California Governor Newsom Signs Executive Order on Foster Youth Services in Response to COVID-19

SACRAMENTO – California Governor Gavin Newsom today signed an executive order that allows for temporary waivers to certain foster youth programs to ensure continuity of care in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The executive order will allow county child welfare agencies and probation departments to perform necessary functions using alternative processes other than face-to-face interactions. This includes allowance for a 60-day waiver to allow for flexibility in the emergency placement of foster youth and ensures that foster youth have access to critical programs and technology by verifying foster care status for foster youth and wards of the juvenile court whose cases are pending.

The text of the Governor’s executive order can be found here and a copy can be found here.