Foster care: missing children and nonminor dependents.

Existing law generally provides for the placement of foster youth in various placement settings and governs the provision of child welfare services, as specified. Existing law requires county child welfare agencies and probation departments to develop and implement specific protocols to expeditiously locate any child or nonminor dependent missing from foster care, including, but not limited to, the timeframe for reporting missing youth and the individuals or entities entitled to notice that a youth is missing. Existing law requires the social worker or probation officer to determine the primary factors that contributed to the child or nonminor dependent running away or otherwise being…