Each supplemental report required to be filed pursuant to Section 366 shall include, but not be limited to, a factual discussion of each of the following subjects: (a) Whether the county welfare department social worker has considered either of the following: (1) Child protective services, as defined in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 16500) of Part 4 of Division 9, as a possible solution to the problems at hand, and has offered those services to qualified parents, if appropriate under the circumstances. (2) Whether the child can be returned to the custody of the childâs parent who is enrolled in a certified substance abuse treatment facility that allows a dependent child to reside with the childâs parent. (b) What plan, if any, for the return and maintenance of the child in a safe home is recommended to the court by the county welfare department social worker. (c) Whether the subject child appears to be a person who is eligible to be considered for further court action to free the child from parental custody and control. (d) What actions, if any, have been taken by the parent to correct the problems that caused the child to be made a dependent child of the court. (e) If the parent or guardian is unwilling or unable to participate in making an educational decision for their child, or if other circumstances exist that compromise the ability of the parent or guardian to make educational decisions for the child, the county welfare department or social worker shall consider whether the right of the parent or guardian to make educational decisions for the child should be limited. If the supplemental report makes that recommendation, the report shall identify whether there is a responsible adult available to make educational decisions for the child pursuant to Section 361. (f) (1) The health and education of the minor, including a copy of the complete health and education summary, as required under Section 16010, including the name and contact information of the person or persons currently holding the right to make educational decisions for the child. (2) In instances in which it is determined that disclosure pursuant to paragraph (1) of the contact information of the person or persons currently holding the right to make educational decisions for the child poses a threat to the health and safety of that individual or those individuals, that contact information shall be redacted or withheld from the health and education summary within the supplemental report described in this section. (g) For a child or nonminor dependent who does not reside with their relatives, nonrelative extended family members, or in the case of an Indian child, their extended family members as defined in Section 224.1, or an Indian custodian, the continued efforts, and in the case of an Indian child, the active efforts, as defined by subdivision (f) of Section 224.1, that the social worker has made to locate any relatives, extended family members, or nonrelative extended family members who could provide family support or possible placement of the child or nonminor dependent and the names of those relatives, extended family members, or nonrelative extended family members. The social worker shall document the efforts and the results of those efforts. (h) (1) Whether the child has any siblings under the courtâs jurisdiction, and, if any siblings exist, all of the following: (A) The nature of the relationship between the child and the childâs siblings. (B) The appropriateness of developing or maintaining the sibling relationships pursuant to Section 16002. (C) If the siblings are not placed together in the same home, why the siblings are not placed together and what efforts are being made to place the siblings together, or why those efforts are not appropriate. (D) If the siblings are not placed together, all of the following: (i) The frequency and nature of the visits between the siblings. (ii) If there are visits between the siblings, whether the visit
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