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Procedural Name of Procedural Cross Reference to Other Foster Care or Page Guide Title of Sub Section Guide CWS Procedural Guide(s) Number Number

E020-0100 Eligibility Activity  General Responsibility Overview 1  Adoptions 2  Appeals and State Hearing 2  Appeals Hearing Specialist  Liaison Eligibility Worker  Approved/Redetermination 2 – 3  Child Support Reimbursement 3 – 4  Emergency Assistance Program 4 – 5  General Relief Ineligible to AFDC-FC 5  Initial Determination 5 – 6  Intercounty Transfer (ICT) 6  Kin-GAP (Kinship Guardianship Assistance 6 – 7 Payment) Program  Medi-Cal Programs 7  Medi-Cal Assistance Only (MAO) 7 – 8  Payment Resolution 8  Probation Foster Care 8  PRUCOL (Permanent Residence Under Color of 8 – 9 Law)  SSI Unit 9  Technical Assistant Eligibility Worker (TA/EW) 9 – 10  Voluntary Placement 10  Wrap Around Services 10

E020-0500 Foster Care Eligibility Related Foster Care Procedural Guides: General Requirements  E030-0510 - Initial Determination for Financial Participation  E030-0520 - Redetermination of AFDC-FC Eligibility

Related CWS Procedural Guides:  Age/Identity 2 - 7  0900-503.10 –Back to School Clothing  Child Support 7 – 8 Allowance  Citizenship/Alienage 8 - 10  0900-506-10 – Clothing Allowances  Deprivation 10 – 15  0900-511.11 Clothing Allowance Rates  Eligible/Licensed Payee 15 – 18  0900-513.10 – Funeral, Burial & Cremation

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Costs  1200-500.10 – Vital Records  Income/Property 18 – 21  Legal Authority for Placement 21 – 23  School Attendance/Training 23 – 24  Social Security Number 25 – 26  Special Needs of Clothing and Funeral 26 - 29 Expenses

E020-0510 Eligibility Determination for Financial Participation  Title IV-A Emergency Assistance Program 2  Title IV-D Child Support Enforcement Program 2 – 3  Title IV-E Federal Participation 3 – 4  State Participation (aka Non-Federal) 4  County Funds (GRI) 5 Procedures Starting 5 – 10  Federal Participation  State (Non-Federal) Participation  County (GRI) Participation  Redetermination

E030-0510 Initial Determination for Financial Participation Related CWS Procedural Guides:  Within 45 Days of an Initial Eligibility 1 – 9  0900-522.10 – Specialized Care Rate Determination to Foster Care Amount “SCI” D – Rate  Placement with NREFM or Relative – Pg 2 –  0900-522.11 – Specialized Care Rate 3 Amount “SCI” F – Rate  “D” or “F” Rate – Pg 3  SSI/SSA – Pg 3 – 4  Minute Order Language – Pg 5  Child Support Referral – Pg 6 - 7  Non-Related Legal Guardian Eligibility 9 – 11 Determination  School Verification – Pg 9  SOC 155B – Pg 10  Federal Assistance Received by the Child and 11 – 12 Parent within 45 Days of the Application Date for Public Assistance

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 Federal Assistance Not Received – Parent 12 – 14 Cooperation  Federal Assistance Not Received or No Parent 14 – 15 Cooperation. Determination Based on POEM)  Wraparound Federal/Non-Federal Eligibility 15 – 17 Determination is Requested

E030-0520 Redetermination of AFDC-FC Eligibility Related CWS Procedural Guides:  Annually Following the Initial Determination 2 – 16  0900-522.10 – Specialized Care Rate  Child Support – Pg 3 – 4 Amount “SCI” D – Rate  Escalation Process – Pg 4  0900-522.11 – Specialized Care Rate  Child is Undocumented – Pg 5 Amount “SCI” F – Rate  “D” and “F” Rate – Pg 7 – 8  Foster Care Rate – Pg 8 – 10  Home Assessment (NREFM and Relative) – Pg 10 – 11  Minute Order Language – Pg 11 – 13  SSI/SSA – Pg 13 - 14  Emergency Assistance – Pg 14  School Verification – Pg 15

E030-1600 Initial Determination for Financial Participation Legal Guardian  A Relative Becomes a Legal Guardian on an 2 – 4 Approved Relative Foster Care Case  A Relative is Granted Legal Guardianship – 4 – 7 Guardianship is Granted Through Probate Court  Non-Related Legal Guardian. Within 45 Days of 7 - 10 the Initial Application for Foster Care

