Foster Care
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Presumptive transfer of specialty mental health services for children, youth, and non-minor dependents in foster care
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued instructions regarding the implementation of AB 1299 regarding presumptive transfer of specialty mental health services (SMHS) for children, youth, and non-minor dependents in foster care. In the event that…
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Assessing child safety and monitoring of safety plans
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has issued instructions on assessing child safety when determining if a child can be remain safely in their home. In order to ensure consistency across counties, the CDSS has provided information…
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Short-term interim funding for emergency caregivers
CDSS has issued instructions implementing interim funding for caregivers who have taken placement of children or non-minor dependants on an emergency basis. This funding is to provide benefits while a Resource Family Approval (RFA) application is pending. The…
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State AFDC-FC eligibility for registered non-California guardianship orders
The California Department of Social Services has issued instructions implementing the court order in Ramirez v. Lightbourne, Sacramento Superior Court No. 34-2015-80002216, regarding eligibility for State AFDC Foster Care (AFDC-FC) benefits for guardians with non-California guardianship orders. The…
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Resource Family Approval Hearing Procedures
CDSS has issued instructions about administrative hearings in the Resource Family Approval (RFA) program. RFA is a unified process for licensing foster family homes, approving relatives and non-relative extended family members as foster care providers, and approving adoptive…
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Preserving Medi-Cal eligibility for Foster Youth who run away from placements
DHCS has issued a letter to clarify eligibility guidelines for foster care youth who leave court-ordered placements. While loss of contact with the youth may discontinue foster care payments, that youth may be in other Medi-Cal aid codes…
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Resource Family Approval program
The California Department of Social Services has issued information about the Resource Family Approval (RFA) program. RFA is a new foster caregiver process that is a one-time approval with the same assessment, information and training for all foster…
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Medi-Cal Eligibility information for unaccompanied refugee children
Youth in the Unaccompanied Refugee Minors program are eligible for Medi-Cal as foster youth and former foster youth. Counties are directed to following the foster youth/former foster youth eligibility instructions in ACWDL 14-41. ACWDL 16-01 (1/13/16).
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Changes in Processing Medi-Cal Cases for Former Foster Youth
Recently, DHCS has issued some new guidance regarding Medi-Cal for Former Foster Youth (FFY). First, if a former foster youth becomes eligible for Medi-Cal through Hospital Presumptive Eligibility (HPE), aid code 4E, counties are to process the beneficiary…