adoption
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ACIN I-06-09: Administrative Office Of The Courts Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Initiative (1/23/09)
Info on a resource for all things ICWA. The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) has developed statewide training materials and provide training and technical assistance to local courts and court personnel to help improve compliance with the…
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ACL 08-57E: Relative/Nonrelative Extended Family Member (NREFM) Approvals – Revised SOC 815 Form (11/25/08)
The Errata (to a letter that didn’t get posted) on the new form used in assessing and approving relative and NREFM caregivers. The form was modified to comply with the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of…
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ACL 08-54: Instructions Regarding The Supplement To The Rate Paid On Behalf Of A Dual Agency Child (12/1/08)
This ACL provides instructions and a form for determining eligibility for, and the appropriate level of the supplement to, the regular “dual-agency” rate. The supplement is based on “extraordinary care and supervision needs”. (A dual agency child is…
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ACIN I-91-08: Questions and Answers On California WrapAround Services (11/25/08)
Hot answers to those burning wraparound questions… (Wraparound is a process in which Counties provide family-based service alternatives to group home care. 40 California counties currently have implemented Wraparound and five counties actively planning for it.) Covers, “who…
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ACIN I-86-08: Tribally Approved Foster Homes (11/20/08)
Everything you always wanted to know about the use of tribally approved homes as placement options for Indian children under county jurisdiction. The letter reviews federally recognized tribes’ ability to establish licensing/approval standards and to approve homes for…
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ACL 08-49: Adoption Provisions Of The Adam Walsh Child Protection And Safety Act Of 2006 (10/31/08)
More info on the implementation of SB 703 (to carry out new federal mandates). For all agency adoption applications or in the case of independent adoptions, Adoption Request forms, the adoption agency must ask all adults living in…
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ACL 08-46: Federal Non-Exemptible And Federal Five Year Ban Criminal Convictions (10/23/08)
This letter implements the portions of Assembly Bill (AB) 2651 (effective October 1, 2008) relating to prospective foster and certified parents, relatives and Non-relative Extended Family Members (NREFM), and those adults who are not specifically exempted from the…
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ACL 08-43: Release Of Information To Birth Relatives Of Previously Adopted Children (10/6/08)
Transmittal of information about a new law that allows for the release of information to birth relatives of previously adopted children whose adoption failed or was set aside, and the child returned to the foster care system. The…
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ACL 08-45:Increased Fees And Related Statutory Changes In The Independent Adoptions Program (10/6/08)
This ACL describes 3 amended Family Code Sections affect the Independent Adoptions Program (IAP). 1) the date the required investigation must be submitted to the court has changed from within 180 days after the filing of the petition…
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ACIN I-19-08: Sibling Mutual Consent Program – Confidential Intermediary (3/28/08)
In 2007, Family Code Section 9205 was amended to permit adoptees and siblings greater opportunities to initiate and make contact with each other. (See ACL 07-17.) This ACIN “regrets to inform” counties that, due to budgetary shortfalls, Governor…