Sending to the DSS side of the world the Dept. of Health Care Services Medi-Cal Eligibility Division Letters (MEDIL) that relate to the Affordable Care Act of 2010. Part of ensuring the “seamless experience for customers and streamlining existing processes.” [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
Author: Jodie Berger
IHSS regulations for comment: Due 12/4/13
IHSS Minor Recipients Living with Parents, ORD No. 0113-01
The public comment period for this package will close on December 4, 2013 at 5:00 pm.
IHSS Health Care Certification, ORD No. 1212-09
The public comment period for this package will close on December 4, 2013 at 5:00 pm.
ACL 13-82: CalWORKs: Extending Benefits To Non-Minor Dependents – Questions And Answers (Part Two) (10/16/13)
Questions such as “if you leave Foster Care and then re-enter, are you eligible,” when the youth’s relative caregiver has CalWORKs reporting requirements, etc. [Download]
ACL 13-64: Registered Sex Offender (RSO) Address Matches Of Relative/Nonrelative Extended Family Member (NREFM) Approval And County Child Welfare Responsibilities (10/15/13)
Clarifying instructions to counties regarding procedures to protect minors and Nonminor Dependents from having contact with an RSO in a relative or Nonrelative Extended Family Member or court specified placement. Community Care Licensing is responsible for RSO investigations involving licensed facilities, and counties that license foster homes are responsible for investigating homes which they license. [Download]
ACL 13-77: Revision To The “Supplement To The Rate Requests For Dual Agency AFDC Foster Care And Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) Children Quarterly Statistical Report” (9/19/13)
Notice that the reporting form will be (by 1/1/14) revised to include the federal and non-federal Kinship-Guardianship Assistance Payment (Kin-GAP) populations. [Download]
ACL 13-84: National Youth In Transition Database (NYTD) Survey: Second Cohort (10/3/13)
Round two of a foster youth survey. This one covers all youth in foster care turning 17 years of age during the October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014 timeframe. The first cohort of 17 year olds was surveyed in FFY 2011.
The primary goal of NYTD is to obtain data that will help make informed decisions about service provision to improve services and their outcomes for current and former foster care youth. Fill out the surveys, get Chaffee Foster Care ed funds! [Download]