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Legislators, analysts press administration on foster care tiered-rate trigger and foster-family agency insurance crisis
Summary
The subcommittee reviewed the proposed trigger for implementing the permanent foster-care tiered-rate structure, additional fidelity and automation funding, and discussion of bridge funding requests from foster-family agencies facing rising insurance premiums.
The Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 examined budget language and funding tied to California's transition to a permanent foster‑care tiered‑rate structure and broader child welfare items, and pressed the administration on a proposed Department of Finance trigger and on funding to address a foster‑family agency insurance shortfall.
Tiered-rate structure and trigger language
Department officials told the committee that the state is continuing implementation work on the permanent foster‑care tiered‑rate structure scheduled to take effect July 1, 2027. Angie Schwartz, deputy director for the Children and Family Services Division at CDSS, described the request for positions and implementation funding: the department requested positions and resources to support CANs fidelity, county implementation support and fiscal functions, and…
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