California Department of Social Services - State
Hearings Division
Notes from the Training Bureau - March 28, 2002
| Item 02-03-01E ACL 02-02 January 16, 2002 (Synopsis): Changes in Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) Regulations |
Subject: Changes in Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) Regulations
Changes were made to AAP regulations effective December 1, 2000. Final amended regulations became effective on September 6, 2001. This ACL highlights those changes. They include:
Title 22 CCR §35333
- A child who receives AAP benefits based on a California Regional Center (CRC) rate will continue to receive AAP benefits based on the child’s most recent level of need assessed by the CRC if the child leaves California.
- The agency must specify the reason for denial in the notice of action when the agency and adoptive parents are unable to agree on AAP benefits.
Title 22 CCR § 35334
If an out-of-home placement is paid by another agency, the available AAP benefit is "either the age-related State-approved basic foster family home care rate or the adoptive parent’s actual share of cost, whichever is greater, but not to exceed the foster family home rate the child would have received."