CA AB1879

Requires courts to order child-centered specialized permanency services for children without permanent plans of adoption, not placed with fit and willing relatives, or age 16+ in another planned permanent living arrangement.

Mandates social workers and probation officers provide prospective adoptive families and legal guardians written information about mental health providers with specialized adoption or permanency clinical training.

Expands case plan requirements to identify and describe child-centered specialized permanency services, with court review of services provided at status review hearings.

Applies to dependent children and wards in foster care, with services designed to address trauma, family finding, and preparation of permanent families for children's needs.

Establishes state-mandated local program with no state reimbursement required under specified constitutional provisions.