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2016 All County Letters

  • ACL 16-120 (December 30, 2016)
    California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Program:  Assembly Bill (AB) 2062 Changes To Overpayment Establishment Based On Income Or Household Composition Reporting
  • ACL 16-119 (December 30, 2016)
    California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs): Implementation Of Senate Bill (SB) 947 (Chapter 798, Statutes Of 2016)
  • ACL 16-118 (December 30, 2016)
    California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) And CalFresh Noticing Requirements For Usage Of Consumer Credit
  • ACL 16-117 (January 4, 2017)
    Determining Placement For Medically Fragile Children
  • ACL 16-112 (December 23, 2016)
    CalFresh Implementation Of AB 1747:  Restaurant Meals Program, CalFresh Outreach And The Emergency Food Assistance Program
  • ACL 16-110 (December 19, 2016)
    State Hearing Procedures In Processing Disputes Under The Resource Family Approval (RFA) Program And The Superior Court Writ Harris V. California Department Of Social Services (CDSS)
  • ACL 16-109 (December 23, 2016)
    Child Fatality And Near Fatality Reporting And Public Disclosure Requirements
  • ACL 16-108 (December 28, 2016)
    Federal Changes To Referring CalFresh Overpayment Debts To The Treasury Offset Program (TOP) From 180 Days To 120 Days
  • ACL 16-107 (January 23, 2017)
    Senate Bill (SB) 1060 (Chapter 719, Statues of 2016), Post Adoption Contact: Siblings of Dependent Children or Wards
  • ACL 16-106 (December 23, 2016)
    Re-Disclosure Restriction Of Federal Tax Information To Contractors
  • ACL 16-102 (December 12, 2016)
    Deeming Hours For California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Participants In Approved Workforce Innovation And Opportunity Act (WIOA) Career Pathways
  • ACL 16-99 (December 8, 2016)
    California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Welfare To Work (WTW) Participation Requirements For Teens
  • ACL 16-98E (December 22, 2016)
    Errata To California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Homeless Assistance Program
  • ACL 16-98 (November 30, 2016)
    California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Homeless Assistance Program
  • ACL 16-97 (November 23, 2016)
    Statistical Report On The Number Of Children, Ages 5-17, In Families Receiving California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Cash Assistance Above The Poverty Level
  • ACL 16-96 (December 5, 2016)
    State General Fund Appropriation For The Monitoring And Oversight Of Psychotropic Medication By Foster Care Public Health Nurses
  • ACL 16-95E (January 11, 2021)
    California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Assembly Bill (AB) 98 Subsidized Employment And Expanded Subsidized Employment (ESE) Program Changes
  • ACL 16-95 (November 18, 2016)
    California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Assembly Bill (AB) 98 Subsidized Employment and Expanded Subsidized Employment (ESE) Program Changes
  • ACL 16-94 (November 17, 2016)
    California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs): Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2017 Income Reporting Threshold (IRT)
  • ACL 16-93 (November 21, 2016)
    Spanish-Language Learning Needs Screening For The California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Program
  • ACL 16-92 (December 23, 2016)
    Approved Relative Caregiver Funding Option (ARC) Program
  • ACL 16-91 (November 29, 2016)
    Utilizing Title IV-E Funding To Support County Foster Youth Services Coordinating Programs
  • ACL 16-90 (October 21, 2016)
    California Work Opportunity And Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Program:  Implementation Of Assembly Bill (AB) 433 Under Semi-Annual Reporting (SAR) And Annual Reporting/Child Only (AR/CO) Reporting Systems
  • ACL 16-89 (October 13, 2016)
    Modifications To The Case Management, Information And Payrolling System To Manage In-Home Supportive Services And Waiver Personal Care Services Overtime And Travel Time Violations And Forms, Forms For Blind And Visually Impaired Recipients, Advance Pay Reconciliation, And Authorized Hours Exceeded Letters
  • ACL 16-88 (October 12, 2016)
    California’s Plan For The Prevention Of Unintended Pregnancy For Youth And Non-Minor Dependents (NMDS) In Foster Care
  • ACL 16-87 (October 12, 2016)
    Release Of Revised California Manual Of Policies And Procedures, Division 31 Regulations
  • ACL 16-86 (October 24, 2016)
    Reinstatement Of Deadline For Submission Of Provider Enrollment Agreement (SOC 846 [REV. 11/15]) Form For In-Home Supportive Services Providers Enrolled Prior To February 1, 2016
