Foster Care Education
All About Foster Care
- Orientation Materials for New Families Beginning to Foster
- Guardianship in California
- Resource Family Approval – RFA Homes
- Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard
- Caregivers & Understanding the Court Process
- Communicate with the Court: JV-290 Caregiver Information Form
- Communicate with the Court: JV-285 Relative/NREFM Information Form
- ICWA – Indian Child Welfare Act
- CFT – Child Family Team Meetings
- CANS Assessment Tool Child Adolescent Needs & Strengths
- Unusual Incident/ Injury Report
- Foster Caregiver Reimbursements
- Yolo County Child Abuse Reporting Hotline 530-669-2345
Extended Foster Care (Ages 18- 21)
Mental Health
- Crisis Lines
- Mental Health Rights
- Before Prescribing Psychotropic Medication California Guidelines (2018)
- Court Approval – Psychotropic Medications and Foster Youth
- California Prescribing Standards for Foster Youth Appendix A – Number & Type of Psychotropic Medication by Age Group (2018)
- California Prescribing Parameters for Foster Youth Appendix B – Psychotropic Medication Dosage, Usage, Cautions, & Required Testing (2023)
Car Seat & Booster Seats