From Promise to Action: Updates on California’s Mandated Reporting Transformation
This panel presentation will invite the audience to engage in California’s shift from mandated reporting to community supporting to safely keep families together in their communities.
California has advanced a bold vision of family well-being, bolstered by the Family First Prevention Services Act. A critical step forward has been the recommendations of the Mandated Reporting to Community Supporting Task Force, a statewide group grounded in county participation, lived expertise, and action.
Reforming mandated reporting is essential to rebuilding trust at the local and county levels so other child and family well-being efforts can take root—especially amongst traditionally overrepresented populations in the child protective services system.
Formal implementation of the recommendations is well underway, with the first Semi-Annual Report to the Child Welfare Council (CWC) having been presented on December 3, 2025. Additionally, three of the recommendations are already in statute with SB 119, including codifying the Mandated Reporting Advisory Committee’s work to ensure the transformation of mandated reporting to community supporting continues and disparities in the child welfare system are eliminated.
Some counties are already laying the groundwork. In addition to overviewing the recommendations and implementation strategy and plan, the presenters will discuss county examples and invite the audience to scaffold ideas for turning statewide recommendations into county-level action.
