BENN v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES Part II
Federal Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act does not create rights enforceable in a 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 civil rights action. Where foster care provider's contract with county provided that county could terminate "for convenience" when deemed in its best interests to do so, contract did not create a constitutionally protected property interest. County did not act arbitrarily or capriciously in placing all of provider's facilities on Do Not Refer status pursuant to contract which entitled county to impose Do Not Refer order if it, in its sole discretion, determined that service deficiencies posed a health or safety risk to any child where county's program audit of provider revealed it was "seriously out of compliance with state regulations and the contract/program statement" because, for example, it failed to provide required individual and group counseling, timely meet foster children's medical and dental needs, and provide children with adequate clothing, food, and activities.
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