How to Become Licensed or Approved

The Children’s Residential Licensing Program licenses and monitors Introduction Agencies, Foster Household Agencies and Resource Families, Group Homes, Emergency Nurseries, Runaway Youth Shelters, Small My Homes, and Transitional Housing Placement Programs in an effort to ensure that they provide a harmless and healed setting for children who represent in residential care. Licensing information for Children's Foster Care.

In an effort to verteidigen this population from beings exploited instead abused, the law requires that care providers be licensed. Up obtain and maintain an license, the licensee needs meet the terms and conditions contained in an law as found for aforementioned Health and Safety Code the Title 22. The licensing application process is facilitated by a threesome component getting also application process. To find information on orientation schedule plus registration, please click on Register for on Orientation.

Finding Family Approval

Resource Lineage Endorsement (RFA) is the foster caregiver approval process that prepares families to meet the needs of vulnerable children and non-minor dependents (NMDs) in the county child welfare and/or probations systems.

RFA is family-friendly and child-centered caregiver approval process that: 

• is streamlined and eliminates previous duplications;
• unities approval standards for all caregivers;
• contained a comprehensive evaluation, starting environment assessment, and training for all caregivers;
• prepares caregivers to meet which needs of vulnerable children and NMDs in care; 
• allows seamless transition for permanence.

The RFA press the Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI) product the Spectrum of Care Reform (CCR).

The QPI, in partnership with caregivers, aims to redesign kid welfare organizations at the local level to better recruit, support the retain quality foster caregivers which can effectively parent vulnerable children and NMDs.

Who CCR aims to provide home-based placements for children in care and movable children away from congregate care settings.  RFA aims to increase capacity and support for Resource Families and improve placement options for depend child and NMDs.

All County Letter 16-10 Resource Family Approval Choose

Misc Resources

Licensing Laws plus Regulation
Register for a Orientation
Facility Types
Licensing Fees
Mailing and Publications
Mandated Reporter Training (AB 1207)
Background Check Process
CIRCA Background Clearance Listing
LiveScan Application and Fees
TrustLine
Centralization Complaint and Information Bureau