Info on the upcoming trainings on AB 12/Extended Foster care. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
Foster Care
ACL 11-74: Adoption Assistance Program Rates (11/30/11)
Transmission of the charts on the base Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) rates; these rates were increased as a result of the increase in basic foster care rates in the wake of the successful California State Foster Parent Association lawsuit. [Download]
ACL 11-78: CalWORKs: : Extending Benefits To Non-Minor Dependents (11/30/11)
Part of a series of letters implementing AB 12, which extends foster care to youth who meet certain criteria, through age 20 (at this point). This lettter sets out the basic “non-minor dependent” requirements for extended foster care. [Download]
ACL 11-79: Interstate Compact On The Placement Of Children (ICPC), Effective October 1, 2011 (11/21/11)
This letter transmit the three new or amended regulations governing ICPC (Public Court Jurisdiction Cases; Definitions and Placement Categories; and Expedited Placement Decision). [Download]
ACL 11-77: Extension Of Foster Care Beyond Age 18: Part Two (Placement) (11/18/11)
The latest in the series of letters implementing the new law extending Foster Care to youth after 18. This one is on the policies and procedures for the placement of these youth in the Extended Foster Care Program. This letter also cover young adults in Non-Related Legal Guardianships (except where noted), under a Tribal Title IV-E agreement, or supervised by probation who were subject to an order of foster care placement on their 18th birthday.[Download]
ACL 11-75: Sharing Ratios For Group Home Programs FY 2011-12 (11/15/11)
Current information regarding sharing ratios between federally and non-federally eligible children in group home programs. [Download]