For the purpose of developing a more efficient, effective, and equitable Aid to Families With Dependent Children-Foster Care program, the department shall develop:
(a) A management information database providing expenditure and caseload characteristics information, such as method of entry into AFDC-FC, average cost of placement, type of facility used for placement, and average length of stay in placement. (b) A quality control system for AFDC-FC, and recommendations to the Legislature regarding resources required for implementation of the system by October 1, 1980. (c) Recommendations to the Legislature regarding the following: (1) A system or systems for establishing payment levels for children eligible to the AFDC-FC program. (2) Plans and resources required for implementation of the selected system or systems by July 1, 1981. (d) Recommendations to the Legislature regarding defining that segment of the population to be served by the AFDC-FC program, and impact of such definition on the current AFDC-FC population.Ca. Welf. and Inst. Code § 11213
Amended by Stats 2004 ch 193 (SB 111),s 231, eff. 1/1/2005