CONNECTED CAREGIVERSUpdates & Opportunities for Resource/Kinship/Foster/Adoptive/Guardian Families in CA

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Each year as families are preparing for the new schoolyear, we highlight the many resources for parents whoare caring for children in foster care. Let us help youfind the resources in your area! Here is a checklist toget started:#1 Find your Foster Youth Services Coordinator andput their number on speed dial.www.cde.ca.gov/ls/pf/fy/contacts.asp#2 Does your child have an Individualized EducationPlan (IEP)? Make sure that you have a copy of the IEP,are included in IEP meetings, and thataccommodations are enough and are being followed.For resources, visit: warmlinefrc.org.#3 Does your child need an IEP? You are entitled tosubmit (in writing) a request for assessment. Attend atraining on the Individualized Education Plan process.Trainings are offered by Parents & Caregivers forWellness, Warmline, and school districts, and othercommunity based organizations.

Workgroups with the CADepartment of Social Services

Fellow Caregiver Needs Your Help! Hi Everyone, I have been a foster parentfor 4 years now, a teacher for 7 years, andam currently a graduate student focusingmy PhD dissertation onLatino/Hispanic/Chicano Male fosteryouth aged 14-24 years of age. I amconducting 30 minute PHONE interviewsbased on their high school experiences,support systems, and college awareness.EACH participant receives a $50 gift card.If you know of anyone who fits the criteriaand would be interested, please emailrachelacosta1@yahoo.com Interviews arebeing done until October 2019.

School Year Success cont. - #4 Make sure to give an education update atChild & Family Team (CFT) meetings andask for any resources/support your childneeds. These can include help with tutoring,transportation to activities or school oforigin, credit recovery, accommodations, orassessment.#5 Connect with the Education RightsHolder (if someone else holds educationrights) to ensure that they are included indecision making, and to ensure that yourchild's rights are being upheld.For more resources, visitwww.cacaregivers.org/education.

NorCal Foster ParentAppreciation Day

What do we do in Sacramento? Aside fromeducation policymakers and participating inthe legislative process, we also partner withthe CA Department of Social Services toimplement and improve programs,regulations, and more. Our currentworkgroups include:

Child & Family Team (CFT)/Child &Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS)Implementation TeamResource Family Approval ComplaintProcessStudent Mental Health Policy WorkgroupIntensive Services Foster CareImplementation WorkgroupResource Family CommunicationsWorkgroupResource Family Handbook WorkgroupCDSS Advocates Workgroup

We always need input from caregivers andshare at these meetings.

Foster Family Home Insurance Fund The Foster Family Home (FFH) and SmallFamily Home (SFH) Insurance Fundprovides liability insurance coverage forfoster parents related to incidents inproviding foster care services. The Fund’sliability coverage is to licensed FFH, SFH,and, on or after January 1, 2019, approvedresource family homes as definedin Section 16519.5 of the WIC.

ResourceFamilyHandbookProject

CaliforniaAllianceofCaregivers,theCaliforniaDepartmentofSocialServicesandtheOfficeoftheFosterCareOmbudspersonarecollaboratingonaResourceFamilyHandbookproject.Yourfeedbackisvitaltothesuccessoftheproject.Ifyouwouldliketojointheworkgroup,pleaseemaildfreier@cacaregivers.org.

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Please let us know if you are interested in scheduling a trainingevent or Resource Family Policy Summit in your community.M O R E I N F O / R E G I S T R A T I O N : W W W . C A C A R E G I V E R S . O R G / E V E N T S

C A L I F O R N I A A L L I A N C E O F C A R E G I V E R S

Resource Family Policy Summit & Advocacy Training

12 September 2019 | 10AM to 1PM | Tehama County

14 September 2019 | 10AM to 1PM | Los Angeles County

24 September 2019 | 10AM to 1PM | San Bernardino

5 October 2019 | 10AM to 1PM | Solano County

12 October 2019 | 10AM to 1PM | Yolo County

October 2019 | 10AM to 1PM | El Dorado County

Advocacy & Wellness Training for Parents

January 2020 | Sacramento

Advocacy & Wellness Training for Parents:

Bullying & Compassion Fatigue

13-14 September 2019 | San Diego

Advocacy & Compassion Training for Parents

October 2019 | Shasta

Advocacy & Wellness Training for Parents

February 2020 | Los Angeles

Office of Risk and Insurance Management | State of California | Government Operations Agency 707 3rd Street, 1st Floor | West Sacramento, CA 95605 | t 916.376-5300 f 916.376-5277