E040-0510 Emergency Assistance Program  A Child is Not Detained 4 - 10  Assistance to Children in Emergency  A Child is Detained 10 – 15  Assistance to Children in Emergency (ACE) 15 – 30 Registration Process

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 Examples of ACE Screens  Match Found – Pg 20  Possible Matches Found – Pg 21  Add Record – Pg 24  Abate Record – Pg 26  Change Record – Pg 27  Delete Record – Pg 28  Inquiry Screen – Pg 29

E040-0530 General Relief Ineligible to AFDC-FC  Excess Income – Foster Care Trust Account 2 – 3  Child is 18 Years Old and not Expected to 3 Graduate by 19 Years Old  Undocumented Child Placed with a Relative 3 – 4  Unlicensed Home/Facility, or Non-Related 4 Extended Family Member Home that is not Approved  Voluntarily Placement With No Agreement 4 – 5  Required Language is Not On Minute Order 5 - 6

E050-0510 Non-County Welfare Department Eligibility Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment (Kin-GAP) Program  A request is Received to Establish Kin-GAP 3 - 7 Preliminary Eligibility Determination for Kin-GAP  Determining Initial Eligibility for the Kin-GAP 7 – 11 Program  Legal Guardian Indicates the Child Received 11 – 13 Income or Other Eligibility Changes  Redetermining Kin-GAP Eligibility 13 – 15  Los Angeles is Placing county and the Relative 15 Legal Guardian is Receiving CalWORKS from DPSS  Los Angeles is the Placing County and the 16 Relative Legal Guardian is Receiving CalWORKs in Another County Prior to Kin-GAP  Another County is the Placing County and the 16 – 17

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Relative Legal Guardian is receiving CalWORKS in Los Angeles  Re-Application for Kin-GAP 17  A Child Welfare Services Referral is Received 18 – 19 on a Kin-GAP Child

E050-0540 Foster Care Placement for Probation Youth  Within 24 Hours of Receipt of the PROB 667 2 – 4 Packet, Complete a Preliminary Eligibility Determination and Data Enter the Foster Care Payment(s) on CWS/CMS  Within 30 Days of Receipt of the PROB 667 4 – 8 Packet, Determine the eligibility for Financial Participation

E050-0560 Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) Freed Child and AAP Intake  When a Child is Freed for Adoption 4 - 9  A Referral for Intake is Received from a Private 9 - 15 Adoption Agency  An AAP Intake Request is Received For 15 - 26 Regular AAP Intake Cases  Terminating a Foster Care Case, Pgs 17 – 18  Processing the AAP Case, Pgs 18 – 23  For Disrupted Regular AAP Only – Adoption has not been finalized, Pgs 23 – 24  Stopping a Previous AAP Placement, Pgs 24 - 26  Independent Adoptions 26 - 30  The Original Adoption was finalized and there has been a Disruption. Case is not on CWS/CMS, Pgs 26 – 27  Stopping a Previous AAP Payment and or Placement, Pgs 27 – 28  Processing the New AAP Case, Pgs 28 - 30  For Post Adoptions Services - Start-up Cases 30 - 39 Only

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 Start-up Cases, Pgs 30 – 32  Processing AAP Case, Pgs 32 – 34  Restart (Without Foster Care), Pgs 34 – 35  Processing AAP Restart, Pgs 35 – 37  Restart (with Foster Care) may also have an ongoing AAP that must be stopped, Pgs 37 - 39  Terminating a Previous AAP when there is also 39 – 43 an Ongoing Foster Care Case  Stopping a Previous AAP Payment and or Placement, Pgs. 39 – 40  Terminating a Foster Care Case, Pgs 40 – 41  Processing the AAP Restart, Pgs 41 - 43  Receive a Request for a Change in Address, 43 - 45 Name or Rate  Stopping AAP 45 - 51

E050-0562 Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) Post Adoption  Case Changes After Adoption has been 3 - 14 Finalized – No CWS/CMS Case  Change for Child or Adoptive Parent, Pg 6  Payee Name Change, Pg 6  Address Change, Pg 6  Rate Change, Pg 7  Age Rate Increase for a Basic Rate, Pg 7 – 9  Rate Increase for a Specialized Rate or a Regional Center Rate, Pg 9 – 10  Age Rate Decrease for a Specialized Rate, Pg 10 – 12  Treatment Center Alternative Payee Change or Child is Temporarily Placed in a Probation Placement or Back into Foster Care, Pg 12 - 14  Request for Interstate Compact on Adoption and 14 - 16 Medical Assistance (ICAMA)  Reassessment 16 - 28  Remaining Cases on AAP Listing, Pg 19