  • ACL 16-85 (September 30, 2016)
    Statewide Policies And Procedures To Prevent Child Sex Trafficking
  • ACL 16-84 (October 7, 2016)
    Requirements And Guidelines For Creating And Providing A Child And Family Team
  • ACL 16-83 (October 28, 2016)
    California High School Exit Examination Suspension And Changes To The California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Cal-Learn Program
  • ACL 16-82 (September 30, 2016)
    Reproductive And Sexual Health Care And Related Rights For Youth And Non-Minor Dependents (NMD) In Foster Care
  • ACL 16-81 (October 12, 2016)
    National Youth In Transition Database (NYTD) Survey: Third Cohort
  • ACL 16-79E (February 6, 2017)
    Errata to Notification To Counties Regarding The New Home-Based Foster Care (HBFC) Rate Structure And How It Impacts Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment (Kin-Gap) Cases
  • ACL 16-79 (September 22, 2016)
    Information About The Continuum Of Care Reform (CCR) Home-Based Family Care (HBFC) And Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP) Rates Structure And Conversion Process From The Old Rate Structure To The New Rate Structure
  • ACL 16-78 (September 28, 2016)
    Implementation Of The In-Home Supportive Services Program Health Care Certification Regulations
  • ACL 16-77 (September 20, 2016)
    Revisions Made To The Application For CalFresh Benefits (CF 285) And Recertification For CalFresh Benefits (CF 37)
  • ACL 16-76 (September 30, 2016)
    California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs): Revised CW 2184, CW 2189, CW 2190A And CW 2190B Forms
  • ACL 16-75 (September 27, 2016)
    Foster Youth Data Shared With California Department Of Education
  • ACL 16-74 (September 21, 2016)
    Commercially Sexually Exploited Children Documentation In the Child Welfare Services/Case Management Review
  • ACL 16-72 (September 7, 2016)
    Reimbursement Process For Accreditation Fees
  • ACL 16-71 (September 12, 2016)
    CalFresh Overissuance (O/I) Notice Of Action (NOA) Requirements: “Here’s Why” Section
  • ACL 16-70 (August 31, 2016)
    California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Child Care Programs - Regional Market Rate (RMR) Ceilings
  • ACL 16-69 (August 30, 2016)
    Commercially Sexually Exploited Children Program Fiscal Year 2016-17 Allocation Methodology And County Plan Instructions
  • ACL 16-68 (August 26, 2016)
    Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (TANF) And California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Time Limit Exemption For Recipients Living In Indian Country Where The Unemployment Level Of Adults Is 50 Percent Or Higher
  • ACL 16-67 (September 16, 2016)
    Second Set Of Questions And Answers Regarding The California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Welfare-To-Work (WTW) Program Appraisal And The Online CalWorks Appraisal Tool (OCAT)
  • ACL 16-66E (November 17, 2016)
    Correction To ACL 16-66: California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs): Repeal Of The Maximum Family Grant (MFG) Rule
  • ACL 16-66 (August 26, 2016)
    California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs): Repeal Of The Maximum Family Grant (MFG) Rule
  • ACL 16-65 (August 19, 2016)
    Assembly Bill (AB) 403 Group Home Extension Request To Continue Placements And Current Rate Classification Level (RCL) Rate
  • ACL 16-64 (August 16, 2016)
    California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs):  1.43 Percent Increase To The Maximum Aid Payment (MAP) Levels
  • ACL 16-63 (September 26, 2016)
    Implementation Of Universal Accreditation Act Of 2014 And Intercountry Reporting Requirements
  • ACL 16-61 (July 21, 2016)
    California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Program:  Senate Bill (SB) 1041 Welfare-To-Work (WTW) 24-Month Time Clock 20 Percent Extension Methodology And Target Estimates By County
  • ACL 16-60 (July 13, 2016)
    Updated Forms For Workers’ Compensation Coverage For California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Welfare-To-Work (WTW) And CalFresh Employment And Training (E&T) Program Participants
  • ACL 16-59 (July 13, 2016)
    CalFresh Waiver To Provide All Clients Who Apply Online For CalFresh Benefits At The Local Offices With A Copy Of Information For Their Records
  • ACL 16-58 (July 11, 2016)
    Resource Family Approval (RFA) Program - Clarifying Instructions For Statewide Implementation
  • ACL 16-57 (July 1, 2016)
    Aid To Families With Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) California Necessities Index (CNI) Increases And Other Rate Increases
  • ACL 16-56 (September 6, 2016)
    Updated Workers’ Compensation Claims Process For Waiver Personal Care Services (WPCS) Providers
