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CDSS Best Practices
The mission of the California Department of Social Services is to serve, aid and protect needy and vulnerable children and adults in ways that strengthen and preserve families, encourage personal responsibility and foster independence.
- Report Cards (statewide data on program performance)
Increasing transparency in outcomes to assess statewide performance measures, with the goal of better targeting resources to areas most needed
- Food Stamp Access
Recognizing the importance of nutrition and adequate food, increasing access to this important nutritional benefit
- Workforce Development
Planning to ensure CDSS is able to meet its and the public's future needs, making us an employer of choice, proactively addressing our higher rates of impending retirements, and making CDSS the best DSS in the country
- Increasing Access to Employment (including WPRs)
CDSS is about building self-sufficiency and alleviating poverty. In order to perform our mission, we must actively seek ways to increase access to important resources for the populations we serve; for many, this will be through employment as well as other supports
- Safety (including Licensing) and Well-Being
We seek to improve the lives of all of those who come to us. Regardless of the programs and resources, our fundamental obligation is to ensure safety and well-being while under our care and/or custody
- Program Integrity
In addition to our responsibility to the families and individuals we serve, we also serve the taxpayer. We strive to ensure that only those eligible for our programs and services have access to them. Program integrity is also in the best interests of our clients so the public knows our resources are going towards those intended to receive them, in as an efficient manner as possible
Priority Process for Disabled Homeless in Los Angeles
Evidenced-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare