CA SB767

Authorizes counties (but does not require them) to create specialized foster family placement protocols for commercially sexually exploited children (CSEC) providing safety, treatment, and appropriate services.

Allows counties to provide additional stipends and specialized training to foster family providers and other placement providers who care for CSEC, with training requirements determined by each county.

Authorizes counties to provide CSEC-specific training for dependency attorneys and juvenile court judges, with counties encouraged to limit CSEC caseloads for attorneys to 50 clients.

Authorizes counties to create specialized CSEC courts and expresses legislative intent to use Los Angeles and Alameda counties as models and to enact future legislation funding these courts.

Requires the State Department of Social Services to convene a working group by July 1, 2018, meeting quarterly to develop placement options for CSEC with representatives from county child welfare, mental health, and probation agencies.

Permits county child welfare caseworkers to attest by affidavit as reliable corroborating evidence for human trafficking victim compensation claims, in addition to human trafficking caseworkers.