AB 898: The Family Urgent Response System.

The bill aims to improve the family urgent response system, which provides support to caregivers and foster children or youth in moments of instability. The statewide hotline will be the primary entry point for this system, and it will refer calls to a county-based mobile response system for further support. The department of social services will collect data on the number of calls received by the hotline and the county mobile response system. County agencies will establish a joint mobile response system, including a mobile response and stabilization team, to provide supportive services to caregivers and foster children or youth. The plan for the mobile response system must be submitted to the department, describing how it meets the system's requirements, and must be updated and submitted every two years. The bill also allows county agencies to utilize mobile response team staff based o…