CFSD Letters and Notices 2024

ACINs

ACIN I-30-24 (July 5, 2024)
Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) Eligibility

ACIN I-28-24 (June 26, 2024)
Statewide Foster Care Eligibility Training

ACIN I-24-24 (June 17, 2024)
Fiscal Year 2023-24 County Children’s Trust Fund Share Of Kids’ Plate Revenue

ACIN I-23-24 (May 23, 2024)
Outlining Requirements Under The Amended WIC Code Section 10850.4 As It Relates To Retention Of Court Jurisdiction For The Receipt Of Documents Upon A Child’s Death

ACIN I-19-24 (May 15, 2024)
The Child Welfare System – California Automated Response And Engagement System (CWS-CARES) And Child Welfare Services/Case Management System (CWS/CMS) Record Retention Policy

ACIN I-18-24 (May 8, 2024)
Instructions For The Submission Of The Fiscal Year 2023-24 OCAP Annual Report

ACIN I-17-21E (May 13, 2024)
Errata To All County Information Notice No. I-17-21, Introduction Of The Child Labor Trafficking Brief, Online Toolkit, And Mini-Desk Guide

ACIN I-17-24 (May 6, 2024)
Fiscal Year 2023-24 Allocations And Reporting Requirements For The Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Program

ACIN I-16-24 (May 13, 2024)
Documentation Of Labor Trafficking Of Children In The Child Welfare Services/Case Management System

ACIN I-14-24 (April 3, 2024)
Guidance For Coordinating Children’s Memorial Day Events

ACIN I-13-24 (April 3, 2024)
Association Of Administrators Of The Interstate Compact On The Placement Of Children 2024 Annual Business Meeting, Training Workshop And Child Welfare Conference

ACIN I-12-24 (April 3, 2024)
SOC 200 Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP) Placement Referral Cover Sheet And Instructions

ACIN I-11-24 (March 13, 2024)
Satisfaction Survey For Resource Family Approval

*ACIN I-10-24 (March 8, 2024)

2023 Chaptered Legislation Affecting Child Welfare Services And Foster Care Programs

ACIN I-09-24 (March 1, 2024)

Linkages: Protective Factors Building Strong Families Brochure

ACIN I-07-24 (February 16, 2024)

California Statewide Automated Welfare System (CalSAWS) System Changes To Support Implementation Of All County Letter 23-29 Regarding Foster Care Related Child Support Referrals

*ACIN I-06-24 (February 16, 2024)
Evaluating California’s Efforts To Address The Commercial Sexual Exploitation Of Children: An Evaluation Of The Commercially Sexually Exploited Children Program Established Through Senate Bill 855

*ACIN I-05-24 (February 26, 2024)
Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP) Placement Agreement, SOC

154C Form

ACIN I-04-24 (January 24, 2024)

California’s Child And Family Services Review Five-Year Schedule

ACIN I-02-24 (June 13, 2024)
Required Survey Of Completed Training By Probation Officers And Supervisors Working In Placement Units

ACLs

ACL 24-51 (July 12, 2024)
Federal Financial Participation Rate For Title IV-B, Subpart 1 Child Welfare Services Is Reduced For Federal Fiscal Year 2024

ACL 24-50 (July 9, 2024)
Requirements And Best Practices For The Use Of Video Cameras In County And Licensed Foster Family Agency Approved Resource Family Homes

ACL 24-46 (June 27, 2024)
Aid To Families With Dependent Children-Foster Care California Necessities Index Rate Increases

ACL 24-45 (June 24, 2024)
Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) Rates

ACL 24-43 (June 28, 2024)
Presumptive Transfer Related To Children And Youth In Foster Care Placed In Out-Of-County Short-Term Facilities

ACL 24-35 (July 12, 2024)
Elimination Of Required Mental Health Screening And Replacement With Required Referral To County Mental Health Plans For All Children With An Open Child Welfare Or Juvenile Probation Placement Case

ACL 24-34 (June 12, 2024)
Use Of The Updated “Current Drug/Mental Health Needs Affecting This Client” Grid Accessed Through The Referral In The Child Welfare Services/Case Management System

ACL 24-33 (May 7, 2024)
Juvenile Court Extension Of Reunification Services

ACL 24-24 (April 17, 2024)
Funding For County Readiness And Workforce Training Activities To Support The Implementation Of Family Maintenance Child And Family Teams

ACL 24-20 (April 2, 2024)
The Inability To Pay For Any Court Ordered Services Shall Not Be A Barrier To Reunification Or A Basis For Removal

ACL 24-19 (March 15, 2024)
Child Welfare Services External Systems Reconciliation Advance Planning Document

ACL 24-18 (March 15, 2024)
Providing Active Efforts Where It Is Known, Or There Is Reason To Know, A Child Is An Indian Child

ACL 24-17 (March 19, 2024)
Annual Reporting Instructions For The Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Family First Transition Act (FFTA) Transition Grant And Certainty Grant Funds

ACL 24-15 (March 11, 2024)
National Youth In Transition Database Survey: 21-Year-Old Follow-Up Population Of The Fourth Cohort

ACL 24-14 (March 14, 2024)
Independent Living Program Annual Narrative Report For Federal Fiscal Year 2023

ACL 24-10 (March 11, 2024)
Clarifying County Instructions For Investigating And Reporting Registered Sex Offender Matches

ACL 24-08 (February 26, 2024)
The Child Welfare Services - California Automated Response And Engagement System

ACL 24-05 (January 9, 2024)
Child Specific Complex Care Funding Update

ACL 24-04 (April 9, 2024)
Dual Agency Rate Eligibility For Dual Agency Children And Nonminor Dependents In Foster Family Agency Resource Homes

ATLs

ATLL 24-02 (June 17, 2024)

Readiness And Workforce Training Activities To Support The Implementation Of Family Maintenance (FM) Children And Family Teams (CFTS)

CFLs

CFL 23-24-82 (June 26, 2024)

Fiscal Year 2023-24 Family Finding One-Time Reporting General Fund Allocation

CFL 23-24-79 (June 21, 2024)

Title IV-E Prevention Services Program Maintenance Of Effort (MOE) Requirements And Meeting The Base Moe Requirements For Federal Fiscal Years (FFY) 2022 Through FFY 2024

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Updated July 22, 2024