Governor Gavin Newsom

FOSTER FAMILY HOME AND SMALL FAMILY HOME INSURANCE FUND

EXPLANATION AND SUMMARY OF COVERAGE The State of California provides the Foster Family Home and Small Family Home Insurance Fund (“Fund”) to pay certain liability claims on behalf of foster parents for certain activities relating to licensed foster family homes and licensed small family homes, and, on or after January 2019, approved resource family homes as defined in Section 16519.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. This document only summarizes the Fund. For specific details and a legal interpretation, please see California Health and Safety Code Section 1527, et seq. COVERAGE PERIOD: For licensed foster homes and small family homes, claims arising from covered incidents occurring on or after October 1, 1986. For approved resource family homes, claims arising from covered incidents occurring on or after January 1, 2019. COVERAGE LIMITS: $300,000 per home for occurrences due to one or more occurrences during any consecutive 12-month period. COVERAGE FOR LICENSED FOSTER FAMILY HOMES AND LICENSED SMALL FAMILY HOMES (“covered home”): The Fund will pay on behalf of covered homes the claims of foster children, their parents, guardians, or guardians ad litem for damages arising from, and peculiar to, the foster care relationship and the provisions of foster care services or reimburse covered homes for those damages. The Fund is liable, if a claim is approved, to pay all sums which the covered home is obligated to pay as a result of a valid claim of bodily injury or personal injury arising out of the activities of a foster parent or foster parents, which occurs while the foster child resides in the covered home. EXCLUSIONS: The Fund shall not be liable for the following: • Any loss arising out of a dishonest, fraudulent, criminal or intentional act of a foster parent • Any occurrence which does not arise from the foster parent relationship. • Any bodily injury arising out of the operation or use of any motor vehicle, aircraft or watercraft owned

or operated by or rented or loaned to any foster parent. • Any loss arising out of licentious, immoral or sexual behavior on the part of the foster parent intended

to lead to, or culminating in, any sexual act. • Any allegation of alienation of affection against a foster parent. • Any loss or damage arising out of occurrence prior to October 1, 1986, for licensed foster homes or

small family homes or prior to January 1, 2019, for approved resource family homes. • Punitive or exemplary damages. • Any liability of a foster parent which is uninsured due solely to the foster parent’s failure to obtain

insurance specified in Section 676.7 of the Insurance Code (homeowners or tenant’s polices). Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to expand the liability of the Fund with respect to insured foster parents. Incidents covered by a homeowners or tenants policy are excluded from coverage under the Fund, whether or not the foster home has such insurance.

• Any damage to property owned by the foster parent or any other person or party. WHO MAY FILE A CLAIM: The foster child, the natural parents, the child’s guardian or the guardian ad litem. All other persons or entities are excluded. FOR MORE INFORMATION & CLAIM FORMS: Contact State Office of Risk and Insurance Management, Claims Unit, (916) 376-5300, FAX (916) 376-5277, or write to: 707 Third Street, First Floor, West Sacramento, CA 95605.

California Alliance of CaregiversLegislative Update

August 20, 2019

California Alliance of Caregivers Legislative Update August 20, 2019

CA - AB175 Foster care: rights.

Notes: Bill SummaryThis bill would revise the Foster Care Bill of Rights and would include additional rights, including, among others, the right to be referred to by the youth’s preferred name and gender pronoun, the right to maintain the privacy of the youth’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning status and gender identity, except as provided, and the right to have reasonable access to computer technology and the internet.

Last Action: In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. (August 12, 2019)Summary: Senate Appropriations

CA - AB337 Foster care payments: reasonable travel reimbursement for school.

Notes: Bill SummaryThis bill would require a county to provide a foster care provider with a notice of action regarding whether a child or nonminor dependent is eligible for the reasonable travel reimbursement. This bill would additionally require a county to provide emergency caregivers with a payment to cover the cost of reasonable travel for the child to remain in the school in which the child or nonminor dependent is enrolled at the time of placement.

Last Action: In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. (August 12, 2019)Summary: Senate Appropriations

CA - AB395 Child abuse or neglect: foster children.

Notes: Bill SummaryThis bill would, when a receiving entity receives a reported allegation of child abuse or neglect that involves a child in foster care in which the alleged abuse or neglect occurred in a community care facility, require the receiving entity to coordinate investigation efforts with the licensing agency, as specified, and notify the Office of the State Foster Care Ombudsperson within 24 hours of receiving the report. The bill would require an investigation conducted by the receiving entity or the licensing agency to be completed no later than 30 days after the initial report was received by the entity.

