Other Information

All County Letters, All County Information Notices & Legislation

The following All County Letters (ACLs) and All County Information Notices (ACINs) provide information about the Foster Care Ombudsman Office and about various programs and services relating to children and youth in foster care.

All County Letters
ACLs provide specific direction to California counties regarding court orders, changes in law, etc.

2000
ACL 00-21	Foster Care Monthly Visits
ACL 00-58	California State Ombudsman for Foster Care
ACL 00-84	Applying Non-specific John H. Chaffee Foster Care Independence Program Amendments to the Independent Living Program; Allowable Expenditures for Emancipated Youth Stipends
2001
ACL 01-30	Minors in Foster Care: Application for a Driver’s License
2002
ACL 02-04	Transitional Housing Placement Program (THPP)
ACL 02-09	Adoptive Placements and Foster Family Home Licensing Requirements
ACL 02-25	Supportive Transitional Emancipation Program (STEP)
ACL 02-29	Foster/Probation Youth Savings Exemption
ACL -02-53	Supportive Transitional Emancipation program: Transitional Independent Living Plan
ACL 02-54	Rights of Children in Out-of-Home Placement (AB 899)
ACL 02-85	Assessment of Relatives and Non-Relative Extended Family Members for Approval as Foster Care Providers; Appeal of Disapproval
2003
ACL 03-60	Regional Center Consumers
2004
ACL 04-28	(& ACL 04-28E) Clarification of Foster Family Agency Placements with Relatives and Non-related Extended Family Members*
ACL 04-49	Legislative Changes to Foster Care Programs
2005
ACL 05-23	(& ACL 05-23E) Foster Parent Child Care Program
ACL 05-32	Foster Youth Proof of Dependency/Wardship Document
ACL 05-39	Extracurricular, Enrichment, and Social Activities for Foster Children
2006
ACL 06-02	Use of Occasional Short-term Babysitters by Foster Caregivers/Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard
ACL 06-04	Minor Dependent Parents in Foster Care
2007
ACL 07-13	(& ACL 07-13E) KinGAP Program enhancements
ACL 07-33	(& ACL 07-33E) Foster Youth Proof of Wardship Documentation
ACL 07-39	Temporary Placement of Foster Children with Relative or Non-relative Extended Family Member (NREFM) in Emergency Situation
	*An ACL number followed by “E” indicates an errata correction.

All-County Information Notices
ACINs disseminate less critical information to counties and other agencies.

1998
ACIN I-40-98	Independent Living Program
2000
ACIN I-04-00	Permanency Planning Mediation
ACIN I-117-00	Information Regarding Extended Medi-Cal Eligibility for Former Foster Care Children 18 through 20 Years of Age
2001
ACIN I-02-01	Self-Esteem with Respect to Foster Children
ACIN I-74-01	Transmittal of Lambda Report on Foster Youth (LGBT Youth)
ACIN I-78-01	Court Orders Permitting Minors in Foster Care to Travel Outside County limits
ACIN I-79-01	Permission for Foster Youth to Participate in School-sponsored Activities
ACIN I-93-01	Foster Care (AB 427/STEP/THPP/THPP-Plus)
2002
ACIN I-61-02	Independent Living Program
2005
ACIN I-01-05	Library Cards for Foster Youth
ACIN-05-05	Family Connections
2006
ACIN I-90-06	2006 Chaptered Legislation Affecting Child Abuse Reporting, Indian Children, Foster Youth, Foster Caregivers and Adoptions
2007
ACIN I-08-07	Publication 129: Child Abuse and You
ACIN I-65-07	Kinship/Foster Care Emergency Fund

Legislation
For a listing of legislation relating to children and youth in foster care in California from 1982 through 2005, click on Youth Transition Action Teams Initiative/New Ways to Work.