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 AAP 3 is returned by Post Office indicating the Adoptive Parent no Longer Resides at Address on File, Pg 19 – 20  Case is Non-Federal, Pg 20  AAP 3 is returned indicating on of the adoptive parents are deceased, Pg 20 – 21  AAP 3 is returned indicating Adoptive Parents are divorced, Pg 21  Request for Increase in AAP Rate as Part of the Reassessment, Pg 21 – 23  Increase request from the Adoptive Parent is due to a change in the mental and/or physical condition of the child, Pg 23 – 24  If there is Only One Adoptive Parent and Adoptive Parent has Died, Pg 24 – 25  Incomplete AAP 3 returned by the Adoptive Parent(s), Pg 25  Runaway or AWOL Minor, Pg 27  Terminated Cases, Pg 27 - 28  Cobra Option/Reciprocity Chart 32

E060-0530 Overpayments  A FAD Indicates a Potential Overpayment 1 – 4  Invalid – Pg 3  Legitimate Overpayment – Pg 4  There is an Overpayment for a Foster Family 4 – 6 Home (FFH), Relative Home, Non-Related Legal Guardian or Non-Related Extended Family Member  Group Home, Foster Family Home, Relative 6 – 8 Home, Foster Parent, Non-Related Legal Guardian or Non-Related Extended Family Member Responds to an Overpayment Notice with Cash, Check or Money Order  Group Home, foster Family Home, Relative 8 – 9 Home, Foster Parent, Non-Related Legal Guardian or Non-Related Extended Family Member Responds to an Overpayment Notice with a Written Repayment Plan or Dispute  No Response is Received from a Group Home, 9 – 11 Foster Family Home, Relative Home, Foster

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Parent, Non-Related Legal Guardian or Non- Related Extended Family Member

E060-0540 Payment Reconciliation/Resoluti on Group Home or FFA Underpayment  A Request for Payment 1 – 5 Reconciliation/Resolution is Received  Birth Date Rate Change – Pg 1  Level of Care Rate Chg – Pg 3  Underpayment – Date Discrepancy – Pg 3  No Placement Recorded on a Computer System – Pg 3  Placement Recorded – No Payment –Pg 4  Payment Mailed but not Received – Pg 4  Incorrect Vendor Number – Pg 4  Probation Placements Not Eligible to Foster Care for the Period Payment is Requested – Pg 5

E060-0550 Special Payments  Upon Receipt of the Special Payments Request 2 – 3  A Caregiver, Provider or Vendor Did Not 3 – 4 Receive Payment  Seriously Emotionally disturbed (SED) 4

E060-0560 Voucher Aging and Suspend List  Within 24 Hours of Receipt of the Aging List 1 – 2

E060-0570 Rate Change Request Foster Care Related Procedural Guides: for Regional Center  E050-0510 – Kin-GAP ARM (Alternative  E090-0590 – Foster Care Residential Model) Placement/Replacement Rates and Dual Agency  E100-0510.11 – CWS/CMS Budget Actions Rates  E100-0510.13 – CWS/CMS Search Actions  Regional Center Rates 2 – 4  Rate Change to a Regional Center ARM 5 – 7 (Alternative Residential Model) Rate or a Dual Agency Rate for Foster Care Cases

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 Rate Change to a Regional Center ARM 8 – 9 (Alternative Residential Model) Rate or a Dual Agency Rate for AAP Cases

E080-0510 An Initial Determination Foster Care Related Procedural Guides: for Eligibility Has Not  E020-0510 – Eligibility Determination for Been Completed for a Financial Participation Child in Out-of-Home  E030-0510 – Initial Determination for Care or the Initial Financial Participation Eligibility Determination  E030-0520 – Redetermination of AFDC-FC is Found to be in Error Eligibility  A DCFS 280 With or Without Attachments is 2 – 5 Received for Placement  Redetermination EW is Notified That a Child in 5 - 7 Their Caseload Has Not Had an Initial Eligibility Determination Completed or, at the Time of Redetermination it is Discovered That an Initial Determination Has Not Been Completed or the Eligibility Determination is Incorrect

