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ACL 09-64: Title IV-E Foster Care Overpayment Forms (12/17/09)
Moving slowly along… SB 84 (2007) required DSS to develop regulations and processes for identifying, tracking and collecting Foster Care overpayments. As a result, emergency regulations became effective July 1, 2009. This letter transmits a NOA of overpayment…
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ACIN I-90-09: Title XX Social Services Block Grant Pre-Expenditure Report (12/16/09)
You can weigh in! This Notice attaches a report that summarizes Title XX expenditures, program responsibilities, and the population served. (These are Child welfare services, Foster Care, Community Care Licensing, Deaf Access, CalWORKs Child Care Program, CDE Child…
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All County Welfare Directors Letter (12/2/09): Child Welfare Services (CWS) External Systems
This letter provides counties with the results of the survey analysis performed by the CDSS regarding CWS external systems for the purpose of augmenting functionality. In addition, this letter outlines the decisions and scope in regard to conversion…
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Emergency Foster Care Overpayment regulations
Due to the collaborative process (CDSS and CWDA) and lack of human resources…DSS has reissued the Foster Care emergency regulations, with some modifications for clarity and to comply with federal requirements. [Download]
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ACIN I-83-09: Caregiver Recruitment And Retention Pilot (11/24/09)
Notice of the opportunity to participate as a pilot site for a Caregiver Recruitment and Retention Pilot project. The pilot is a collaborative effort between the CDSS, Youth Law Center, and the CWDA. [Download]
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ACL 09-73: 2009-10 Allocation Of Funds For The Transitional Housing Placement Program (THPP) And Transitional Housing Program-Plus (11/25/09)
Here aer the 2009/2010 allocations to counties participating in the THPP and/or the THP-Plus programs, to reflect the reduction in Child Welfare Services funding this fiscal year. [Download]
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ACIN I-70-09: The Linkages Project And Family Engagement Guidelines For Enhancing Family Participation Through Coordinated Case Planning (11/23/09)
In order to “to promote the development and implementation of strategies to improve family engagement in case planning,” this notice describes how the “Linkages” effort can help increase the use of family engagement strategies in case planning. The…
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ACIN I-76-09: Kinship/Foster Care Emergency Fund (11/5/09)
The purpose of the Kinship/Foster Care Emergency Fund is to enable successful emergency placement of a child with a relative, nonrelative extended family member (NREFM), or foster parent by removing barriers to such a placement. The fund may…
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ACIN I-74-09: Voluntary Placement Agreements (10/26/09)
A reminder of the steps the county must take for children placed in out-of-home care under a Voluntary Placement Agreement (VPA). If the child is not going to be returned home to his/her parent within the first 180…
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ACL 09-45E: Foster Care, Kinship, and Adoption Assistance Program rates (10/19/09)
This letter corrects the amount for Rate Classification Lever (RCL) for non-federally eligible children enrolled in Wraparound. [Download]