And identifying safety issues and reunifying children if possible. If not we determine a permanent plan for the child through legal guardianship or adoption. All children in need of protection of abuse and neglect are eligible to get services and its the legal responsibility to seek out relatives to serve as a viable placement option for the youth within the United States and within their home country so thats what our staff would do, locate relatives and place them with them. At this point family and Children Services has not seen an increase of the children come being to our attention. Many children are being placed with relatives. We have been in discussions with the state department of social services that indicated that is where the federal government is placing these children is relative and family other family members. We anticipate as ken said that as children remain in this country for some period of time we may at a later point and time begin to see children coming to our att
Department is responsible for investigating the service determining if children should be in the home or removed from the home on a temporary basis while working with the children and identifying safety issues and reunifying children if possible. If not we determine a permanent plan for the child through legal guardianship or adoption. All children in need of protection of abuse and neglect are eligible to get services and its the legal responsibility to seek out relatives to serve as a viable placement option for the youth within the United States and within their home country so thats what our staff would do, locate relatives and place them with them. At this point family and Children Services has not seen an increase of the children come being to our attention. Many children are being placed with relatives. We have been in discussions with the state department of social services that indicated that is where the federal government is placing these children is relative and family othe
Here that a overwhelming majority are at the High School Level. We also have data by zip code and you could see by neighborhood there is a percentage from mission burnel area but a significant from ingleside and bay view and Visitacion Valley and the southeast sector of the city. Knowing this and these are the new comer pathways. We have 12 of them across the different levels. At the elementary level we have stand alone sites at Chinese Mission center and Mission Education center and middle school we have pathways within the comprehension schools in these areas and we have a new comer strand there so students are able to receive support but take other classes as well and similar to high school we have new comer pathways at lincoln, marshal and Sf International and also washington high school. Excuse me ms. Wong because i dont remember where is the location for chinese education and Mission Education center. Chinese education is across from ports smith across and mission is in the heart
Our attention. They would come to our attention if there were any allegations of abuse or neglect or through Mental Health services they were referred to us because there were issues with the families they are with. Any foster care providers that we utilize are required to complete a state licensing process for background checks and a grounds inspection, and most recently this require became a standard for all relatives and non related extended family members so we are now in the process of having the samesame standard as we call it for relatives and extended family members and licensed caregivers. We are working with the department of Public Health to develop a First Encounter protocol and i am working with the state department of social services in discussing this issue and usually we have about a monthly call. Weve provided the departments numbers Contact Numbers for our child abuse hot line and for our Foster Parent recruitment line because we have seen an uptake in people interest
Programs is that they have Significant School partnerships so in the district we do have School Partnerships with cyc and [inaudible]. Those organizations provide new comer after School Programs, peer support, leadership development. Both of these programs are funded by dcyf. We have partnerships with Legal Services like the San Francisco Immigration Network that includes [inaudible]. Legal services for children and other Service Providers and this represents the support that any new comer, even though there is a cycle represented here, any new comer can access it at any point. Part of one of the services that is under the wellness under this program is a program for those that lack a fixed night time resident and reside in a shelter, motel, hotel, temporary housing, abandoned building or temporary foster care. Of course these students have Educational Rights that include immediate enrollment, attend the school theyre attending, transportation to schools and participation in all progra