Last Action: In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. (May 16, 2019)Summary: Assembly Appropriations

California Alliance of Caregivers Legislative Update August 20, 2019

CA - AB531 Foster youth: housing.

Notes: Bill SummaryThis bill would authorize a resource family, foster family home, certified foster home, approved relative caregiver or nonrelative extended family member of a participant to be automatically converted to a host family without additional certification. The bill would require, if anonminor dependent receiving transitional housing services lives with a host family, payment for those services to be split between the transitional housing placement provider, the host family, and the nonminor dependent, unless a different apportionment is agreed to by all parties.

Last Action: In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. (August 12, 2019)Summary: Senate Appropriations

CA - AB734 Resource families: supportive services pilot program.

Notes: Bill SummaryThis bill would require the State Department of Social Services to establish and facilitate apilot program, in up to 5 counties that voluntarily apply and are selected by the department, to increase placement stability for foster youth and facilitate greater resource family retentionthrough the provision of community-based and family support services, including strengths-based, skills-based, trauma-informed coaching.

Last Action: In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. (August 12, 2019)Summary: Senate Appropriations

CA - AB748 Nonminor dependents.

Notes: Bill SummaryThis bill would authorize a nonminor who was under the dependency, delinquency, or transition jurisdiction of the court, who has not yet attained 21 years of age, and who exited foster care at or after the age of majority, to petition the court to resume dependency jurisdiction.

Last Action: In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. (August 12, 2019)Summary: Senate Appropriations

California Alliance of Caregivers Legislative Update August 20, 2019

CA - AB865 Resource families: training.

Notes: Bill SummaryThis bill would instead require counties to include a minimum of 2 hours of in-person training on understanding how to use best practices to provide care and supervision to children who have been trafficked as part of the mandatory preapproval caregiver training described above. The bill would require the training to be survivor informed, culturally relevant and appropriate, and to address issues relating to stigma. The bill would also require the training to include specified topics, including, among others, recognizing indicators of human trafficking and providing trauma-informed care.

Last Action: In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. (August 12, 2019)Summary: Senate Appropriations

CA - AB995 Transitional Housing Program-Plus.

Notes: Bill SummaryThis bill would expand the Transitional Housing Program-Plus by making transitional housing available to any former foster youth who exited from the foster care system on or after their 16th birthday and who meets the other requirements of the program.

Last Action: Referred to Com. on HUMAN S. (June 12, 2019)Summary: Assembly Floor Analysis

CA - AB1005 Foster children and youth: family urgent response system.

Notes: Bill SummaryThe bill would require the department to establish a statewide hotline as the entry point for a Family Urgent Response System, to respond to calls from caregivers or current or former foster children or youth when a crisis arises, as specified. The bill would require the hotline to include, among other things, referrals to the county, for further support and in-person response.

Last Action: In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. (March 26, 2019)

CA - AB1061 Foster care.

California Alliance of Caregivers Legislative Update August 20, 2019

Notes: Bill SummaryThis bill would require a probation officer to, among other things, develop and implement placement preservation strategies under these provisions for probation-supervised youth.

Last Action: In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. (August 15, 2019)Summary: Assembly Floor Analysis

CA - AB1068 Juveniles: dependency: child and family teams.

Notes: Bill Summaryrequiring that (1) key participants receive advance notice of CFT meetings; (2) the educational rights holder and educational liaisons are invited to participate in meetings where a placement change is being considered or immediately following a placement change; (3) the court is provided a summary of the CFT recommendations to aid in making orders about placement and services; (4) a neutral facilitator convene the CFT meetings unless all team members agree otherwise, and (5) confidentiality protections within a CFT setting are clearly stated in the law.

Last Action: In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. (August 12, 2019)Summary: Senate Appropriations

CA - AB1556 Foster care: automobile insurance.Last Action: Read first time. (February 25, 2019)

CA - SB219 Foster youth: enrichment activities.

Notes: Bill SummaryThis bill would establish the California Foster Youth Enrichment Grant Pilot Program. The bill would require the Department of Social Services to provide grants of $500 or less to qualified foster youth to enable them to participate in activities that enhance the foster youth’s skills, abilities, self-esteem, or overall well-being.

