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Foster Care Rates

Foster Care Rates Information For Group Homes and Foster Family Agencies

GENERAL INFORMATION AND DEFINITIONS

Group Home

Foster Family Agency

Group Home Rate Classification Levels (RCL) Overview

REGULATIONS

MPP Division 11, Chapter 11-400 Through 11-430

FOSTER CARE RATES LISTS

Foster Care Rates Consultants County Assignment List

FOSTER CARE INFORMATION LETTERS

ALL-COUNTY LETTERS (ACL)

  • ACL 10-02: Aid To Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) Foster Family Agency Rates and Group Home Adjusted Point Ranges (dated January 29, 2010)
  • ACL 09-76: California Alliance of Child and Family Services v. John Wagner, et.al. Preliminary Injunction Prohibiting Reductions to Group Home Rates (dated November 25, 2009)
  • ACL 09-72: California Alliance of Child and Family Services v. John Wagner, et.al. Temporary Restraining Order Prohibiting Reductions to Group Home Rates (dated November 9, 2009)
  • ACL 09-65: Sharing Ratios for Group Home Programs Fiscal Year 2009-10 (dated November 5, 2009)
  • ACL 09-45: Aid To Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care, Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment Program and Adoption Assistance Program (dated September 30, 2009)
  • ACL 09-18: Revisions to Various Eligibility, Operational, Reporting, and Foster Parent Training Components of Intensive Treatment Foster Care Programs (dated June 3, 2009)
  • ACL 08-01: Aid To Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care, Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment Program and Adoption Assistance Program Rates (dated January 17, 2008)
  • ACL 07-36: Sharing Ratios For Group Home Programs (dated October 15, 2007)
  • ACL 07-15EII: Erratum II: Correction To All-County Letter (ACL) 07-15,
    DATED MARCH 21, 2007
    and Erratum to ACL 07-15, DATED March 29, 2007
    (dated June 28, 2007)
  • ACL 07-15E: Erratum: Correction To All-County Letter (ACL) 07-15,
    DATED MARCH 21, 2007
    (dated March 29, 2007)
  • ACL 07-15: Overpayment Collection and Reporting Requirements of Federal Title IV-E Funds for the Foster Care and Adoption Assistance Program
    (dated March 21, 2007)
  • ACL 06-48 : Title IV-E Foster Care and Adoption Assistance Program Improper Payments
    (dated December 11, 2006)
  • ACL 06-12: Sharing Ratios for Group Home Programs
    (dated July 26, 2006)
  • ACL 06-04: Minor Dependent Parents in Foster Care
    (dated June 20, 2006)
  • ACL 05-25: Biennial Rate Application Requirements
    (dated September 30, 2005)
  • ACL 05-24: Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) and Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment (kin-gap) Program Rates
    (dated September 22, 2005)
  • ACL 01-55: Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) and Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment (Kin-Gap) Program Rates
    (dated August 22, 2001)

ALL-COUNTY INFORMATION LETTERS (ACIN)

  • ACIN I-61-07: Online Change Reports for Group Home Rate Information
    (dated October 26, 2007)
  • ACIN I-43-98: Rate Termination of Group Home Programs With Self-Dealing Transactions, Including Affiliated Leases (dated August 5, 1998)

FOSTER CARE AUDITS and RATES LETTERS (FCARL)/FOSTER CARE AUDIT LETTERS (FCAL)/FOSTER CARE RATE (FCR) LETTERS

RATE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Group Homes

Foster Family Agencies

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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Foster Care Rates Bureau (E-mail to: Fosterca@dss.ca.gov
Foster Care Audits and Rates Branch
California Department of Social Services
744 P Street, MS 20-74
Sacramento, CA 95814