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]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
Foster Care
ACIN I-11-11: Chafee Education Training Voucher (ETV) Program Eligibility Verification Process (3/30/11)
The Chafee ETV Program provides grants up to $5,000 per year to current and former foster youth to use for higher education or technical training. This ACIN supersedes ACL 07-33. Attachments include the revised eligibility verification process, the revised Chafee ETV Foster Care Eligibility Certification form, a current Chafee ETV contact list, and a current Independent Living Program Coordinator list. [Download]
ACL 12-11: The Independent Living Program Annual Narrative Report And Plan For Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2011 (2/23/12)
Just a reminder that the ILP reports are due, and the contents. [Download]
ACL 12-07: Child Welfare Services Disaster Response Plan Update (2/27/12)
Last ones on file were from 2008. DSS is exercising its “single state agency” oversight authority by requesting new ones. [Download]
ACWDL 12-3: Six New Aid Codes To Identify Assembly Bill 12 Non-Minor Dependents in the Foster Care, Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment Program, CalWORKs, and Adoption Assistance Program
More Medi-Cal aid codes! These new codes will identify dependents age 18 through 21, who qualify for the current Foster Care (FC), Kin-GAP, CalWORKs, and Adoptions Assistance Program (AAP), who meet certain criteria under AB 12 to continue to receive extended benefits starting January 1, 2012.
Effective April 1, 2012, counties must begin using the new aid codes (43, 49, 07, 4N, 4S, and 4W). Until then, counties must perform a MEDS transaction maintain eligibility for these beneficiaries. Download
ACIN I-09-12: Foster Care Web-Based Training (2/9/12)
Information for county welfare departments, probation departments, and Title IV-E tribes of the availability of a new training resource. on how to make accurate eligibility determinations. [Download]