  • ACL 16-55 (July 6, 2016)
    Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) Rates
  • ACL 16-54 (June 27, 2016)
    Clarifying Instructions Regarding Eligibility For The Dual Agency Rate
  • ACL 16-53 (July 7, 2016)
    Implementation Of In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Provider Enrollment Regulations
  • ACL 16-52E (November 16, 2016)
    Errata to Foster Parent Recruitment, Retention, And Support (FPRRS) Funding Opportunity
  • ACL 16-52 (July 14, 2016)
    Foster Parent Recruitment, Retention, And Support (FPRRS) Funding Opportunity
  • ACL 16-51E (September 21, 2016)
    Revision to The Workforce Innovation And Opportunity Act (WIOA): Mandatory Partnership Requirements For California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) With American Job Centers Of California (AJCCS)
  • ACL 16-51 (June 9, 2016)
    Workforce Innovation And Opportunity Act (WIOA): Mandatory Partnership Requirements For California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) With American Job Centers Of California
  • ACL 16-50 (June 1, 2016)
    Additional Payment For A Nonminor Dependent (NMD) Parent In A Supervised Independent Living Placement (SILP) Questions And Answers
  • ACL 16-49 (May 23, 2016)
    Commercially Sexually Exploited Children Documentation In The Child Welfare Services/Case Management System
  • ACL 16-48 (June 2, 2016)
    The Role Of Foster Care Public Health Nurses In The Oversight And Monitoring Of Psychotropic Medication Usage For Children And Youth In Foster Care With The Passage Of Senate Bill 319
  • ACL 16-47 (May 27, 2016)
    California Work Opportunity and Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs):  Cost Of Living Adjustment (COLA) Increase To The Minimum Basic Standard Of Adequate Care (MBSAC) Levels
  • ACL 16-46 (May 16, 2016)
    Modifications To The Case Management, Information And Payrolling System (CMIPS) To Implement And Manage Workweek Limitations And Travel Time Violation Disputes And The State Administrative Review Process For In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) And Waiver Personal Care Services (WPCS)
  • ACL 16-45 (May 12, 2016)
    California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Program Requirements: New Application And Form For Non-Needy Caretaker Relatives With Relative Foster Children Placed In The Home
  • ACL 16-44 (May 10, 2016)
    Modifications To In-Home Supportive Services And Waiver Personal Care Services In Case Management, Information And Payrolling System To Manage Overtime And Travel Time Violations, Exemption Processing, And Flexible Hours
  • ACL 16-43 (May 12, 2016)
    The Work Number® Express Service Agreement Guidance
  • ACL 16-42 (May 20, 2016)
    Change In Policy Regarding The Administrative Review Authorized By Manual Of Policies And Procedures Section 22-009.2 To In-Home Supportive Services Cases
  • ACL 16-41 (May 5, 2016)
    Guidance For Processing Interim Assistance Reimbursement (IAR); Transmission Of Revised SSP 18 Form
  • ACL 16-40 (May 10, 2016)
    Annual Child Welfare Services (CWS) Disaster Response Plan Update
  • ACL 16-39E2 (August 14, 2017)
    Errata to Discontinuance Of CalFresh Expedited Service Quarterly Statistical Report (DFA 296X [7/13])
    Discontinuance CalFresh Monthly Caseload Movement Statistical Report (DFA 296 [1/12])
    New CalFresh Monthly Caseload Movement Statistical Report (CF 296 [7/16])
  • ACL 16-39E (October 27, 2016)
    Errata to Discontinuance Of CalFresh Expedited Service Quarterly Statistical Report (DFA 296X [7/13])
    Discontinuance CalFresh Monthly Caseload Movement Statistical Report (DFA 296 [1/12])
    New CalFresh Monthly Caseload Movement Statistical Report (CF 296 [7/16])
  • ACL 16-39 (May 4, 2016)
    Discontinuance Of CalFresh Expedited Service Quarterly Statistical Report (DFA 296X [7/13])
    Discontinuance CalFresh Monthly Caseload Movement Statistical Report (DFA 296 [1/12])
    New CalFresh Monthly Caseload Movement Statistical Report (CF 296 [7/16])
  • ACL 16-38 (May 10, 2016)
    Adoption Assistance Program (AAP): Children Relinquished To A Private Adoption Agency 
  • ACL 16-37 (April 28, 2016)
    Trainings And Oversight Of Psychotropic Medication Usage For Children And Youth In Foster Care
  • ACL 16-36 (April 21, 2016)
    Violations For Exceeding Workweek And/Or Travel Time Limits For The In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) And Waiver Personal Care Services Programs (WPCS)
  • ACL 16-35 (April 28, 2016)
    Adoption And Legal Guardianship Incentive Payments Program
  • ACL 16-34 (May 3, 2016)
    Cash Assistance Program For Immigrants (CAPI) Redeterminations – Clarification Regarding Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Referrals
