Federal law provides that foster care case plans includes a plan for ensuring the educational stability of the child, and allows the cost of reasonable travel for the child to remain in the school in which the child is enrolled at the time of placement as an allowable foster care maintenance cost. In ACL 11-51, the CWDA and CDSS agreed to develop a survey tool to capture relevant educational travel data. This ACL transmits a Microsoft Word version of the survey too, and is putting out a request for the provision of information regarding October 2012. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
Foster Care
ACIN I-34-13: Organization Of The Children And Family Services Division (3/28/13)
Issued 3 months ago but just posted now,a description of each of the Children and Family Services Division (CFSD) Branch’s responsibilities and staff assignments in those branches. [Download]
ACIN I-29-13: Extended Foster Care (EFC) Update (6/6/13)
Info on new law requirements (ok, since last year) for the “after 18” program (EFC). Most of the changes are to apply existing Foster Care rules to this older population.
The SB 1013 removed the phased-in maximum age limits for foster care in 2012 and 2013. This allows a non-minor dependent (NMD) who continuously remains in foster care to stay until the age of 21. (The phased in ages remains for “re-entry” youth, also explained in this letter.) The letter reviews notice, court process, the health and education passport, placement, etc. [Download]
ACIN I-26-13: Katie A: Implementation Of The Core Practice Model Through A Learning Collaborative Model (5/29/13)
An announcement to counties of a statewide learning collaborative that will focus on implementation of the Core Practice Model and the Katie A settlement, and to describe how the Readiness Assessment tool and Service Delivery Plan will help the State establish the Collaborative. [Download]
ACIN I-17-13: Questions And Answers (Q&A) Regarding Reasonable And Prudent Parent Standards (5/17/13)
A review of the Reasonable and Prudent standard for authorizing activities for minor foster children, and how it applies to licensed foster family home or group homes, certified family homes, and an approved relative and non-relative extended family member homes. [Download]
ACL 13-13: Monthly Caseworker Visits With Children (5/15/13)
Info for the counties regarding the changes made to the Caseworker Visit mandate as a result of the federal Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act ( Attachment A to the letter). Also gives an update on the progress of the state’s performance in meeting the Child and Family Services Act caseworker visit mandate . Lastly, revisions to Division 31 to replace the visit measures. [Download]