Foster Care
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Fixing Medi-Cal Aid Codes for Former Foster Youth
DHCS issued instructions to the counties to facilitate the appropriate Medi-Cal coverage of former foster youth through aid code 4M. Former foster youth are entitled to receive Medi-Cal through the age of 26. The current CalHEERS programming uses…
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Extension of CalWORKs eligibility to former foster youth
AB 12 (2010) created CalWORKs eligibility for certain people who were previously in foster care. The program is called the non-minor dependents program. In general, people who were previously in foster care are entitled to extended CalWORKs eligibility…
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Foster child caseworker visit rule changes codified
Senate Bill 382, which took effect in January 2014, changed requirements for monthly caseworker visits with foster children. The provisions of the bill are now part of amendments to Welf. & Inst. Code Section 16516.5 and 16516.6. In…
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Eligibility criteria and instructions to counties on Approved Relative Caregiver program
Relative caregivers of foster children who are not eligible for federal foster care payments may be eligible for an equivalent payment through the Approved Relative Caregiver (ARC) program if their counties elect to participate in the program. While…
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New instructions on Medi-Cal enrollment for former foster care children
DHCS issued a letter outlining the handling of former foster care youth in the Mandatory Coverage Group (MCG) and Optional Coverage Group (OCG) for Medi-Cal applications and enrollment. Applicants in these categories are supposed to be provided with…
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ACIN I-54-14: Instructions For The Annual Report For The Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention And Treatment, Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention, Promoting Safe And Stable Families Programs And Child Abuse Prevention Councils (9/5/14)
Instructions to the counties re: the annual reporting requirements. Chock full of acronyms. [Download]
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Public Comment: Child Fatality Reporting and Disclosure regulations
Public hearing/comment deadline is 10/15/14. For information click here.
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ACIN I-46-14: Title XX Social Services Block Grant Pre-Expenditure Report (8/15/14)
This report summarizes Title XX expenditures, program responsibilities, and the population served. The programs covered are Child Welfare Services, Foster Care, Community Care Licensing, Deaf Access, CalWORKs Child Care, CDE Child Care Programs, and the DDS Regional Center Program. [Download]
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ACIN I-42-14: The Approved Relative Caregiver Funding Option Program (8/1/14)
Introductory information regarding the Approved Relative Caregiver (ARC) Funding Option Program enacted by SB 855. Relatives who care for a non-federally eligible child in foster care is not eligible to receive foster care payments. Instead, the relatives can get CalWORKs…
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ACIN I-40-14: Child Welfare Services Reviews (7/15/14)
Information to counties about the benefits of conducting qualitative reviews of programs across the entire continuum of child and family services. [Download]