Private Agency Adoption Reimbursement Program (PAARP)

Per Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) Section 16122, the PAARP was created in 1999, with the intent to provide children and youth who would otherwise remain in long-term foster care with permanent adoptive homes, and to support the adoption agencies that helped facilitate these adoptions.  Since the inception of PAARP, Assembly Bill 1301 (Chapter 827, Statutes of 2019) has established that effective July 1, 2020, county child welfare agencies will assume local control of the PAARP and be required to compensate licensed private adoption agencies for the costs associated with supporting families through the process of adopting children and NMDs eligible for Adoption Assistance Program benefits.  AB 1301 also shifted the responsibility of collecting and processing PAARP claims from CDSS to the counties.

Please see the PAARP Contact List for the county child welfare agency point of contact.

Resources and Information

PAARP Frequently Ask Questions (FAQ) (Adobe required):

• Private Agency Adoption Reimbursement Program (PAARP) FAQ I
   
• Private Agency Adoption Reimbursement Program (PAARP) FAQ II

For more information, please refer to the following All County Letters (ACLs), All County Information Notice (ACIN), and County Fiscal Letter (CFL):

• ACIN I-68-22 (October 21, 2022)
  Private Adoption Agency Reimbursement Program (PAARP): Answers To Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) II

• CFL 20-21-42 (December 22, 2020)
  Implementation Of Assembly Bill (AB) 1301: Private Adoption Agency Reimbursement Program County Invoice Payments
   
• ACL 20-85 (August 20, 2020)
  Implementation of Assembly Bill (AB) 1301: Private Adoption Agency Reimbursement Program (PAARP)

• ACL 09-40 (August 18, 2009)
  Private Adoption Agency Reimbursement Program (PAARP) Funding Increase Claiming Guidelines

Forms:

• AD 4040 (7/20) - Private Adoption Agency Reimbursement Program (PAARP) (Posted July 1, 2020)