authorizes DCFS to attempt to cite absent parent(s) to a WIC Section 366.26 hearing through newspaper publication.
Orthodontia
See "Pro Bono Orthodontia Program."
Out-of-Home Care
The provision of 24-hour care and supervision to a child who has been placed by a child-placing agency in one of the following:
Out-of-Home Care Facilities
Any of the following:
A temporary placement service, providing 24-hour care for a child who
must be immediately removed from his or her own home or current foster
placement and who cannot be returned to his or her own home or foster care
placement. In the context of funding, emergency shelter care shall not
exceed 30 calendar days in any one-placement episode. MacLaren Children’s
Center is an example of an emergency shelter care facility.
A non-profit organization licensed by the State of California to recruit, certify, train, and provide professional support to foster parents.
Agencies also engage in finding homes for temporary and long-term foster
care of children.
Per CDSS Manual of Policy and Procedures 31-002 (8), any residential
facility providing
24-hour care for six or fewer foster children which is owned, leased, or
rented and is the residence of the foster parent or parents, including their
family, in whose care the foster children have been placed. A foster family
home may be authorized to provide care for more than six children for the
purpose of keeping siblings together provided that the conditions of Health
and Safety Code Section 1505.2 are met.
A facility which provides 24-hour non-medical care and supervision to
children, provides services to a specific client group and maintains a
structured environment, with such services provided at least in part by
staff employed by the licensee.
Any residential facility in the licensee’s family residence providing 24-hour a day care for six or fewer children who have behavioral and/or emotional disabilities and developmental and/or physical disabilities and who require special care and supervision as a result of their disabilities.
Out-of-Home Care Provider
See "Foster Care Provider."
Out-of-Home Caregiver
See "Foster Care Provider."
Out-of-Home Placement
Placements in an out-of-home care facility.
Outreach Advisor (OA)
An employee of the Community College Foundation. The role of the Outreach Advisor as part of the emancipation team is to:
Outside Counsel
Attorneys and their staff who represent the parent(s), guardian(s), child(ren) or adult relative(s) with standing in a contested dependency court case. Outside Counsel includes Children’s Law Center (CLC) of Los Angeles attorneys, CLC Social Workers, WIC 317 panel attorneys, private attorneys, and staff members of any of these individuals or entities.
Overflow Call
In the context of the Child Protection Hotline, when the volume of calls received by the Hotline exceeds the number of CSWs available to receive those calls. When this occurs, a Child Protection Hotline staff member monitors the hotline queue screen for in-coming calls and takes messages whenever possible. When a CSW becomes available the call will be returned. If during the screening process it appears that the reported child is in imminent danger, the Child Protection Hotline staff member shall take a referral (or advise the caller to call 911 if appropriate). See "Call Back."