Report 2021-112 Recommendation 18 Responses

Report 2021-112: The Child Abuse Central Index: The Unreliability of This Database Puts Children at Risk and May Violate Individuals' Rights (Release Date: May 2022)

Recommendation #18 To: Shasta County

To ensure that they correctly revise and resend reports that were incomplete and needed correction, by July 2022 Shasta County should develop policies and procedures for accurately responding to and tracking reports DOJ sends back for correction.

6-Month Agency Response

Updated Policy and Procedure and fully implemented recommendations.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Fully Implemented

Shasta County updated its policies to track and respond to reports DOJ sends back for correction.


60-Day Agency Response

All recommendations relating to Shasta County have been added to our existing Policy & Procedure

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Partially Implemented

Shasta County developed policies and procedures for responding to reports DOJ sends back for correction, but it did not develop policies to track reports needing correction from the time that the county receives the report to the time that the county sends corrected reports to DOJ.


All Recommendations in 2021-112

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.