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1. Budget Hearings 2. Assembly Bill (Ammiano) 3. Grassroots 4.
Governor, Department of Finance, Department of Social Services,
Legislative Analyst Office, California Department of Health and
Human Services 5. County Welfare Directors 6. Board of Supervisors
7. Outreach to Advocacy Groups Advocacy Plan to Obtain Interim
Increase in Funding for Social Workers in FFAs
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How Can You Help? 1. Ask your Boards of Directors for support.
2. Letters of support from you, board members, staff, foster
families to Assembly members and Senators requesting interim
increase in funding for social workers in Foster Family Agencies.
3. Meetings with legislators and/or staff in Senate and Assembly
district offices where Alliance members have offices, satellite
offices or serve youth and where you have closed your office or
satellite office! 4. Meetings with county Social Services and CWS
Directors and/or staff in all counties where Alliance members have
offices, satellite offices, closed offices or serve youth. 5.
Meetings with county Boards of Supervisors and/or staff in all
counties where Alliance members have offices, satellite offices,
closed offices or serve youth. 6. Legislative meetings at the
Capitol in Sacramento To be Determined. 7. Budget hearings and
testimony (Assembly: April 9. Senate: May 1.) 8. Policy hearings
and testimony for the Assembly Bill TBD (no date scheduled yet). 9.
Support from other advocacy groups (John Burton Foundation,
National Association of Social Workers, Children NOW, ACHSA,
etc.).
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The Alliance will provide you with: 1. Template of a Support
Letter 2. Meeting Request Script 3. Excel Spreadsheet listing the
Assembly members and Senators representing all of your offices and
satellite offices 4. Talking Points 5. Charts, graphs, statistics
and background material 6. FAQs 7. All day 24/7 assistance to help
write, call and answer anything
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The More Agencies that Participate, the Greater the Odds of
Success!
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Template for Support Letter for Assembly members and
Senators
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[Place on your letterhead] [INSERT date] The Honorable (name of
Assembly member) State Capitol, Room (number) Sacramento, CA 95814
FAX: 916-xxx-xxxx SUPPORT: Interim Increase in Funding for Social
Workers in Foster Family Agencies Dear Assembly member (Last name
of Assembly member): I am writing in support of increasing the
funding for Foster Family Agency (FFA) social workers who provide
intensive supports and services to foster children and youth with
high behavioral and emotional needs and to the families caring for
them. This investment would require an interim increase of the
Social Work component of the FFA rate until completion of the
states Continuum of Care Reform effort. [Insert YOUR AGENCYS NAME
and a short paragraph describing your organization and indicate if
you serve children and families from this legislators district or
if your agency has an office or satellite office in their
district.] According to available state data, the average pay for a
FFA social worker who is required by law to have a Masters degree
is lower than average pay for all other publicly funded social work
positions in schools, county child welfare agencies, prisons, the
California Department of Social Services, group homes and
hospitals. Indeed, the FFA rate includes just $15.13 an hour for
social worker wages. Compare this to $30.07 an hour for a
California Department of Social Services (CDSS) adoptions social
worker, $26.64 an hour for psychiatric social workers in state
facilities, and $23.37 an hour for social workers in group
homes.
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This inequity is particularly acute at a time when foster
children and youth have greater needs and challenges, county child
welfare and probation departments are requiring increasingly more
in services from FFAs, and the cost of living has risen nearly 45%.
