Clarifying instructions to counties regarding procedures to protect minors and Nonminor Dependents from having contact with an RSO in a relative or Nonrelative Extended Family Member or court specified placement. Community Care Licensing is responsible for RSO investigations involving licensed facilities, and counties that license foster homes are responsible for investigating homes which they license. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
ACL 13-77: Revision To The “Supplement To The Rate Requests For Dual Agency AFDC Foster Care And Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) Children Quarterly Statistical Report” (9/19/13)
Notice that the reporting form will be (by 1/1/14) revised to include the federal and non-federal Kinship-Guardianship Assistance Payment (Kin-GAP) populations. [Download]
ACL 13-84: National Youth In Transition Database (NYTD) Survey: Second Cohort (10/3/13)
Round two of a foster youth survey. This one covers all youth in foster care turning 17 years of age during the October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014 timeframe. The first cohort of 17 year olds was surveyed in FFY 2011.
The primary goal of NYTD is to obtain data that will help make informed decisions about service provision to improve services and their outcomes for current and former foster care youth. Fill out the surveys, get Chaffee Foster Care ed funds! [Download]
ACIN I-66-13: Webinar On The Uniform Statewide Protocols For Program Integrity Activities In The IHSS Program (10/4/13)
Announcing the availability of Webinars and classroom training for county IHSS program integrity staff to provide training and technical assistance to implement the Statewide Protocols for IHSS Program Integrity Activities (fraud home visits). For staff only, part of the training required by the protocols. [Download]
ACL 13-81: CalWORKs Expanded Subsidized Employment Program Implementation Guidelines (9/30/13)
Guidelines to implement the CalWORKs Welfare-to-Work Expanded Subsidized Employment (ESE) Program resulting from the passage of
AB 74. [Download]
ACL 13-83: Implementation Of The Uniform Statewide Protocols For Program Integrity Activities In The In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Program (9/27/13)
The new IHSS anti-fraud protocols. Although some info on staff training and provider communications, the main thrust is on home visits. Random home visits are prohibited, but otherwise home visits are specifically sanctioned “to ensure that the services authorized are consistent with the recipient’s needs at a level which allows him/her to remain safely in his/her home, and to validate the information in the case file.” [Download]