CA SB384

Requires county welfare and probation departments to notify the State Department of Social Services by January 1, 2024, whether they have adopted family finding practices described in All-County Letter 18-42.

Defines "family finding" as conducting investigations using computer-based searches and contacting tribes (for Indian children) to identify and locate relatives and kin to connect children with family support and possible placement.

Mandates that family finding be included as part of the due diligence investigation when social workers and probation officers identify and locate relatives of removed children.

Requires counties without existing family finding practices to submit copies of their pre-January 1, 2022 family finding policies and practices to the State Department of Social Services.

Specifies that no state reimbursement is required for compliance costs, as these duties fall within the scope of 2011 Realignment Legislation and are only mandated to the extent the state provides funding.