E080-0520 Address Change Foster Family Agency/Relative/Foster Parent  A Foster Family Agency (FFA) Contacts the 1 – 2 Foster Care Hot Line (FCHL) to Report the Change of Address of a Certified Home  A Relative Caregiver Contacts the FCHL to 2 – 4 Report a Change of Address  A Licensed Foster Parent Contacts the FCHL to 4 – 5 Report a Change of Address

E080-0540 Appeals and State Hearing  An Adverse Action is Appealed and Granted 2  The Physical Case is Unavailable 3 – 4  There is a Withdrawal of an Appeal 4  Decision of the Administrative Law Judge is to 4 – 5 Pay Foster Care Payments

E080-0550 Intercounty Transfer

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 There is an Outgoing ICT 2 – 3  There is an Incoming ICT 3 – 5  A Non-Related Legal Guardian Receiving Foster 5 – 6 Care Payments Moves to Another County

E080-0560 Interstate Compact on Related CWS Procedural Guides: the Placement of  0100-525.10 – Interstate Compact on the Children (ICPC) Placement of Children (ICPC)  Outgoing Placement to Another State 2 - 3

 There is an Incoming Placement from Another 3 State

E080-0570 Initial Determination for Related Foster Care Procedural Guides: Financial Participation  E030-0510 – Initial Determination for Legal Guardian Financial Participation  E050-0540 – Foster Care Placement/Replacement  E080-0560 – Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC)  E090-0570 – Teen Parent in Foster Care  E090-0590 – Foster Care Placement/Replacement  A Relative Becomes a Legal Guardian on an 2 – 4 Approved Relative Foster Care Case  A Relative is Granted Legal Guardianship 4 -7 through Probate Court  Non-Related Legal Guardian. Within 45 Days of 7 – 10 the Initial Application for Foster Care

E080-0580 Medi-Cal Benefits Related Foster Care Procedural Guides:  E080-0530 – Adoption Assistance Payment (AAP)  E080-0550 – Intercounty Transfer  E080-0560 – Interstate Compact Placement Contract (ICPC)  COBRA – Child Entering California 2  ICAMA – Adoptive Families Who Reside in 2 California  Disenrollment from a Managed Health Care 3 Provider or Other Health Insurance is Required

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 A Request for the Issuance of an Emergency 4 Medi-Cal Card is received from an Outside Agency  An Exception/Alert on Meds or Other Computer 4 – 5 System is Received  There is a Hospital Hold Detention Prior to 5 Foster Care Placement  A Child is to be Released from a Hospital After 6 Hours and There is an Emergent Need for Medi- Cal  The Infant Supplement Alert Report is Received 6 – 7  Issuing a Medi-Cal Card for a Child in Foster 7 – 8 Care  A Placement is Stopped or a Placement Episode 8 is Ended, Including Children who Run Away  A Medi-Cal Provider Billing Statement/Invoice is 8 Received  Accessing the MEDS Computer System 9  An Outside Agency Requests a Medi-Cal Card 10  Requesting Medi-Cal Benefits for Services Over 11 One Year Old  Redetermining for Medi-Cal Assistance Only 11  A Medi-Cal Card Request is Received for a 11 – 12 Relative (Youakim) Pending Foster Card  A Youakim Request is Denied 12 – 13  Medi-Cal Intercounty Transfer for Sending 13 Cases  Medi-Cal Intercounty Transfer for Receiving 13 – 14 Cases

E080-0585 Continuing Eligibility Related Foster Care Procedural Guides: for Children (CEC)  E080-0580 – Medi-Cal Assistance Benefits Program  E080-0586 – Transferring Medi-Cal Benefits from DCFS to DPSS for Transitioning Youth  CEC Applies When a Child Under Age 19 Loses 2 – 7 Foster Care or AAP or Kin-GAP Eligibility and Does not Quality Under the Extended Medi-Cal Eligibility Program for Former Foster Care Children (FFCC)  Three Months Prior to the End of the CEC 7

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Period

E080-0586 Transferring Medi-Cal  Transitional Eligibility Supervisor Receives a 2 – 6 Benefits from DCFS to CEC Case for Transfer of a Youth’s Medi-Cal DPSS for Transitioning from DCFS to DPSS Youth

