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Errata to ACL 07-45E: Victims of Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence or Other Serious Crimes (1/24/08)
Oops. In explaining that social security numbers are not needed for trafficking and other serious crimes, CDSS forgot to say that they are not needed for non-citizen domestic violence cases either. [Download]
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ACIN I-01-08: Changes To Use Of Federal Foster Care Funds (1/24/08)
Effective January 1, 2008, counties can use of federal Foster Care funds for children who are both foster care children and regional center clients. The county must document that the children have extraordinary and unusual special behavioral or…
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ACL 08-03: CAPI Conditional Benefits After Naturalization (1/5/08)
This ACL implements new law to bridge the gap between eligibility for CAPI as a non-citizen and the start of SSI payments. (CAPI used to end when the person naturalized.) W&IC section 18939.5 now provides a conditional continuation…
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ACL 08-04: New Regulations For Trustline Registry And Requirements For License-Exempt Child Care Providers (1/15/08)
Trustline regulations for families receiving CalWORKs Stage 1 child care will change. Effective February 1, a license-exempt provider is not eligible to be paid until the Trustline registration process has been completed, no matter how long the registration…
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ACL 07-49: New Federal Policy Guidelines Relating To The Foster Care Program (12/19/07)
HSS came out with new guidelines for temporary absences and linkage to the TANF program, are are implemented in California by this ACL. Full grants will be paid for brief absences of less than 14 days, after which…
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ACL 07-54: Federal Requirement To Contact Other States’ Child Abuse And Neglect Registries For Relative And Non-Relative Extended Family Member Home Approvals (12/27/07)
Title says it all. Any time after 1/1/08 that a foster care/probation placement application is made, all counties must contact the child abuse and neglect registry of each state in which a prospective foster or adoptive parent, relative…
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ACL 07-51: (CalWORKs) Notifications To The Local Child Support Agency (LCSA) (12/14/07)
This ACL addresses policy related to referrals to the LCSA, applicant/recipient cooperation requirements, good cause notifications to the LCSA and other notifications related to the county’s case actions. Reminders about how to handle the case when an applicant/recipient…
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ACIN I-75-07: 1/08 COLA for CAPI And CAPI Benefit Amount When Spouse Receives SSI/SSP (12/11/07)
COLA increase to CAPI on 1/08 (from feds) and 6/08 (delayed state COLA). Chart included, as well as how to adjust benefits based on spouse’s SSI. [Download]
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ACL 07-48: Clarifying Guidance Regarding Candidates For Foster Care (11/20/07)
Clarification on when a child is a “candidate” for foster care, for purposes of getting IV-E funds for pre-placement prevention services. The definition of “candidate” is that the child be “at serious risk of removal” as evidenced by the…
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ACL 07-27: Child Welfare Services Criminal Record Checks (10/30/07)
The letter implements AB 1774, and clarifies for whom and how a county child welfare agency or probation department obtains state and federal level criminal history information as part of the process of assessing a relative or nonrelative…