Congregate care
Community Care Licensing (CCL) Complaints: An Overview for Advocates
The Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD) of the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) is...
Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Child Welfare, Congregate care, Foster care, Group Homes/Non-Secure Placement, Inspection/assessment material, Juvenile Justice, Placement/Confinement, Standards/enforcement
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Template Community Care Licensing Complaint
The Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD) of the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) is...
Categories: AB 12, AB 12 Probation, Child Welfare, Congregate care, Foster care, Group Homes/Non-Secure Placement, Inspection/assessment material, Juvenile Justice, Placement/Confinement, Standards/enforcement
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ALERT: Examples of How AB 153 Funding and Medicaid Can be Used to Support Family Based Settings
This publication provides an update on funding that the state has made available to county...
Categories: Child Welfare, Congregate care, Foster care, Health, Mental Health
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Emergency Planning Toolkit for Youth in Congregate Care
Youth Law Center has developed an emergency planning resource to support attorneys and advocates working...
Categories: Congregate care
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AB 2813 Fact Sheet – Equitable Standards for Foster Youth
This fact sheet describing AB 2813, a bill that would protect children and youth in...
Categories: Congregate care, Foster care, Legal/policy issues
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AB 2813 – Letter to Gov. Brown – request for signature
Letter to Governor Brown requesting signature on AB 2813, a bill to protect children and...
Categories: Congregate care, Foster care, Legal/policy issues
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AB 2005 Fact Sheet
Fact Sheet on AB 2005; a bill that will put restrictions on out of state...
Categories: Congregate care, Legal/policy issues
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AB 2005 – Request for Signature
Letter to Governor Brown Requesting Signature on AB 2005, a bill which will ensure that...
Categories: Congregate care, Legal/policy issues
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State Policies on Non-Family Foster Care Settings
This paper surveys state policies that restrict congregate care for children and youth in the...
Categories: Congregate care
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Request for Signature – AB 403
Letter to Governor Brown requesting signature on AB 403 (congregate care reform bill).
Categories: Congregate care
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Investigations of CA Group Homes Marked By Delays and Uncertainty
ProPublica article about California Department of Social Services' failure to timely and conclusively investigate hundreds...
Categories: Congregate care, Inspection/assessment material, Standards/enforcement
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I want to be there when he graduates: Foster parents show higher levels of commitment than group care providers
YLC co-authored this study which showed greater commitment of foster parents to children than group...
Categories: Congregate care, Foster care
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AB 388: What Group Home Staff Need to Know
Fact Sheet on AB 388: What Group Home Staff Need to Know. AB...
Categories: Congregate care, Detention, Inspection/assessment material, Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement
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AB 388: What Youth Advocates Need to Know
Fact Sheet on AB 388: What Youth Advocates Need to Know. AB 388,...
Categories: Congregate care, Detention, Inspection/assessment material, Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement
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AB 388: New Protections for Youth In Group Homes
Fact Sheet on AB 388, a new law taking effect January 1, 2015, designed to...
Categories: Congregate care, Detention, Inspection/assessment material, Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement
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AB 388: What Social Workers Need to Know
Fact sheet for social workers on AB 388: a new law taking effect January 1,...
Categories: Congregate care, Detention, Inspection/assessment material, Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement
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Legal Rights of Teens in Out of Home Care (2014)
This booklet, based on California law, covers some of the concerns of a youth in...
Categories: "Know your rights", AB 12, AB 12, Access to care/EPSDT, Alternatives to incarceration/JDAI, Congregate care, Foster care, Independent Living/Transition, Inmate Exclusion, Kinship/guardianship, Legal Rights/Placement, Mental Health Services Act, Permanency planning, Placement delay, Relatives/kinship care, Specific Services, SSI/Social Security, Title IV-E funding, Transitional Medicaid
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Letter from YLC sponsoring AB 388
Letter to Assembly Member Wesley Chesbro co-sponsoring SB 388
Categories: Congregate care, Dual jurisdiction, Foster care
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AB 388 Chaptered Text
Text of AB 388, bill requiring oversight on the use of law enforcement in group...
Categories: Congregate care, Dual jurisdiction, Foster care
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Consensus statement on group care for children and adolescents: A statement of policy of the American Orthopsychiatric A...
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Categories: Congregate care
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YLC Letter to Commissioner Susan Hamilton re Congregate Care for Young Children
Since 2009, the Youth Law Center has been working with Connecticut advocates to reduce group...
Categories: Babies/young children, Congregate care
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Booraem v. Orange County Settlement Agreement
Booraem v. Orange County, filed in August 1998, challenged the detention of abused and neglected...
Categories: Congregate care, Foster care, Legal/policy issues
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Booraem v. Orange County Complaint and Petition for Writ of Mandate
Booraem v. Orange County, filed in August 1998, challenged the detention of abused and neglected...
Categories: Congregate care, Foster care, Legal/policy issues
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Recommendations on Children in Foster Care – California Working Families Policy Summit
The Youth Law Center was co-sponsor of the 2009 California Working Families Policy Summit, held...
Categories: Access to care/EPSDT, Congregate care, Foster care
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Institutions vs. Foster Homes: The Empirical Base for a Century of Action
This is an important report on recent research comparing the advantages and disadvantages of institutional...
Categories: Congregate care
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