This ACWDL lays out the process county welfare departments need to follow to determine the Medi-Cal eligibility of youth prior to their release from county juvenile facilities, pursuant to SB 1469. Before a juvenile is released, the county juvenile facility provides the necessary information to determine the juvenile’s Medi-Cal eligibility to the county welfare department. The date of release is the date of eligibility. If the juvenile is eligible the county welfare department must supply the juvenile with a temporary paper Medi-Cal card that he or she can use immediately upon release. [Download]
Summaries of select CalWORKs, CalFresh, Health and Housing Regulations
ACL 07-49: New Federal Policy Guidelines Relating To The Foster Care Program (12/19/07)
HSS came out with new guidelines for temporary absences and linkage to the TANF program, are are implemented in California by this ACL. Full grants will be paid for brief absences of less than 14 days, after which the grant will be prorated. For linkage, eligibility criteria, including deprivation, must be met in the month of, but
prior to, the child’s removal from the home. The State may not establish the child’s
deprivation based on household circumstances that occur after a child’s removal. The parental deprivation which happened concurrent with or after the child’s removal cannot be used to satisfy deprivation requirements. [Download]
ACL 07-54: Federal Requirement To Contact Other States’ Child Abuse And Neglect Registries For Relative And Non-Relative Extended Family Member Home Approvals (12/27/07)
Title says it all. Any time after 1/1/08 that a foster care/probation placement application is made, all counties must contact the child abuse and neglect registry of each state in which a prospective foster or adoptive parent, relative caregiver, or nonrelative extended family member (including any other adult in the home) has resided in the past five years. In particular, it briefly reviews the process for approving a relative or nonrelative extended family member (NREFM) home.
ACL 07-51: (CalWORKs) Notifications To The Local Child Support Agency (LCSA) (12/14/07)
This ACL addresses policy related to referrals to the LCSA, applicant/recipient cooperation requirements, good cause notifications to the LCSA and other notifications related to the county’s case actions. Reminders about how to handle the case when an applicant/recipient is being referred for a good cause/deferral of cooperation review, and how the LSCSA and counties are to determine "cooperation."
ACIN I-75-07: 1/08 COLA for CAPI And CAPI Benefit Amount When Spouse Receives SSI/SSP (12/11/07)
COLA increase to CAPI on 1/08 (from feds) and 6/08 (delayed state COLA). Chart included, as well as how to adjust benefits based on spouse’s SSI. [Download]
ACL 07-48: Clarifying Guidance Regarding Candidates For Foster Care (11/20/07)
Clarification on when a child is a “candidate” for foster care, for purposes of getting IV-E funds for pre-placement prevention services. The definition of “candidate” is that the child be “at serious risk of removal” as evidenced by the state agency either pursuing his/her removal from the home or making reasonable efforts to prevent such removal,” this was interpreted too broadly. The clarification states that “a decision must have been made that the next step for the child was foster care.” In California, this can be documented in one of 3 ways: 1) A defined case plan which clearly indicates that, absent effective preventive services, foster care is the planned arrangement for the child; 2) Evidence of court removal proceedings ; OR 3) An eligibility determination form completed by the County Welfare Department which establishes the child’s eligibility under Title IV-E. Documentation needs to be done every 6 months. [Download]