What is RFA approval?
RFA is a new family-friendly and child-centered caregiver approval process that combines elements of the current foster parent licensing, relative approval processes, and approvals for adoption and guardianship and replaces those processes.
How long does RFA approval take?
The RFA assessment is supposed to be completed within ninety (90) days. However, the majority of county agencies are currently taking much longer to assess RFA applicants. In some counties, such as Los Angeles, RFA applicants are reporting having to wait approximately nine months for a decision from the county.
What is an RFA social worker?
RFA program social workers conduct weekly home visits to ensure child safety and adequate care, as well as monitor the physical and psychological well-being of children in Allies resource family homes.
What is the difference between a resource parent and a foster parent?
In short, a Resource Parent is someone who is trained and certified to be both a foster parent and an adoptive parent. Instead of having someone be just one or the other, Resource Parents can fulfill both roles should the need or desire arise.
What is a resource home?
Resource home means an individual or family dually approved by a local department to be available as both foster care and adoptive caregivers.
What does RFA stand for?
request for application
A request for application (RFA) is a type of solicitation notice in which an organization announces that grant funding is available. A grant is a financial award awarded by the federal, state, or local government for the benefit of a project or research.
What are written directives?
A written directive is an authorized user’s written order for the administration of material or radiation to a patient. Specific requirements as to what is included in a written directive are outlined for each modality. All written directives must contain the patients name and be signed/dated before.
What is expected of you as a resource parent?
In short, a Resource Parent is someone who is trained and certified to be both a foster parent and an adoptive parent. CDSS has noted that these changes “work to build the capacity of the continuum of foster care placement options to better meet the needs of vulnerable children in home-based family care.
What is a legal risk adoption placement?
Legal-risk placements involve children in foster care for whom the agency has set the goal of adoption. This means that the agency intends to file a petition with Family Court to terminate parental rights. In most instances, children will continue to visit their birth parents during this time.
What do you need to know about the RFA program?
The RFA program has a single approval standard that replaces the previous multiple processes for licensing foster family homes, approving relatives and non-relative extended family members (“NREFMs”) as foster care providers, and approving families for legal guardianship or adoption.
How to apply for a resource family approval ( RFA )?
RFA Application Form – Confidential (RFA 01C). Note: use this form if there is a specific child identified prior to approval from whom you are seeking placement. Proof of identity (e.g. driver’s license, California State ID, etc.) Note: immigration status is not a reason for the county to deny placement of a child with a relative.
How long does it take for a RFA to be completed?
The RFA assessment is supposed to be completed within ninety (90) days. However, the majority of county agencies are currently taking much longer to assess RFA applicants. In some counties, such as Los Angeles, RFA applicants are reporting having to wait approximately nine months for a decision from the county.
How does the CDSS implement the RFA program?
The CDSS has issued Written Directives and forms to implement the RFA program. The Written Directives contain the written processes, standards, and requirements for the RFA program. The Written Directives have the same force and effect as regulations and ensure that counties use the same standards.
