The Court finds that there is a need for the Santa Clara County Probation Department (Juvenile Division) and the Department of Family and Children's Services to coordinate case plans and share background information between their respective agencies when there is an active delinquency case on a minor, and/or when a family is served by both agencies. Accordingly, the Court permits both the Santa Clara County Probation Department (Juvenile Division) and the Santa Clara County Social Services Agency to provide the following information, either orally or in writing, to their counterpart agency when there is an active delinquency matter/child welfare case pending before the Court:

(1) The name and telephone number of the assigned Social Worker;

(2) The name and telephone number of assigned probation officer

(3) The names and addresses of the minor and other family members;

(4) The formal and informal history of dependency referrals, or status of JPD minor, and the dispositions of said referrals by either agency.

(5) The specific orders of the Juvenile Court currently in effect;

(6) The agency's case plan for the minor;

(7) The progress or lack thereof that: the parents have made a towards completing the service plan;

(8) Any violations of court orders that the parents or minor may have committed;

(9) Any history of out-of-home placements of the minor and the minor's adjustments in said placements that would help either agency in making recommendations to the Court.

All such information is confidential juvenile information and may not be otherwise released, except as provided by Welfare and Institutions Code 827.

DATED: 2/20/96

THOMAS C. EDWARDS
Presiding Judge, Juvenile Court

LEONARD P. EDWARDS
Supervising Judge, Dependency Division