Like your favorite movie, this one has (will have) a sequel. AB 12 provided for extended Foster Care after the youth turns 18, as described in ACIN I-40-11. The young adults who remain under the jurisdiction of the court, in EFC after age 18 are referred to as Non-Minor Dependents (NMDs). The extension of benefits also applies to Adoption Assistance Payments (AAP) and Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment (Kin-GAP). See ACL 11- 15 for information on Kin-GAP; more ACLs on extended Kin-GAP and AAP are coming soon. Long ALC, with a table of contents is included to assist in finding specific information within this ACL. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
Adoption
ACL 11-47: CalWORKs Treatment of Adoption Assistance Program Payments (7/21/11)
As a result of the Cadaret lawsuit, this ACL was issued to remind counties that Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) payments made to families applying for or receiving CalWORKs are to exempt as income. Although “effectively immediately,” this instruction is based on a 1990 federal clarification that was implemented through ACL 90-101. Additionally, if a CWD becomes aware of any cases in which AAP payments incorrectly included AAP as income when determining eligibility for an applicant or when calculating a cash grant for a recipient, the CWD must take corrective action to reevaluate the eligibility and recalculate prior cash grants excluding the AAP payment, and restore any lost benefits. [Download]
ACL 11-23: Adoption Case Records Retention (4/8/11)
Information on what constitutes adoption records that must be maintained. Records are to be kept “indefinitely.” [Download]