Relatives/kinship care

Advocating for the Most Connected Placement: A Guide to Reducing the Use of Group Care

This Guide is intended to be a practical tool that can be used by attorneys...

Categories: Child Welfare, Congregate care, Disposition/placement, Foster care, Group Homes/Non-Secure Placement, Juvenile Justice, Legal Representation, Permanency planning, Placement/Confinement, Practice standards/guides, Relatives/kinship care

Strategies for Addressing Barriers to Kinship Care Placements: A California Practice Fact Sheet

This comprehensive fact sheet outlines legal strategies and resources to overcome common barriers facing relative...

Categories: Foster care, Kinship/guardianship, Relatives/kinship care

Moving Away from Unlicensed Care and Emergency Placements in Sacramento County: Daniels v. County of Sacramento Progress...

This report reflects on the first year since the closure of the Warren E. Thornton...

Categories: Child Welfare, Congregate care, Foster care, Group Homes/Non-Secure Placement, Health, Legal/policy issues, Mental Health, Placement/Confinement, Relatives/kinship care, Standards/enforcement

Overview: Taking Leave from Work for Foster Parents in California (English)

Most foster parents in California, including relatives, have the right to take leave from work...

Categories: Babies/young children, Child Welfare, Foster care, Foster parents, Public Benefits/Funding, Relatives/kinship care

GrandFamilies: What to Know About Caring for Your Grandchild

This resource reviews frequently asked questions about the process by which grandparents can become foster/resource families to...

Categories: Child Welfare, Foster care, Relatives/kinship care

Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program Fact Sheet

Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program Fact Sheet

Categories: Child Welfare, Foster care, Kinship/guardianship, Relatives/kinship care

Relative Caregiver Fact Sheet

Relative Caregiver Fact Sheet

Categories: Relatives/kinship care

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

QPI Process Chart

This chart describes what will be covered at each QPI meeting, who is to attend...

Categories: Foster care, Foster parents, Relatives/kinship care

All County Letter re Caregiver Recruitment and Retention Pilot

The purpose of this All County Information Notice (ACIN) is to provide information regarding the...

Categories: Foster care, Foster parents, Relatives/kinship care

Fostering Families Today Article on QPI

This article, written by Carole Shauffer, describes what QPI is.

Categories: Foster care, Foster parents, Relatives/kinship care

Wheeler v. Sanders Joint Stipulation for Dismissal

Filed in December 2003, Wheeler v. Sanders alleged that Los Angeles County violated state and...

Categories: Foster care, Relatives/kinship care

Wheeler v. Sanders Petition for Writ and Complaint

Filed in December 2003, Wheeler v. Sanders alleged that Los Angeles County violated state and...

Categories: Foster care, Relatives/kinship care

Higgins v. Saenz Stipulated Settlement Agreement and Order

Higgins v. Saenz, a lawsuit the Youth Law Center filed on October 24, 2002, against...

Categories: Relatives/kinship care

Higgins v. Saenz Petition

Higgins v. Saenz, a lawsuit the Youth Law Center filed on October 24, 2002, against...

Categories: Relatives/kinship care

Rights of Children and Youth in Foster Care to Have Contact with Relatives and Friends

This three-page fact sheet explains the rights of children and youth in foster care to...

Categories: Child Welfare, Foster care, Relatives/kinship care

Grandparent Visitation Rights in Foster Care – YLC Fact Sheet

This two-page fact sheet explains the visitation rights of grandparents who have grandchildren in the...

Categories: Relatives/kinship care

AB 938 Fact Sheet

AB 938 provides for early identification and notification of relatives of children who have removed...

Categories: Relatives/kinship care

The Quality Parenting Initiative – Fostering in the 21st Century

The May/June 2012 issue of Fostering Families Today features an article on Youth Law Center's...

Categories: Foster care, Foster parents, Relatives/kinship care

All County Letter 09-86 Re: Relative Notification Procedures

The California Department of Social Services has issued an All County Letter (ACL) 09-86 concerning...

Categories: Relatives/kinship care