{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-16501.8","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 16501.8","heading":"","body":"Social workers shall make reasonable efforts to collect and update necessary data regarding a child’s incarcerated parent or parents.\nThe Legislature encourages the Department of Justice, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, county welfare departments, and county sheriffs to develop protocols for facilitating the exchange of information regarding the location and sentencing of the incarcerated parent or parents of a minor child who is in dependency care.\nNothing in this section shall be interpreted to require the department to create a new field in the statewide database for incorporating the information specified in this section.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES [10000. - 18999.98.]","PART 4. SERVICES FOR THE CARE OF CHILDREN [16000. - 16589.]","CHAPTER 5. State Child Welfare Services [16500. - 16523.59.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"6a10936b986fcb8043719c485afb427c60bcbf8ee34c494e2f60bb5121a1bbbe","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-16501.7","next":"us-ca/wic-16501.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}