The Alameda County Board of Supervisors Social Services Committee met on February 11, 2026, to receive informational updates on Adult Protective Services (APS), the Net Growth Movement guaranteed income pilot for former foster youth, and the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) progress on implementing state audit recommendations. Committee members Supervisor Fortunato Bas and Supervisor Tam presided.
Good afternoon and welcome to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors Social Services Committee for Monday, January the 26th, may have roll call, please. Supervisor Fortunately Bass. Present. Supervisor TAM. Present. We have a core. You want to go through instructions with participation online and in questions? Public participation is allowed in person, online Microsoft, yeah, Microsoft Teams. For all participants, please state your name for the record prior to your comment. If you wish to speak on a matter not on the agenda, please wait until Supervisor TAM calls for public items only matters within the committee's jurisdiction may be addressed. To notify the clerk you wish to speak, please listen closely to the following for in-person participants. Please fill out a speaker card and hand it to the clerk. The clerk will call your name to allow you to for online participants. Please use the raise hand function. The clerk will call your name and allow you to unmute when it is your turn. For dialed in participants, please dial star five, that's star five, to raise and or lower your hand. The clerk will allow you to unmute when it's your turn. Thank you very much. We have four meeting informational items today on our agenda. So we'll start with the first one on the adult protective services annual update. Hi, Supervisor Tam and Supervisor Fortnite. Thank you for having us on Faith Battles. I'm the assistant agency director for the Department of Adult and Aging Services. Today we have Cades Kabidi. She is our program manager for Adult Protection Services. And the Carcamo is one of our supervisors for Adult Protection Services, and she served as an out-of-class program manager for several months, and they will begin their presentation. Welcome. Thank you. Well, good afternoon, supervisors Tom and Portalado Boss. Thank you for the opportunity to speak in front of you today. I am joined today by one of our APS supervisors, Yolanda Carcamo, who will introduce herself shortly. Next slide, please. We are here today to share updates about our small but mighty program and highlight key accomplishments and challenges from fiscal year 2024-2025. Our presentation will cover the process for responding to APS reports, a snapshot of fiscal year 2425, including statistics component graphics, case example, comparison of Alameda County's APS program with a neighboring county of similar size. And finally, we'll wrap up with our short and long-term goals. Without further ado, I will turn it over to Yolanda to present them. Next slide, please. Good afternoon, supervisors. My name is Yolanda Cartmann, and I am one of the Adult Protective Services supervisors. We'll begin by walking through the APS process, how a report becomes an investigation and ultimately a plan for safety for our clients. Reports come through our hotline, online platform, or in person and are processed by our intake social workers. Each report is screened by an intake supervisor to determine eligibility and urgency. Once ruled in, an investigation is assigned a timeline, which are as follows: immediate same-day response, 10-day response, or no 10-day response, which are our desk investigations. Once assigned, the APS worker conducts an unannounced home visit, interviews all relevant parties, assesses risk, and links clients to appropriate resources. If abuse is substantiated, our findings are documented and shared with law enforcement or partner agencies as appropriate. Our work is guided by two principles. Consent, APS is a voluntary program, services cannot be imposed, and risk reduction. At closure, our goal is to eliminate or mitigate danger and ensure safety moving forward. This process is the foundation of APS intervention. Next, I'll discuss how we're addressing increasing housing instability among our elder adult population.