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ACL 08-57: Relative/Nonrelative Extended Family Member (NREFM) Approvals – Revised SOC 815 Form(11/25/08)
Instructions on how to fill out the SOC 815 form. [Download]. The form itself was retransmitted in ACL 08-57E, as an errata.
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ACIN I-90-08: Statewide Foster Care Eligibility Training (12/15/08)
A reminder to counties of a statewide Foster Care Eligibility Training in Sacramento on February 12, 2009 and in Orange on March 5, 2009. [Download]
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ACIN I-88-08: Funding For Implementation Of AB 1331 (12/1/08)
Just a note that funding was included in the 2008 Budget, and is now available for the implementation of AB 1331. AB 1331 requires counties to screen all foster youth for potential Supplemental Security Income/State Supplemental Payments eligibility…
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ACL 08-58: Relative And Nonrelative Extended Family Member Caregivers – Criminal Record Clearance And Exemption Transfers (12/1/08)
This letter implements SB 776 which allows inter county transfers of a criminal record clearance or exemption when both counties (sending and receiving) have criminal record clearance and exemption authority. (The idea is that it will make it…
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ACL 08-60: 2008-9 County Certification To System Utilization Of The Child Welfare Services/Case Management; Availability Of An Associated Funding Augmentation (12/3/08)
Updates to last year’s instructions for certifying to system utilization of the Child Welfare Services/Case Management System (CWS/CMS) in order to secure the funding augmentation. The funds are for Emergency Response, Family Maintenance, Family Reunification, and Permanent Placement…
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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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Emergency Regulation Packets
The following packets are being sent (in the next 6 business days) to the Office of Administrative Law (OAL). As emergency regulations, they are effective January 1, 2009. They are also open for public comment: 1. Senate Bill…
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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-76-08: Publication Of Social Security Income Pamphlets (11/7/08)
Assembly Bill 1633 required CDSS to convene a workgroup to develop Best Practice Guidelines to assist foster children to receive all RSDI or SSI/SSP benefits to which they are entitled. One best practice was to develop brochures to…
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ACIN I-82-08: Outcome Indicator On Health And Dental Assessments (10/8/08)
Information to help counties meet Child Welfare Services (CWS) program documentation, data reporting and program performance measurement requirements. The notice discusses a new measure for Health and Dental Assessments (the percent of children who meet the periodicity schedule…