ALL COUNTY LETTERS
County Fiscal Letter 13/14-36
Released by CDSS December 24, 2024
Transitional Housing Placement Plus Foster Care (THP+FC) claiming instructions
All County Letter 13-62E
Released by CDSS November 25, 2025
Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care (AFDC-FC) California Necessities Index (CNI) increases and other rate increases
All County Letter 13-09
Released by CDSS February 12, 2025
Transitioning youth from Transitional Housing Placement Program (THPP) to the Transitional Housing Placement Plus Foster Care (THP+FC) Program
All County Letter 12-44
Released by CDSS September 11, 2025
Transitional Housing Placement-Plus Foster Care and Changes to Transitional Housing Placement Program and Transitional Housing Program-Plus
LICENSING REGULATIONS
Manual of Policies and Procedures, Community Care Licensing Division
- General Licensing Requirements: applies to all licensed residential facilities, but trumped by Transitional Housing Placement Program regulations and AB12 Interim Standards where noted for THP+FC
[Title 22, Division 6, Chapter 1]
- Transitional Housing Placement Program: applies to THPP (minors) and THP+FC (nonminors), but AB12 Interim Standards trump these regulations where noted for THP+FC
[Title 22, Division 6, Chapter 7]
- AB12 Interim Standards, Transitional Housing Placement Programs: amendments to the Transitional Housing Placement Program regulations applicable to nonminors in THP+FC
[Title 22, Division 6, Chapter 7, Sub-chapter 1]
STATUTES
Definition, eligibility, and payment:
- See W&IC sections 11403, 11403.2, & 11403.3 [Welfare and Institutions Code, Division 9, Part 3, Chapter 2, Article 5, Sections 11400-11410 Aid to Families with Dependent Children – Foster Care]
Licensing and certification:
- See W&IC sections 16522-16522.1 [Welfare and Institutions Code, Division 9, Part 4, Chapter 5, Article 4, Sections 16522-16522.6 Transitional Housing Placement Program]
- See H&SC sections 1559.110-1559.115 [Health & Safety Code, Division 2, Chapter 3, Article 5.7, Sections 1559.110-1559.115 Out-of-Home Placement Pilot Program]
For more information about extended foster care made available by Assembly Bill 12, The California Fostering Connections to Success Act, visit www.cafosteringconnections.org or www.fosteringconnections.org/california
