foster care | kin-gap
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ACL 09-15: Implementation Of AB 1512; Clarification re: Disenrollment Of Children In Foster Care From the County Organized Health System And Medi-Cal Change Of Address Procedures For Children In Foster Care/Adoption Assistance from Medi-Cal HMOs (3/5/09)
A reminder that the law now requires that foster care children who have moved to a new county of residence be disenrolled from the County Organized Health System (COHS) in the previous county of residence within two working…
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ACL 09-09: Relative Caregivers and Permanency Options (2/23/09)
New legislation has made changes to statutes 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, if it is due to circumstances that…
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ACIN I-04-09: Organization Of the Children And Family Services Division (1/27/09
A little housekeeping over at DSS…in part to promote better continuity and oversight of county child welfare services functions, as well as to provide appropriate state staff support to counties in the delivery of child welfare services in…
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ACIN I-05-09: (CalWORKs): Changes To The Enter-County Transfer (ICT) Process (1/20/09)
SB 1160, effective 1/1/09, changes the rules re: non-needy caretaker relatives receiving CalWORKs benefits on behalf of children who are dependents of the court, who are not eligible for federal Foster Care. These relatives are now exempt from…
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ACIN I-01-09: Child And Family Services Review Parent And Foster Parent Survey (1/9/09)
Just a heads up to counties: a statewide survey of foster and birth parents is scheduled to begin January 2009. As part of the requirements for the federal review of California’s IV-E Program, the California Department of Social…
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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 08-48: Sharing Ratios For Group Home Programs FY 2008-09 (11/14/08)
Listing of the new rates, effective 10/1/08. [Download]
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ACIN I-90-08E: Correction To All County Information Notice No. I-90-08 Statewide Foster Care Eligibility Training (12/23/08)
New dates for the date and location for the statewide Foster Care Eligibility Training for Northern California. [Download]
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ACL 08-58E: Correction To All County Letter (ACL) 08-58 (Substitute Agency Notification Form) (12/23/08)
Provides the correct version of the Substitute Agency Notification Request (BCII 9002) form to be used to transfer a criminal record clearance or exemption and subsequent arrest notification service to a new county of jurisdiction. [Download]
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ACL 08-62: FY 2008/09 Allocation Of Funds For The Transitional Housing Placement Program (THPP) And Transitional Housing Program-Plus (THP-PLUS) (12/23/08)
The allocations for counties, for the upcoming fiscal year. [Download]