OTHER REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS:
Family and Juvenile Law - Foster Care

Caregivers and the Courts: Improving Court Decisions Affecting Children in Foster Care (January 2002, PDF, 578 KB)
Presents the findings from a collaborative project of the CFCC, AOC, and the National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) to better understand how training caregivers within the child welfare system impacts caregiver participation in juvenile court hearings and outcomes for children in care.

Caregivers and the Courts: A Primer on Juvenile Dependency Proceedings for California Foster Parents and Relative Caregivers (English) (October 2000, PDF, 759 KB)
Brief manual provides general information about the juvenile court process and how to best participate in it.

• Proveedores de Cuidado y las Cortes: Un Manual de los Procedimientos de las Dependencia Juvenil Para los Padres de Crianza y Guardianes de California (Espanol) (October 2000, PDF, 552 KB)
  Este breve manual provee información general acerca del proceso de la corte y también, en la última sección, algunas sugerencias específicas de cómo puede usted participar en el proceso.

Delinquency Foster Care (AB 575 and 1696) Requirements for Probation Departments (January 2002, PDF, 23 KB)
Reference chart of requirements, key definitions, and applicable legal citations.

Out-of-State Group Home Placement for Dependents and Wards (undated, PDF, 14 KB)
Placement and other requirements, with contact information and legal citations.

Title IV-E Court Findings Chart: Legal Citations (January 2002, PDF, 19 KB)
Recommended Title IV-E findings to ensure federal foster care reimbursement, with parallel chart of federal and state code citations.

Written Report Requirement for Delinquency Foster Care Cases (AB 575 and 1696) (January 2002, PDF, 16 KB)
Reference chart of requirements, key definitions, and applicable legal citations.