Correction of age covered (16-18 instead of 16-19), and new fax number/email address. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
Foster Care
ACL 12-13: Relative And Nonrelative Extended Family Member Assessment/Approval; Revised And New SOC Forms For Nonminor Dependent Placement (3/27/12)
This letter conveys instructions regarding the forms used for the assessment of a prospective or existing relative or nonrelative extended family member (NREFM) caregivers for the new extended foster care program. (That program allows a foster youth over age 18 and up to age 20 to receive foster care benefits and services.) [Download]
ACIN I-18-12: Association Of Administrators Of The Interstate Compact On The Placement Of Children 2012 Annual Business Meeting (4/3/12)
ACL 12-12: Re-Entry Into Extended Foster Care (EFC) 93/23/12)
A review of the requirements for re-entry of a former foster youth (probation, child welfare or tribally supervised) into Foster Care after attaining 18 years of age. Covers both case management and eligibility determination. A future letter will cover non-related legal guardian cases who at age 18 and over want to return to the guardian’s care. [Download]
ACIN I-14-12: Foster Care And Adoptive Resource Families Recruitment And Training Website (3/23/12)
ACL 11-86: Extension Of Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment (KIN-GAP) Program Benefits And Adoption Assistance Payments (AAP) To Age 21 (3/1/12)
AB 12 roll out continues: Instructions on the extension of Kin-GAP Program benefits and AAP to age 21. 12 pages of important info, so just read the whole thing if this is your practice area. [Download]