Office of Child, Youth, and Family Well-Being
LOS ANGELES COUNTY OFFICE OF CHILD, YOUTH, AND FAMILY WELL-BEING
The Office of Child, Youth, and Family Well-Being, formerly the Office of Child Protection (OCP), is an independent office reporting to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. The overarching goal of the OCFW is to align systems, support upstream prevention, and advance policy and systems change to benefit all Los Angeles County children, families, and communities. We want to support the County with moving upstream and shifting resources toward prevention in the face of complex challenges. As the problems and answers in this arena are multi-dimensional, so is the role of the OCFW. Our roles include convening and aligning systems, advancing policy and systems reform, using data strategically, launching and incubating innovation, and strengthening communications and engagement to support the wellbeing of children, youth, and families.
THE MAIN FOCUS AREAS OF THE OCFW'S WORK ARE:
Building community pathways to upstream prevention and promotion supports and services for families
Enhancing the children and youth system of care
Improving youth behavioral health and health outcomes
Our Impact Date
OCFW drives system-wide change so children and families are better supported, safer, and more connected. Some highlights include:
- Completed or implementing all 51 Blue Ribbon Commission on Child Protection’s systems improvement recommendations under OCP’s purview
- 41% decrease in the rate of children in foster care in LA County since OCP’s creation in 2015
- Developed or improved 19 large-scale County programs or initiatives that provide direct services to children, youth, and families in prevention, education, health and behavioral health, and wellbeing
- Led 18 multi-year, multi-agency systems improvement collaboratives that improved service delivery for children, youth, and families
- Directly funded or secured funding for multiple prevention programs that deliver direct services to children, youth, and families:
- Secured over $88 million in new funding for prevention, home visiting, and early care/education
- Provided $6 million to County departments for prevention and promotion programming
- Provided $5 million to the County’s Prevention and Aftercare Networks
- Secured over $14 million in public and private funding for Creative Wellbeing services
- Secured over $4 million in substance use prevention and support services for youth and families
- Secured over $3 million for transportation to school-of-origin for children in foster care
- Provided $2 million to develop the award-winning Emergency Response Investigation Service (ERIS) application, giving social workers faster access to data during child abuse investigations Provided $4.5 million to support capacity building for the County’s prevention and promotion framework
Reports and Communications
OCFW’s Strategic Plan 2025-2030
Prevention & Promotion Plan for Children, Youth, & Families
Prevention and Promotion Plan for Children, Youth, and Families
Redefining the Child Protection Priority Listening Sessions
Redefining the child Protection Priority Listening Sessions Report Back