foster care | kin-gap
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ACIN I-36-09: Resource Family Recruitment Training And Retention Survey State FY 2007/2008 (5/7/09)
Information for the counties to complete the Resource Family Recruitment Training and Retention Survey, due June 12th. [Download]
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ACL 09-17: Supplement To The Rate Requests For Dual Agency Aid To Families With Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) And Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) Children Quarterly Statistical Report (4/27/09)
A new statistical report is out for counties to complete regarding Rate Requests for Dual Agency AFDC-FC and AAP kids (those also receiving Regional Center services). (The supplement if for those youth whose supervision needs cannot be addressed…
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ACIN I-31-09: Invitation For County Participation In The Resource Family Approval Pilot Program (4/22/09)
5 counties get to pilot a process to replace the existing multiple processes for licensing foster family homes and assessing/approving relative caregivers, non-relative extended family members (NREFM), adoptive applicants and prospective guardians with a single unified process. This…
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ACIN I-11-09: Delay of Implementation To Allow The Use Of Federal Foster Care Funds For Placement In For-Profit Group Care Facilities (4/15/09)
A 2008 budget bill delays, until July 1, 2010, the implementation of Welfare and Institutions Code Section 11402.6. WIC 11402.6 allowed the use of federal Foster Care for children who are both AFDC-FC recipients and regional center clients,…
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ACIN I-15-09: Individualized Education Plan (2/26/09)
W&I Code § 16010 requires that each child placed in foster care has an education record that includes the names and addresses of the child’s education providers, the child’s grade level performance, the child’s school record, and assurances…
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ACIN I-21-09: Q & A On Child Welfare Training Regulations (3/12/09)
Questions and Answers regarding the regulations issued via ACL No. 08-23 regarding the training and supervision requirements of child welfare workers, supervisors and parole/probation workers for Title IV-E wards. [Download]
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ACIN I-14-09: Independent Living Program Annual Narrative Report And Plan For FFY 2008 (3/25/09)
Just a reminder, and the form link, for the annual report, due 4/17/09. [Download]
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ACL 09-02: Child Fatality Disclosure And Reporting Requirements (3/19/09)
Emergency regulations, effective January 1, 2009, provided for reporting and disclosure of information related to cases of child abuse and/or neglect that result in fatalities. A Child Fatality/Near Fatality County Statement of Findings and Information form (SOC 826)…
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ACL 09-09: Relative Caregivers and Permanency Options (2/23/09)
Notice of changes brought about by AB 298 regarding how legal guardianship for a relative is considered as a permanency placement option. 1) a relative caregiver’s preference for legal guardianship over adoption, unrelated to an unwillingness to accept…
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ACL 08-49E: Correction To ACL 08-49 (Adoption Provisions Of The Child Protection And Safety Act) (2/23/09)
A correction to the portion of ACL 08-49 that described the duties of agencies dually licensed as FFAs and adoption agencies. [Download]