Foster Care Rate Setting

• Foster Care Rates FAQs
• Foster Care Rate Applications – Including IMC Rate Application
• Rates Consultant County Assignment List
• STRTP Accreditation Status Tracker - FFPSA Accreditation

Foster Care Rates Lists

• Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP) [Revised 1/9/25]
  • Community Treatment Facilities (CTF)
  • Innovative Model of Care (IMC)
  • Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP)
  • Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities (SATF)
• Foster Family Agency Provider Rate List (FFA) [Revised 1/9/25]
  • Foster Family Agency (FFA) [Age-Based]
  • FFA Level of Care (LOC)
  • FFA Regional Center (FFA-RC) Programs List
  • Intensive Services Foster Care (ISFC)
  • Transitional Housing Placement – Non-Minor Dependent (THP-NMD)

General Information and Definitions

• Group Home
• Foster Family Agency
• STRTP and Historic Group Home Standard Rate Schedule

Regulations

 MPP Division 11, Chapter 11-400 Through 11-430

• Division 11, Chapter 11-400, Section 11-001 thru 11-401.5
• Operations Manual – Foster Care (Begins on Page 15)
• Division 11, Chapter 11-400, Section 11-402.431(d) thru 11-402.944
• Operations Manual – Foster Care
• Division 11, Chapter 11-500, Section 11-501 thru 11-908
• Operations Manual – Foster Care

Foster Care Rates-Related Information Letters

All County Letters (ACL)

• ACL 24-94 (December 23, 2024) Operationalization of the new Foster Care Tiered Rate Structure (TRS)
• ACL 24-78 (October 18, 2024) Sharing Ratios for Foster Care Rates for Fiscal Year 2024-25
• ACL 24-46 (June 27, 2024) AFDC-Foster Care California Necessities Index Rate Increases for Fiscal Year 2024-25
• ACL 24-05 (January 9, 2024)(Child Specific Complex Care Funding Update
• ACL 24-04 (April 9, 2024) Dual Agency Rate Eligibility for Dual Agency Children and NonMinor Dependents in Foster Family Agency Resource Homes
• ACL 23-87 (October 8, 2023) Sharing Ratios for Foster Care Rates for Fiscal Year 2023-24
• ACL 23-65 (July 27, 2023) AFDC-Foster Care California Necessities Index Increases for Fiscal Year 2023-24
• ACL 22-21: (March 8, 2022) Guidelines for Counties to Request A Program-Specific or Child-Specific Rate for an Innovative Model of Care to Support Children and Non-Minor Dependents With Complex Needs Unable To Be Met In Existing AFDC-FC Programs or Using Alternative Funding Sources
• ACL 21-103 (September 13, 2021) Guidelines for Placing Children with a Parent who is in a Licensed Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Facility, Using a Voluntary Placement Agreement
• ACL 18-25: Implementation Of The Intensive Services Foster Care (ISFC) Program

All County Information Letters (ACIN)

• ACIN I-73-23 Level of Care Rate Determination Protocol Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (December 14, 2023)
• ACIN I-86-22 Guidance To Counties And Providers On Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program Placement And Institution For Mental Disease Transitions (December 30, 2022)
• ACIN I-36-19: Fifth Group Home Rate Extensions; Requirements For Counties To Continue Group Home Placements And The Implications For Placement Funding
• ACIN I-79-18: Phase Four Group Home Extension Request To Continue Placements And Current Rate Classification Level (RCL) Rate, And The Implications For Placement Funding (dated November 15, 2018)
• ACIN I-37-18: Continuum of Care Reform (CCR) Group Home Extension request to continue placements and current Rate Classification Level (RCL) Rate
• ACIN I-75-17: Assembly Bill (AB) 403 Group Home Extension Request to continue placements and current Rate Classification Level (RCL) Rate
• ACIN I-50-16: Continuum Of Care Reform (CCR) (Assembly Bill (AB) 403 General Information) (July 8, 2016)
• ACIN I-42-16:Assessments To Determine The Appropriateness Of The Group Home Placement For Children And Youth In Group Home Care Over One Year In Duration And Plans For Transitioning Into A Home-Based Family Care Setting (dated June 30, 2016)
• ACIN 1-02-15:Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Review (dated January 15, 2015)
• ACIN I-61-07: Online Change Reports for Group Home Rate Information (dated October 26, 2007)
• ACIN I-43-98: Rate Termination of Group Home Programs With Self-Dealing Transactions, Including Affiliated Leases (dated August 5, 1998)

Foster Care Audits and Rates Letters (FCARL)

• FCARL NO 2019-01 Provider Time Study Proposal  (November 27, 2019)

County Fiscal Letters (CFL)

• CFL 22/23-57 Extension of Funding for the Accreditation (A) Flag for Foster Care Placements Failing to Meet the Requirements of Part IV of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA)