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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 08-51: Worker Responsibility To Educate Foster Children On Personal Rights (11/13/08)
A reminder of the requirement that social workers are responsible for educating foster children in out-of-home care of their personal rights, at least once every six months. The information must be provided in an age and developmentally appropriate…
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ACIN I-79-08: California State Ombudsman For Foster Care (11/12/08)
This Notice provides (belated) information about the increased duties of the Office of the Foster Care Ombudsman (FCO). The FCO is an autonomous entity within the CDSS, whose purpose is to provide Foster Children (WIC 300 and 600)…
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ACIN I-67-08: Letter Of Intent re: Participation In The Transitional Housing Placement And/Or Housing Program-Plus; Transitional Housing County Coordinators Assignments (10/27/08)
Information for the counties on the process for new and continuing participation in the Transitional Housing Placement Program (THPP) and/or Transitional Housing. These programs provide housing and life skills in order to achieve self-sufficiency. The THPP is for…
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ACIN I-81-08: Independent Living Program (ILP) Annual Statistical Report (10/17/08)
Just a reminder that this report is due by 11/14/08. [Download]
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ACL 08-52: Child Welfare Services Disaster Response Plan Update (10/22/08)
Just a reminder to counties that it’s time to update the CWS Disaster Response Plan, plus a listing of some of the new requirements. [Download]
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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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ACIN I-68-08: Kinship/Foster Care Emergency Fund (10/3/08)
A listing of the Emergency Fund allocations. The purpose of the Fund is to enable successful emergency placement of a child with a relative, nonrelative extended family member or foster parent, by removing barriers to such a placement.…