Report 2021-112 Recommendation 24 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 #24 To: Contra Costa County

To ensure that CWS/CMS contains accurate investigation conclusions, by July 2022 Contra Costa County should immediately identify and correct the reports in CWS/CMS that are incorrectly marked as substantiated.

60-Day Agency Response

Contra Costa County Children and Family Services has identified and corrected all inaccuracies noted in the Audit Report.

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

Contra Costa County corrected the reports in CWS/CMS that we identified as inaccurate.

All Recommendations in 2021-112

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.