HOW DO I GET A CCS FAIR HEARING (ASECOND LEVEL APPEAL?
If you lose at your “First Level Appeal” to CCS, you have 14 calendar days after the date of CCS’s written decision to file a request for a CCS Fair Hearing.[76] Your request must be mailed to the Director of the Department of Health Services (not the local CCS agency). Hearing Requests should be sent to: Director Department of Health Services 714\744 P Street Sacramento, California 95814 You must include a copy of the first level appeal decision along with your hearing request. The request must be signed by the child’s parent or legal guardian, or if the child is over age 18, the child himself/herself. The hearing request should explain what CCS has done and why you think this decision is wrong. CCS will mail you written notice of the time and place of the CCS Fair Hearing at least 30 calendar days before the date of the hearing.[77] The Fair Hearing must be at a time and place reasonably convenient to you.[78] If it is hard for you to bring your child to the hearing office, you can a
