foster care | kin-gap
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ACL 07-33: Foster Youth Proof Of Wardship Documentation (9/21/07)
Two years later, CDSS realized the need for revised instructions the verification document given to youth upon emancipating from foster care to eliminate delays in the processing of the application for Chafee Education and Training Vouchers (ETV) and…
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ACL 07-13E: Correction re: Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment Program Enhancements (8/9/07)
Oops. ACL 07-13E had a tiny error. Like what the eligibility requirement is for the program! It erroneously stated that to be eligible youth needed to be 12 continuous months with a legal guardian. Turns out the CORRECT…
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ACL 07-13 KINGAP Program Enhancements (3/13/07)
In 2006, the legislature created “KinGAP Plus,” but gave CDSS the option to suspend KinGAP Plus if it were determined that implementation would not be advantageous to the state. Well, that came true, so KinGAP Plus is suspended.…
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ACL 07-10: Best Practice Guidelines For Screening And Providing For Foster Children With Disabilities (2/28/07)
This ACL implements AB 1633, which called for guidelines and best practices to get Title II and SSI benefits for disabled foster children, especially those about to age off of Foster Care. Though “not mandatory,” the ACL discusses…
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ACL 07-02: Duties Of Adoption Service Providers In The Independent Adoptions Program (1/9/07)
Oh those pesky conflicts. This ACL clarifies that, for purposes of a prospective independent adoption, an Adoption Service Provider (ASP) may not both provide the advisement to the birth parent and the preplacement evaluation of the adoptive family.…
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All County Information Notice I-90-06: 2006 Chaptered Legislation Affecting Child Abuse Reporting, Indian Children, Foster Youth, Foster Caregivers and Adoptions (1/9/07)
A convenient list of the new changes to foster care, adoption and more. Expect implementing regulations in the future. Includes release of sibling names after adoption, benefits issuance to emergency placements with relatives, and more. [Download]
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ACL 06-38 – State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2006-2007 County Allocation for the Transitional Housing Placement Program (THPP) and the Transitional Housing Program-Plus (THP-Plus)
CDSS and the County Welfare Director’s Association issued this transmittal to provide counties participating in the THPP and THP-Plus with their allocation for state fiscal year 2006-2007. THPP is a community care licensed placement opportunity for youth age…
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ACL 06-04 – Minor Dependent Parents In Foster Care (June 20, 2006)
Informs counties of statutory changes, effective January 1st, 2006 that permits payment of two full foster care grants when children are placed with their minor parents in foster care. Apparently, California was out of line with the feds,…
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ACL 06-19 – Final Court Order and Clarification Regarding Rosales (June 30, 2006)
This letter supercedes the March ACL on the subject. The Deficit Reduction Act of 2006 “fixed” Rosales, by mandating that foster care income eligibility shall be based solely on the income of the family in the home from…
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ACIN I-05-06 – Q & A re: “Dual Status Children” (May 12, 2006)
Assembly Bill 129 allowed children to be both dependents and delinquents in foster care. Counties must implement a protocol on how/when to make a recommendation for concurrent (DSS and Probation) jurisdiction. This ACIN has Q & A’s, including…