E080-0590 Permanent Residence Under Color of Law (PRUCOL) and Special Immigration Status  Initial PRUCOL Within the First 30 Days of the 2 – 4 Initial Placement  Special Immigration Status; Conditions of 5 – 6 Eligibility Change at Eligibility Redetermination for When a Permanent Plan is Considered

E080-0620 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Social Security Administration Benefits (SSA)  An SSI/SSP Referral/Application is needed for 2 – 4 Out-of-Home Care (at init. Deter., Change in Elig. Conditions or at Redetermination, if the foster Care Rate is “D” , “F3-4,” “FR,” “RG” or “GF,” Child is reaching Age of majority, referral on Non-Paid Placed Children, Referrals for Medical Placement Child in Long-Term Medical Care)  An SSA Application is Needed for Children in 4 – 6 Out-of-Home Care  Completing a Change of Payee Referral 6 – 7  An SSI/SSP Benefits Approval Letter is 7 – 8 Received, Including Child Reaching Age of Majority  An SSI/SSP Benefits Denial Letter is Received 9 – 10 as the Result of Child Reaching the Age of Majority but the Child Remains Disabled and Eligible for Benefits  Bureau of Information Services/Information 10 – 11

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Technology Services(BIS/ITS) or Accounting Services Division Alerts SSI Unit of a Missing Transaction That Did Not Post to the Child Welfare Trust Ledger; or a Check is Received from SSA Via Mail  A Request for Representative Payee Report 11 (RPR) is Received from SSA  A Continuing Disability Review (CDR) is 11 – 12 Received from SSA  Lump Sum Benefits are Received 12 – 13  Monitoring Dedicated Accounts 13  Spend Down is Necessary 13 – 14  A DCFS 341 Form is Needed 14 – 15  Foster Care is Terminated and DCFS is Payee 15 for SSI/SSA Benefits

E080-0630 Voluntary Placement Agreement/Placement  Within 45 Days of the Voluntary Placement 2 – 3 Agreement Date  Redetermination of Eligibility to AFDC-FC 3

E090-0530 Child Support Reimbursement  Completing the Initial Child Support Referral 2 – 3  Within 24 Hours of the Notification or Receipt of 3 the Interrogatory  Within 24 Hours of the Notification of the Court 3 – 4 Appearance

E090-0570 Teen Parents in Foster Related CWS Procedural Guides: Care 0100-510.40 – Teen Parents in Foster Care  A Child Resides with a Minor Parent in Out-of- 4 – 5 Home Care  Placement Options Scenarios and 7 Corresponding New Rates

E090-0600 Compromise of Child Support  A Compromise Form is Received from the Child 4

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Support Services Department

E090-0580 Foster Family Home/Facility Vacancy Search  Within One Hour of Receiving a DCFS280 2 – 7 Requesting a Foster Family Home/Facility Vacancy Search

E090-0590 Foster Care Related Foster Care Procedural Guides: Placement/Replacement  E020-0500 – Foster Care Eligibility General Requirements  Placement Packet Forms 3 – 4  E020-0510 – Eligibility Determination for  Upon Receipt of the DCFS 280 Form 4 – 11 Financial Participation Requesting a Foster Care Placement Packet  E030-0510 – Initial Determination for and Medi-Cal Card for a Child Placed with a Financial Participation Relative or Non-Related Extended Family  E030-0520 – Redetermination of AFDC-FC Member (NREFM) Eligibility  Minor is Placed with Relatives or NREFM 11 – 16  E040-0530 – General Relief Ineligible to Residing in California AFDC-FC  Placed with Relative  E060-0520 – Payment Issuance  “D” or “F” Rate – Pg 13 – 14  E070-0510 – Automated Provider Payments  SSI/SSP – Pg 14 Systems (APPS) Rate Schedule Level  Placed with NREFM  E070-0520 – Statewide Foster Care Rates  Specialized Rates – Pg 16  E080-0550 – Inter County Transfer  E080-0580 – Medi-Cal Benefits  E090-0580 – Foster Family Home/Facility Vacancy Search  E0100-0510.11 – CWS/CMS Budget Actions