  • ACL 16-33 (May 2, 2016)
    Cash Assistance Program For Immigrants (CAPI) Eligibility – Citizens Of Marshall Islands, Federated States Of Micronesia And Republic Of Palau
  • ACL 16-32 (April 28, 2016)
    Documentation Of Pregnancy And Parenting In The Child Welfare Services/Case Management System For Minor And Non-Minor Dependents
  • ACL 16-31 (April 22, 2016)
    Reasonable And Prudent Parent Standard
  • ACL 16-30 (April 27, 2016)
    Case Plan Changes For Youth Age 14 Years And Older
  • ACL 16-29 (November 7, 2016)
    Adoption Assistance Program (AAP): Notice Of Action And Identification Of Overpayment
  • ACL 16-28 (April 22, 2016)
    Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement (APPLA)
  • ACL 16-27 (April 14, 2016)
    Change In Policy Regarding Submission Of Provider Enrollment Agreement (SOC 846) Form For Currently-Enrolled In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Providers  
  • ACL 16-26 (May 10, 2016)
    2015 Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Review Results And Findings
  • ACL 16-25 (April 26, 2016)
    California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Assembly Bill (AB) 959 New Notice Of Action (NOA) Messages
  • ACL 16-24 (April 21, 2016)
    CalFresh Summary Of The Able-Bodied Adult Without Dependents (ABAWD) Time Limit
  • ACL 16-22 (April 1, 2016)
    Exemption From The In-Home Supportive Services Program Workweek Limitations Due To Extraordinary Circumstances And Clarification On The Policies For The Live-In Family Care Provider Exemption
  • ACL 16-21 (April 15, 2016)
    California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Welfare To Work (WTW) Participation Requirements For Pregnant Woman-Only Assistance Units (AUs)
  • ACL 16-20 (April 1, 2016)
    County-Optional Block Grant For The Interagency Child Abuse And Neglect Reporting Mandate
  • ACL 16-19 (April 28, 2016)
    Independent Living Program (ILP) Services For Tribal Youth
  • ACL 16-17 (March 4, 2016)
    California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs) Program: Guidelines Regarding Employer Paid Sick Leave For Participants In CalWORKs Subsidized Employment (SE) Programs Resulting From The Passage Of Assembly Bill (AB) 1522 (Chapter 317, Statutes Of 2014)
  • ACL 16-16 (March 3, 2016)
    Relative Notification And Definition Of Sibling
  • ACL 16-15 (April 28, 2016)
    Youth Who Are Missing From Foster Care
  • ACL 16-14E (July 20, 2016)
    Expedited Service Entitlement And Application Processing For CalFresh
  • ACL 16-14 (February 29, 2016)
    Expedited Service Entitlement And Application Processing For CalFresh
  • ACL 16-13 (March 28, 2016)
    California Work Opportunity And Responsibility To Kids (CalWORKs):  Ruling By The U.S. Supreme Court Regarding Same-Sex Marriages And Reminder Regarding Same-Sex Registered Domestic Partnerships
  • ACL 16-12 (May 2, 2016)
    Publication Of The Regional Program Operations Manual System (POMS)
  • ACL 16-11 (February 26, 2016)
    Independent Living Program (ILP) Annual Narrative Report For Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2015
  • ACL 16-10 (February 17, 2016)
    Resource Family Approval Program
  • ACL 16-08 (January 25, 2016)
    Federal Preventing Sex Trafficking And Strengthening Families Act:  Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of Children (CSEC) And Runaway-Related Implementation Requirements For Counties
  • ACL 16-07 (January 21, 2016)
    Exemption To Provisions Of Senate Bills 855 And 873 (Chapters 29 And 685, Statutes Of 2014) Relating To The In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) And Waiver Personal Care Services (WPCS) Programs For Family Live-In Care Providers
  • ACL 16-06 (January 20, 2016)
    County Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Program Work Participation Data Reporting For Federal Fiscal Year 2016
  • ACL 16-05 (January 21, 2016)
    Nationally Recognized Accreditation Agencies Identified By The California Department Of Social Services (CDSS) To Be Used For Accreditation By Foster Family Agencies And Short-Term Residential Treatment Centers (STRTCs)
  • ACL 16-04 (February 26, 2016)
    Notice To End Use Of Special Project Code (SPC) For Education Travel Reimbursement
  • ACL 16-03 (January 13, 2016)
    Foster Care And Medical Assistance For California’s Unaccompanied Refugee Minors Program
  • ACL 16-02 (January 20, 2016)
    Access To Public Assistance Case Records Reminders And New Case Record Inspection Request Form
  • ACL 16-01 (January 7, 2016)
    Reinstatement Of Implementation Of Provisions Of Senate Bills 855 And 873 (Chapters 29 And 685, Statutes Of 2014) Relating To The IHSS And Waiver Personal Care Services Programs