The California Necessities Index increase was applied to the AAP basic rate; the new chart of rates attached. The letter also serves as a reminder to counties that although the AAP rates are negotiated, if the baseline (basic FC rate) changes, the AAP rate would change also. The new rates are effective July 1, 2012, and includes the new Dual Agency rates, effective July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2012. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
Adoption
ACIN I-42-12: Update Of Tribal Customary Adoption Special Project Code In The Child Welfare Services/Case Management System (8/30/12)
New automation release, new reminder: all counties are to review and update the outcome information in the CWS/CMS regarding Indian Child Welfare Act eligible children for whom a Tribal Customary Adoption was considered or finalized. [Download]
ACL 12-18: Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) Forms (5/18/12)
All new forms! The ACL lists all impacted forms – old forms are not to be used anymore. [Download]
ACL 12-14: Adoption Assistance Program Regulations (4/23/12)
Notice of recent changes to the AAP regulations. [Download]
ACWDL 12-12: Out of State Medi-Cal Coverage for Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) for Aid Code 40 (AFDC-FC State-Only) (March 19, 2012)
Out-of-state Medi-Cal coverage (including dental services) is available for California children who are in the custody of a county welfare agency or probation department via court dependency order or ward status and placed out of state in a CDSS certified group home. This rule applies only to California children receiving state-funded cash Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) benefits under aid code 40. [Download]
ACIN I-11-12: CalWORKs: New Regulation Clarifying The Exclusion Of Adoption Assistance Program Payments As Income (3/23/12)
Notice of the promulgation of regulations pursuant to Cadaret v. Wagner, to specifically list Adoption Assistance payments as excluded income. DSS had issued an ACL in 1990, but since no one could find it, counties didn’t have the right information. Now they do. [Download]