Director
PATRICIA S. PLOEHN
425 Shatto Place
Los Angeles, CA 90020
(213) 351-5602
Our Vision
Children grow up safe, physically and emotionally healthy, educated and in permanent homes.
Our Mission
The Department of Children and Family Services will, with our community partners, provide a comprehensive child protection system of prevention, preservation, and permanency to ensure that children grow up safe, physically and emotionally healthy, educated and in permanent homes.
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The Key Three
Goals for L. A. County Department of Children and Family Services
- Improved Permanence
Shorten the timeliness for permanency for children removed from their families with a particular emphasis on reunification, kinship and adoption. Reductions in the emancipation population will also be critical.
- Improved Safety
Significantly reduce the recurrence rate of abuse or neglect for children investigated and reduce the rate of abuse in foster care.
- Reduced Reliance on Out-of-Home Care
Reduce reliance on out-of-home care through expansion of alternative community-based strategies.
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