A listing of the plethora of free Child Welfare Services resources. Many of the projects and activities meet federal requirements which enable California to receive various federal funds. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
ACIN I-21-13: After 18 Training Resources (4/18/13)
A general description of the efforts in progress to develop a statewide curriculum for “After 18” – the catchy new name for the extended Foster Care program. [Download]
ACL 13- 28: CalWORKs And CalFresh Programs: Implementation Of The Annual Reporting/Child Only (AR/CO) System Q&A (4/10/13)
So, what do you do when as an “AR/CO reporter? Here are the answers! [Download]
ACL 13-26: CalWORKs) And CalFresh Programs: New And Revised Forms And Notices Of Action (NOAs) For The Semi-Annual Reporting (SAR) System (4/8/13)
New system, new forms. Included here are the 2nd set of SAR forms. The SAWS 2, CW 8 and 8A can all be used as soon as administratively possible. The rest (and all SAR forms) must be up and running by 10/1/13, when SAR is in place statewide. And for those who believe in statewideness, a reminder that changes to required forms, other than adding the county name, logo and contact information must be approved by CDSS prior using any modified form. [Download]
ACL 13-27: State Hearing Division Procedures In Processing The Hearing Requests That Involve Harris v. CDSS (4/4/13)
The Harris case resulted in an order that DSS provide hearings to challenge cases where a county child welfare agency denied a relative or nonrelative extended family member (NREFM) approval to provide care to a juvenile court dependent. This letter is notice that the regular state hearings procedures will now start, replacing the special provisions temporarily in place after the order. These hearings are for a denial of relative/NREFM qualifications; denials under Community Care Licensing ; home approval denials (for not meeting health and safety requirements); or failure to complete required orientation and/or training.
There is no right to a Harris hearing to dispute an agency’s submittal of an alleged severe neglect or abuse incident onto the Child Abuse Central Index (CACI) , or a dispute requesting the removal of the incident(s) from the CACI. Such disputes continue to be grieved through the appropriate county (see MPP 31-021.1 through 31-021.86). [Download]
ACIN I-18-13: Oster/Dominguez Settlement Agreement (4/5/13)
Poster/flyer and instructions for posting, to notify class members of the Oster settlement resolving the IHSS cuts lawsuit, and their rights to object. [Download]