Last Action: August 14 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file. (August 14, 2019)Summary: Assembly Appropriations

County Fiscal Letter No. 19/20-06 Attachment

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GF*Alameda $737,018 $153,692 $61,129 $214,821 $951,839Alpine $0 $0 $0 $0 $0Amador $0 $0 $0 $0 $0Butte $289,897 $64,255 $34,820 $99,075 $388,972Calaveras $0 $0 $0 $0 $0Colusa $27,430 $36,247 $3,758 $40,005 $67,435Contra Costa $620,144 $81,099 $53,502 $134,601 $754,745Del Norte $0 $0 $0 $0 $0El Dorado $160,388 $48,906 $17,797 $66,703 $227,091Fresno $982,148 $143,793 $123,032 $266,825 $1,248,973Glenn $34,404 $37,144 $4,753 $41,897 $76,301Humboldt $251,174 $61,164 $31,393 $92,557 $343,731Imperial $223,888 $57,876 $27,745 $85,621 $309,509Inyo $0 $0 $0 $0 $0Kern $704,903 $113,991 $89,980 $203,971 $908,874Kings $154,465 $50,001 $19,012 $69,013 $223,478Lake $85,037 $42,725 $10,943 $53,668 $138,705Lassen $0 $0 $0 $0 $0Los Angeles $12,576,138 $1,473,280 $1,342,399 $2,815,679 $15,391,817Madera $150,886 $50,001 $19,012 $69,013 $219,899Marin $39,614 $35,596 $2,764 $38,360 $77,974Mariposa $0 $0 $0 $0 $0Mendocino $104,334 $44,021 $12,381 $56,402 $160,736Merced $217,737 $58,373 $28,299 $86,672 $304,409Modoc $0 $0 $0 $0 $0Mono $10,106 $35,596 $1,012 $36,608 $46,714Monterey $206,900 $54,486 $23,987 $78,473 $285,373Napa $72,163 $39,636 $7,517 $47,153 $119,316Nevada $38,523 $36,645 $4,201 $40,846 $79,369Orange $1,450,701 $157,847 $138,618 $296,465 $1,747,166Placer $88,843 $41,630 $9,728 $51,358 $140,201Plumas $0 $0 $0 $0 $0Riverside $1,516,537 $196,519 $181,507 $378,026 $1,894,563Sacramento $1,011,664 $137,812 $116,399 $254,211 $1,265,875San Benito $20,500 $35,596 $2,211 $37,807 $58,307San Bernardino $3,640,403 $425,067 $434,975 $860,042 $4,500,445San Diego $1,401,122 $161,535 $142,707 $304,242 $1,705,364San Francisco $557,776 $95,917 $33,493 $129,410 $687,186San Joaquin $647,397 $104,621 $79,589 $184,210 $831,607San Luis Obispo $202,427 $52,692 $21,997 $74,689 $277,116San Mateo $108,143 $40,832 $8,843 $49,675 $157,818Santa Barbara $204,311 $50,999 $20,118 $71,117 $275,428Santa Clara $731,769 $87,180 $60,243 $147,423 $879,192Santa Cruz $118,706 $43,423 $11,717 $55,140 $173,846Shasta $226,789 $58,972 $28,962 $87,934 $314,723Sierra $0 $0 $0 $0 $0Siskiyou $0 $0 $0 $0 $0Solano $192,772 $52,793 $22,109 $74,902 $267,674Sonoma $258,959 $89,837 $26,750 $116,587 $375,546Stanislaus $344,514 $72,328 $43,774 $116,102 $460,616Sutter $0 $0 $0 $0 $0Tehama $71,631 $41,828 $9,948 $51,776 $123,407Trinity $0 $0 $0 $0 $0Tulare $585,594 $101,931 $76,604 $178,535 $764,129Tuolumne $51,581 $38,539 $6,301 $44,840 $96,421Ventura $445,634 $73,824 $45,434 $119,258 $564,892Yolo $324,428 $62,761 $33,161 $95,922 $420,350Yuba $97,835 $44,323 $12,710 $57,033 $154,868

TOTAL $31,987,333 $4,987,333 $3,487,334 $8,474,667 $40,462,000

*Column is displayed for informational purposes only. Assistance and administration GF allocations represent separate allocations, with the Assistance allocation claimed through the CA 800 and the Administrative allocation claimed through the County Expense Claim.

FISCAL YEAR 2019-20 EMERGENCY CHILD CARE BRIDGE PROGRAM FOR FOSTER CHILDREN

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