Foster Care
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ACIN I-43-14: Assessments To Determine The Appropriateness Of The Group Home Placement For Children And Youth In Group Home Care Over One Year In Duration And Plans For Transitioning Into A Family-Based Setting (7/25/14)
Instructions to counties regarding assessing children in group homes. [Download]
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ACIN I-37-14: (CalWORKs: Final Regulations To Implement AB 1712 And AB 212 Non-Minor Dependents (7/10/14)
Passing on the emergency regulations on Non-Minor Dependents (NMDs), as well as some CalWORKs changes. (The CalWORKs changes include exempting NMD’s from: Statewide Fingerprint Imaging System requirements; state residency requirement when placed with an approved relative who resides out-of-state; referral to…
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ACIN I-25-14: Working With Families Who Move Interstate (5/14/14)
Promising practices intended to reduce barriers to the provision of child welfare services to intact families who relocate to other states. If a family with an open emergency response referral that indicates safety risk moves, the worker should…
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ACIN I-21-14: The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Of 2003 And Its Impact On California Foster Care Group Homes (6/17/14)
The PREA of 2003 requires development of standards for detection, prevention, reduction, and punishment of prison rape. In addition to adult criminal justice facilities, PREA applies to juvenile “confinement” facilities, such as Juvenile halls, camps, ranches, detention and…
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ACL 14-38: New Health Rights And Social Worker And Probation Officer Responsibility To Educate Foster Children And Non-Minor Dependents On Foster Youth Personal Rights (6/16/14)
Instructions about health and personal rights. WIC 16001.9 specifies that minors and non-minor dependents shall have the same rights, and be informed of them every six months. All youth 12 or older also shall get age appropriate information…
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ACL 14-36: CDSS Title IV-E Foster Care Candidacy Policy And Procedures (5/20/14)
Following up on a federal review of cases claimed for federal foster care, DSS has issued clarification. Some of it was procedural (failure to list requisite language or get all the needed signatures) and some was more substantive…
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ACL 14-29: Reporting Service Delivery Activities Related To Providing Mental Health Services To Children In Foster Care For The Period Of September 1, 2013 Through February 28, 2014, Due On May 1, 2014(Revised Progress Report Template) (3/28/14)
DSS issued this notice to provide counties with a revised progress report template for reporting their activities and progress related to implementation of Intensive Care Coordination , Intensive Home Based Services , and Therapeutic Foster Care for children and youth…
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ACL 14-15: Federal Requirements For The Transfer Of Indian Children To A Tribal Title IV–E Agency Or An Indian Tribe With A Title IV–E Agreement (2/14/14)
A summary and explanation of the policies and procedures and identify the minimum federal requirements for transferring an Indian child from the county child welfare system and court jurisdiction, to the Title IV-E Agreement Tribe or tribal agency. [Download]
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ACL 13-82E: Errata To The CalWORKs): Extending Benefits To Non-Minor Dependents – Questions And Answers (Part Two)(3/25/14)
Revised responses to questions 13 and 14 to correctly reflect that if a child living with his or her parent, where the parent is a non-minor dependent and also a recipient of foster care, is not an eligible child for…
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ACL 14-31: The Independent Living Program Annual Narrative Report For Federal Fiscal Year 2013 (3/26/14)
Transmitting the updated requirements for the ILP Annual Narrative Report. Due 4/15/14. [Download]