... protection, the county CWS agency files a petition for detention and jurisdiction over the child with the juvenile court, and a hearing is scheduled. After hearing the evidence, the court can either ... program in each of the State’s four regions: NorthernCalifornia, BayArea, CentralCalifornia, and SouthernCalifornia. We selected for examination Sacramento, Alameda, Fresno, and LosAngeles ... visited, the disposition of those reports, and the amount of time it took county staff to visit and make contact with the subjects of the reports for the most recent three years for which data...