CA AB2083

Requires each county to develop and implement a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that establishes roles and responsibilities of agencies serving foster youth who have experienced severe trauma, with participation from child welfare, probation, behavioral health, education, and regional center agencies.

MOU must include provisions for establishing an interagency leadership team and placement committee, integrated core practice models, screening and assessment processes, child and family teaming, resource family recruitment, staff training, and dispute resolution mechanisms.

Authorizes members of interagency teams and committees to share confidential information relevant to identifying barriers to services or placements for traumatized foster youth, with discussions and shared information remaining confidential and not open to public inspection.

Requires the Secretary of California Health and Human Services and Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish a joint interagency resolution team by June 1, 2019, to develop guidance and technical assistance to counties and submit recommendations to the Legislature by January 1, 2020, on gaps in placement and services.

Requires the joint interagency resolution team to develop a multiyear plan by June 1, 2020, for increasing trauma-informed care capacity and delivery through short-term residential therapeutic programs and other foster care and behavioral health providers.