Adoption
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ACWDL 12-12: Out of State Medi-Cal Coverage for Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) for Aid Code 40 (AFDC-FC State-Only) (March 19, 2012)
Out-of-state Medi-Cal coverage (including dental services) is available for California children who are in the custody of a county welfare agency or probation department via court dependency order or ward status and placed out of state in a…
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ACIN I-11-12: CalWORKs: New Regulation Clarifying The Exclusion Of Adoption Assistance Program Payments As Income (3/23/12)
Notice of the promulgation of regulations pursuant to Cadaret v. Wagner, to specifically list Adoption Assistance payments as excluded income. DSS had issued an ACL in 1990, but since no one could find it, counties didn’t have the…
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ACIN I-14-12: Foster Care And Adoptive Resource Families Recruitment And Training Website (3/23/12)
Info on a new website that will enable current and prospective foster and adoptive resource families to quickly access information about recruitment and training opportunities. [Download]
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ACL 11-86: Extension Of Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment (KIN-GAP) Program Benefits And Adoption Assistance Payments (AAP) To Age 21 (3/1/12)
AB 12 roll out continues: Instructions on the extension of Kin-GAP Program benefits and AAP to age 21. 12 pages of important info, so just read the whole thing if this is your practice area. [Download]
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ACWDL 12-3: Six New Aid Codes To Identify Assembly Bill 12 Non-Minor Dependents in the Foster Care, Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment Program, CalWORKs, and Adoption Assistance Program
More Medi-Cal aid codes! These new codes will identify dependents age 18 through 21, who qualify for the current Foster Care (FC), Kin-GAP, CalWORKs, and Adoptions Assistance Program (AAP), who meet certain criteria under AB 12 to continue…
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ACL 11-74: Adoption Assistance Program Rates (11/30/11)
Transmission of the charts on the base Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) rates; these rates were increased as a result of the increase in basic foster care rates in the wake of the successful California State Foster Parent Association…
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ACL 11-69: Extension Of Foster Care Beyond Age 18: Part One (10/13/11)
Like your favorite movie, this one has (will have) a sequel. AB 12 provided for extended Foster Care after the youth turns 18, as described in ACIN I-40-11. The young adults who remain under the jurisdiction of the…
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ACL 11-47: CalWORKs Treatment of Adoption Assistance Program Payments (7/21/11)
As a result of the Cadaret lawsuit, this ACL was issued to remind counties that Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) payments made to families applying for or receiving CalWORKs are to exempt as income. Although “effectively immediately,” this instruction…
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ACL 11-23: Adoption Case Records Retention (4/8/11)
Information on what constitutes adoption records that must be maintained. Records are to be kept “indefinitely.” [Download]