Finding your Way: The Map
Now that you have gotten started, you need to know the “Rules of the Road.” With any new initiative or legislative change, familiarizing yourself with the basic tenets of the reform will help you find your way.
What is discretionary? This toolkit ensures that you can address your operational needs, risk management, continuous improvement, and compliance. First, you’ll need to familiarize yourself with “CCR: A Report to the Legislature” and AB 403. Then, explore the web pages that the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has filled with background and history of CCR.
- CCR: A Report to the Legislature
- Assembly Bill 403 (Chapter773, Statutes of 2015)
- http://www.cdss.ca.gov/ccr
This site contains the following informative fact sheets:
- Accountability Oversight Fact Sheet
- Accreditation Fact Sheet
- Assessment Fact Sheet
- Continuum of Care Reform Fact Sheet
- Child Family Team Fact Sheet
- Core Practice Model Fact Sheet
- Implementation Fact Sheet
- Increasing Care Capacity Fact Sheet
- Mental Health and CCR
- Mental Health Fact Sheet
- Probation Fact Sheet
- Resource Family Approval Fact Sheet
- Short-term Residential Treatment Center Fact Sheet
CCR Implementation Roll-Out for County Child Welfare Services
County Child Welfare CWDA Timeline
All County Letters
ACL 16-88:California's Pregnancy Prevention Plan for Youth and Non-Minor Dependents in Foster Care
ACL 16-87: Release of Revised California Manual of Policies and Procedures, Division 31 Regulations
ACL 16-85: Statewide Policies and Procedures to Prevent Child Sex Trafficking
ACL 16-84: Requirements and Guidelines for creating and providing a child and family team
ACL 16-82: Reproductive Health Care and Related Rights for Youth and Non-Minor Dependents in Foster Care
ACL 16-81: National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD) Survey: Third Cohort
ACL 16-79: New HBFC and STRTP rate structures and description of the first phase of implementation
ACL 16-75: Foster Youth Data Shared with California Department of Education
ACL 16-52:Foster Parent Recruitment, Retention and Support (FPRRS) funding Opportunity
ACL 16-10: Resource Family Approval Program
ACL 16-05: Nationally Recognized Accreditation agencies identified by the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) to be used for Accreditation by Foster Family Agencies and Short-Term Residential Treatment Centers (STRTCs)
All County Information Notices
ACIN I- 84-16: Child Welfare Services Continuous Quality Improvement Guidelines
ACIN I-77-16: Foster youth Data Shared Between Local Education Agencies and Child Welfare Agencies
ACIN I-73-16: Documentation in the CWS/CMS for Parenting Minor and Non-Minor Dependents
MHSUDS
ACIN 16-061: Clarification on MHP or Medi-cal is expected to provide to Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) SMHS to children and youth who meet SMHS medical necessity criteria.
ACIN I-52-16:Therapeutic Foster Care Services and CCR
ACIN I-50-16:Continuum of Care Reform
MHSUDSACIN I-16-031E(Errata): Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) Service Model and Continuum of Care Reform (CCR)
ACIN I-06-16:Pathways to Mental Health Services Implementation and Continuum of Care Reform Implementation Updates
County Fiscal Letters
CFL 16-17_41: Home Based Care Phase I Claiming Instructions
CFL 16-17_22:Child and family team claiming instructions