CWS Related Procedural Guides:  Minor Placed with Relatives or NREFM Residing 17 – 21  0900-522.10 – Specialized Care Rate in a State Other than California Amount “SCI” D – Rate  Placed with Out –of-State Relative – Pg 17  0900-522.11 – Specialized Care Rate  Placed in a Out-of-State NREFM Home – Pg Amount “SCI” F – Rate 20  0900-527.10 – Emergency Aid Requisition  Upon Receipt of the DCFS 280 Form 22 – 27 (EAR) Requesting a Placement Packet and Medi-Cal  0100-510.50 –Placing Children Six Years of Card for a Licensed Foster Home (FFH) or Age or Younger in Congregate Care Small Family Home  0100-520.10 – Evaluating a Prospective

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Caregiver  Upon Receipt of the DCFS 280 Form 27 – 32 Requesting a Placement Packet and Medi-Cal Card for a Foster Family Agency (FFA)  Upon Receipt of the DCFS 280 Form 33 – 38 Requesting a Placement Packet and Medi-Cal Card for a Group Home Placement

E100-0510.10 CWS/CMS Computer Related Foster Care Procedural Guides: Application Assignment  E030-0510 – Initial Determination for Actions Financial Participation  E030-0520 – Redetermination of AFDC-FC  Within 45 Days of Initial Determination for 2 – 4 Eligibility Eligibility for Foster Care Placement, Record the  E100-0510.13 – CWS/CMS Search Actions AFDC-FC Approval/Denial/Termination  Within 30 Days of a Change in Conditions of 4 – 6 Eligibility or at Redetermination of Eligibility for Foster Care Placement. Record the Date Eligibility Was Last Determined  Record All Eligibility Activity in the CWS/CMS 6 – 7 Case Notes  Within 1 Hour of the Request to Process an 7 – 9 Eligibility Function, the EW Shall Receive a Secondary Assignment  Change in Conditions of Eligibility Which Places 9 – 11 the Child in a Non-Paid Status, Transfer the Eligibility Segment to “41” Non-Paid Case File  Setting Up the Library File Number 11 – 12

E100-0510.11 CWS/CMS Budget Related Foster Care Procedural Guides: Actions  E090-0570 – Teen Parent in Foster Care  E090-0580 – Foster Family Home/Facility  Within One Hour of Receipt of the Request to 2 – 3 Vacancy Search Change a Placement Home  E100-0510.12 – CWS/CMS Print Actions  E100-0510.13 – Search Actions  Initial Placement – Deliver the Placement Packet 3 – 5 and Data Enter a Placement on CWS/CMS  Insert Placement on CWS/CMS 5 – 6  Data Enter the Non-Foster Care (Hospital Hold) 7 – 8 on CWS/CMS  Data Enter the Non-Paid Placement on 8 – 9 CWS/CMS

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 Data Enter a Placement Rate Change on 10 – 11 CWS/CMS  Remove a Placement That Was Not Used or is 11 – 12 Incorrect on CWS/CMS  Replacement – Deliver the Placement Packet 12 – 14 and Data Enter a Replacement on CWS/CMS  SCI: Infant Supplement and Data Enter the SCI 14 – 16 on CWS/CMS  Request is Made to Stop Placement on 16 – 18 CWS/CMS or Terminate Placement Episode (End Placement Episode)  Data Enter the Update Placement on CWS/CMS 18 – 20

E100-0510.12 CWS/CMS Print Actions Related CWS Procedural Guides:  0100-520.25 – Statement of Facts for Foster  Document – When it is Necessary to Have a 2 – 3 Care Hard Copy  FC 2 Statement of Facts Supporting an Eligibility 3 – 4 Determination to Foster Care  MC 250 Application for Medical Assistance. 4  Report – 4 – 6  Saws I Application for Cash, Food Stamps, and 6 – 7 Medical  A Notebook/:Age Screen is Needed to Verify a 7 – 8 Completed Task or to be Used in Training or Provide Documentation to Verify 1st Worker Data Entry (e.g. 2nd WKR Adding Data to 1st Workers Input)

E100-0510.13 CWS/CMS Search Actions  Data is Required from the Database in Order to 1 – 3 Perform an Activity on the CWS/CMS Application Regarding a Client  Updating a Placement Request or Placement 3 History Retrieval  Inputting a Foster Care Placement and Payment 3 – 4  Inputting Foster Care Placement and Payment 5 for a Relative or Non-Relative Extended Family Member

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E100-0520 Income Evidence Verification Systems (IEVS)  Within 45 Days of the Initial, Change in 2 – 4 Conditions of Eligibility or at Redetermination of Eligibility for Foster Care  Annual Redetermination of Ongoing Foster Care 4 Eligibility

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