A review of the “steps and considerations” prior to making a fraud referral. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
Author: Jodie Berger
ACL 13-86: Assessing Youth Residing In Group Care Longer Than One Year (10/25/13)
The low down on the methodologies for assessing youth in group homes, with the goal of ending “congregate care” and moving foster youth into family homes. [Download]
ACIN I-67-13: Revisions To The Child Welfare Services Quarterly Outcomes Reports For The California Child And Family Services Review (10/25/13)
Providing notice of changes to Child Welfare report forms, to make the reports easier to use when comparing a county’s performance over multiple time frames and to facilitate the ability of counties to calculate the percent of change for performance measurement. [Download]
ACL 13-87: Changes To The Requirements For Placement In Group Homes For Children Ages Twelve And Under With The Passage Of Assembly Bill 74 (10/28/13)
An “effective immediately” change in the requirements for placement in group homes for children ages twelve and under. [Download]
ACL 13-88: Households Leaving CalWORKs Due To Failure To Provide A Complete SAR 7 (10/23/13)
Notification of a change in policy regarding Transitional CalFresh. People discontinued from CalWORKs for failure to turn in their SAR 7 will no longer be eligible for transitional benefits. Also for failure to do annual redeterminations. In the event that the person submits a SAR7 deficient for CalWORKs but sufficient for Calfresh, the county process for ongoing eligibility, converted to a non-assistance CalFresh household, and retain the current certification period. Benefits will be not include the CalWORKs grant. [Download]
ACIN I-57-13: Kinship Support Services Program (KSSP) (10/17/13)
Edgewood Center for Children and Families will no longer be providing technical assistance re: the KSSP, due to realignment of funding to the counties (and the fact that over the last 20 years, “staff have achieved a level of sophistication and self-sufficiency that permits the transition from contracted services to collaborative support and networking.” The last six months of the contract will be used for holding 3 regional meetings to facilitate peer-to-peer networking. [Download]