Please Email policy questions to: Policy@dcfs.lacounty.gov
This numbering system allows room to expand. The alphabet "E" denotes the Foster Care "Eligibility" Handbook, the three-digit numeric "010" denotes the section in the Foster Care Eligibility Handbook and the four-digit numeric "0000" denotes the Procedural Guide.
SECTIONS INCLUDE:
E010-0000 To be determined
E020-0000 Foster Care Assistance Program
E030-0000 Foster Care Eligibility
E040-0000 Non-Foster Care Eligibility
E050-0000 Non-County Welfare Department Eligibility
E060-0000 Payments
E070-0000 Rates
E080-0000 Special Operations
E090-0000 Technical Assistance
E100-0000 Technical Electronic Applications
E900-0000 Glossary/Appendix
| E010-0000 |
To be determined |
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E020-0000 |
FOSTER CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM |
| E020-0500 | Foster Care EligibilityGeneral Requirements |
| E020-0510 | Initial Eligibility Determination for Financial Participation |
| E020-0100 | Eligibility Activity Cancelled 06/23/17 |
| E020-0530 | Flow Chart |
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E030-0000 |
FOSTER CARE ELIGIBILITY |
| E030-0510 | Initial Determination For Financial Participation |
| E030-0520 | Redetermination of AFDC-FC Eligibility Updated 07/27/23 |
| E030-530 | Relative (Youakim) Foster Care Cancelled by E090-0590 - dated 09/29/09 |
| E030-0540 | Extension of Foster Care Beyond Age 18 Updated 10/4/23 |
| E030-0542 | Re-Entry Into Extended Foster Care (EFC) Updated 05/31/23 |
| E030-0600 | Live-Scan & Calif. Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) Clearances Cancelled 9/27/05 by Procedural Guide C300-010 |
| E030-0730 | Eligibility Code Tables Cancelled 11/04/2021 |
| E030-1600 | Initial Determination for Financial Participation Legal Guardian Cancelled 04/21/20 by E080-0570 |
| E030-1650 | Initial Extended Benefits For Non-Minors Living with Current or Former Non-Related Legal Guardians (NRLG) |
| E040-0000 |
NON-FOSTER CARE ELIGIBILITY |
| E040-0510 | Emergency Assistance Program |
| E040-0520 | Revenue Enhancement: Non-Foster Care Eligibility Family Preservation Program/CAL Works Review Unit Cancelled 01/01/07 |
| E040-0530 | General Relief Ineligible to AFDC-FC |
| E050-0000 |
NON-COUNTY WELFARE DEPARTMENT (NON-CWD) ELIGIBILITY |
| E050-0510 | Non-County Welfare Department Eligibility Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment (Kin-GAP) Program |
| E050-0515 | Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment (Kin-GAP) Program Redetermination/Reassessment Updated 06/07/2023 |
| E050-0520 | Extended Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment (Kin-GAP) Program Updated 10/24/2023 |
| E050-0530 | Private Adoption Agency Foster Care Voluntary Placement Agreement Cancelled by E05-0560 dated 07/08/10 |
| E050-0540 | Foster Care Placement for Probation Youth |
| E050-0542 | Foster Care Extended Foster Care (EFC) for Probation Foster Youth Beyond the Age of 18 |
| E050-0560 | Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) Freed Child and AAP Intake |
| E050-0562 | Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) Reassessment/Post Adoption |
| E050-0564 | AAP Payment Resolution |
| E050-0565 | Extended Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) Beyond the Age of 18 Updated 01/28/22 |
| E060-0000 |
PAYMENTS |
| E060-0520 | Payment Issuance |
| E060-0530 | Overpayment Policy Updated 08/31/22 |
| E060-0540 | Payment Reconciliation/Resolution Group Home or FFA Underpayment |
| E060-0550 | Special Payments |
| E060-0560 | Voucher Aging and Suspend List |
| E060-0570 | Rate Change Request for Regional Center Arm (Alternative Residential Model) Rates and Dual Agency Rates |
| E060-0572 | New Rate Change Request for Dual Agency Rates |
| E060-0580 | Clothing Allowances |
| E070-0000 |
RATES |
| E070-0510 | Automated Provider
Payments System (APPS) Rate Schedule Level Cancelled 08/26/20 |
Nationwide Foster Care Rates (Updated 09/26/11) Cancelled 08/26/20 Link to other California County SCI Rates Cancelled 08/26/20 http://www.childsworld.ca.gov/PG1649.htm Specialized Care Rate Program Contact Information List Cancelled 08/26/20 |
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| Link | LA County Foster Care Rates Cancelled 08/26/20 |
| E080-0000 |
SPECIAL OPERATIONS |
| E080-0510 | An Initial Determination for Eligibility has not Been Completed for a Child in Out-Of-Home Care or the Initial Eligibility Determination is Found to be in Error |
| E080-0520 | Address Change |
| E080-0530 | Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) Cancelled by E050-0560 |
| E080-0540 | Appeals and State Hearing |
| E080-0550 | Inter-county Transfer |
| E080-0560 | Interstate Compact on The Placement of Children (ICPC) |
| E080-0570 | Initial Determination for Financial Participation Legal Guardian |
| E080-0580 | Medi-Cal Benefits |
| E080-0585 | Continuing Eligibility For Children (CEC) Program |
| E080-0586 | Transferring Medi-Cal Services From DCFS To DPSS for Transitioning Youth |
| E080-0587 | Transition of Medi-Cal Benefits for Relative Placement (Youakim) Denials From The Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to the Department of Public Social Services (DPSS ) Cancelled 02/03/22 |
| E080-0590 | Permanent Residence Under the Color of the Law (PRUCOL) and Special Immigration Status |
| E080-0610 | Special Immigration Status Cancelled by E080-0590 |
| E080-0620 | Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Social Security Administration Benefits (SSA) |
| E080-0630 | Voluntary Placement Agreement/Placement |
| E080-0640 | Wrap-Around Services Program |
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E090-000 |
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE |
| E090-0530 | Child Support Reimbursement Cancelled 06/12/12 |
| E090-0540 | Criminal History Clearance: Live-Scan Cancelled 11/04/2021 by Policy Guide C300-010 |
| E090-0550 | Financial Authorization Document (FAD) |
| E090-0570 | Teen and Nonminor Dependent (NMD) Parents and Their Infant Children in Foster Care Updated 05/10/2022 |
| E090-0580 | Foster Family Home/Facility Vacancy Search: Foster Care Search System (FCSS) Auto 280 Updated 01/27/2022 Updated 01/27/2022 |
| E090-0590 | Foster Care Placement |
| E090-0600 | Compromise Of Child Support |
| E100-0000 |
TECHNICAL ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS |
| E100-0510.10 | CWS/CMS Computer Application Assignment Actions |
| E100-0510.11 |
CWS/CMS Budget Actions Updated 01/27/2022 |
| E100-0510.12 |
CWS/CMS Print Actions |
| E100-0510.13 |
CWS/CMS Search Actions Cancelled 11/04/2021 |
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Income Evidence Verification System (IEVS) |
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| E900-0000 |
GLOSSARY/APPENDIX |
| E900-0510 | Eligibility Glossary of Terms Updated 01/27/2022 |
| E900-0520 | Computer System Definitions Cancelled 01/27/2022 |