The ACF has issued an Information Memorandum (TANF-ACF-IM-2010-02) providing guidance to the states on best practices for reduction of improper payments. Also, the federal Office of the Inspector General 2007 review of 30 counties identified several improper payments in California. The causes of the improper payments included: recipient families did not fully disclose information during their application or redetermination or did not notify the county of changes affecting eligibility; not all information provided to support the application was verified; or the appropriate documentation was not available or maintained in the case file. The ACIN goes over what to do to avoid these problems. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
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ACIN I-89-10: CalWORKs and CalFresh: SSA COLA (11/10/10)
There won’t be a Social Security cost-of-living increase this year. [Download]
ACIN I-88-10: Safely Surrendered Baby Definition, Intake and Data Entry (11/2/10)
A clarification of the definition of a safely surrendered baby (SSB), safe surrender intake procedures, safe surrender following hospital birth, SSB data entry into Child Welfare Services Case Management System. The Notice also provides an updated medical questionnaire for use by safe surrender site staff to collect medical history. [Download]
ACIN I-84-10: Resource Family Recruitment Training And Retention Annual Report (10/26/10)
The ACIN passes on the statewide foster and adoptive parent recruitment Resource Family Recruitment, Training and Retention Annual Report (for 2007-8). The report includes a summary data, as well as statewide and regional charts and graphs. [Download]
ACL 10-47 : Implementation Of Tribal Customary Adoption Act (10/27/10)
This ACL provides comprehensive information and direction to counties, adoption agencies, tribes and other individuals/organizations responsible for the statewide implementation of Tribal Customary Adoption Act. [Download]
ACIN I-85-10: Child Fatality And Near Fatality Reporting And Disclosure (10/29/10)
Clarification on reporting and disclosure responsibilities specific of child fatalities and near fatalities that are determined (not suspected) to be the result of abuse and/or neglect. Points out that dependency petition language may change the status of an ongoing or concluded child fatality investigation, and reviews how to handle requests for law enforcement redactions prior to the release of records when a public request is received. [Download]