Still, the amount built into the FFA rate for the compensation of
social workers employed by Foster Family Agencies (FFAs) has been
frozen since 2001 and cut an additional 10% in 2009. When the state
set rates that lock in social worker wage levels at unrealistically
and unsustainably low levels, there are adverse impacts to our
foster children and youth. Recruitment, hiring and retention of
qualified social workers become increasingly difficult, with foster
children experiencing social worker turnover and resultant
disruption of that important relationship. It is not uncommon,
moreover, for FFA social workers to take on second full time jobs,
as documented by the Los Angeles Times, resulting in social workers
who are less able to effectively serve their children. [If you
would like to expand in this section, list how your foster children
have been negatively affected by: high turnover, disruption of
relationships with the family and foster youth, disruption in
permanency efforts, low morale, loss of skilled workers, increased
trauma for youth who have already experienced grief and loss, a
youths loss of trust leading to anger and resentment; etc.] It is
also becoming increasingly more difficult to recruit and retain
qualified foster families to care for youth with challenging needs
when foster parents cannot count on the support of qualified social
workers. Without qualified social work support, fewer families are
stepping forward to care for children with significant needs, and
the number will continue to decline precipitously. Our social
workers care deeply about our foster children and the families that
care for them.[If applicable, insert a short sentence or two: about
unique activities your social workers engage in that are particular
to your agency such as working with a specific population such as
teenagers, LGBTQ, medically fragile youth, relatives, etc.]
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[Insert YOUR AGENCYS NAME] can no longer continue to serve
youth at the level needed without immediate relief. [List what your
agency is doing to cut costs: Freezing salaries; laying off support
staff; eliminating positions; reducing mileage reimbursement rates;
eliminating janitorial and maintenance services; reducing the
amount of support staff further burdening social workers to
complete the massive paperwork requirements; reducing training on
current best practices; hiring contract social workers; providing
the bare minimum in services and not what the family needs; staff
working additional jobs to supplement their incomes; agency forced
to close FFA main, satellite or sub offices, etc.] There is hope on
the horizon. In the past year, the State has undertaken a
legislatively-mandated statewide Continuum of Care Reform effort to
transform the foster care system and to increase permanency
outcomes for youth. However, according to State officials, it will
take at least two years before this goal is realized. We are
therefore, asking the State to approve an interim solution to
re-invest in social worker wages to reflect the CNI to 2001 to
bring the social worker wage up from $15.13 an hour to $23.91 per
hour. This interim rate increase would sunset when the reforms are
enacted. We strongly and sincerely ask for your support for this
proposal. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely,
[INSERT Your Full Name] [INSERT Your Title] cc: The Honorable
Shirley Weber, Chair, Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1, Health and
Human Services (FAX: 916-319-2179 and 916-319-2199) The Honorable
Nancy Skinner, Chair, Assembly Budget Committee (FAX: 916-319-2115)
The Honorable Jeff Gorrell, Vice-Chair, Assembly Budget Committee
(FAX: 916-319-3560) The Honorable Roger Dickinson (FAX:
916-319-2107)
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Please send letters of support to your legislators as soon as
possible Amend the letter to reflect details of your organization
and how the abysmal funding for your social workers is affecting
your children, their families and your agencys ability to provide
excellent services. Additional information will be provided to you
with a Fact Sheet, Talking Points and Q&As. For each district
where you serve youth or have an office, you will need to change
the name of the legislator to whom you are addressing the letter.
Please use any titles when addressing legislators with titles such
as: President pro Tempore, Speaker, Majority Leader. FAX the
letters to each legislators district office(s) and Sacramento
Capitol office. Please fax a COPY of the letters to the persons
listed on the bottom of the draft letter as well. It would also be
helpful if you send a copy of the letters to Jackie Rutheiser at
[email protected]. Decisions are being made today regarding what
items will be included in the budget hearings. Fax your letters as
soon as possible, but no later than Thursday, March 13 th.
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Find Your Legislator Dani Mole will be sending you an Excel
spreadsheet listing all of your offices and satellite offices and
identifying the legislators representing those areas. You may also
click on the following links to find additional information. This
page has all the senators on one page.
http://senate.ca.gov/senators This page has all the assembly
persons on one page. http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers Dont
hesitate to contact Dani, Doug, Carroll, or me if you have any
questions or need assistance. Thank you in advance for your
efforts!
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Key Legislators: Democrat SENATE President pro Tempore: Darrell
Steinberg Majority Floor Leader: Ellen Corbett ASSEMBLY Speaker:
John Perez Speaker pro Tempore: Nora Campos Assistant Speaker pro
Tempore: Kevin Mullin Majority Floor Leader: Toni Atkins
Key Legislators: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee and
Subcommittee SENATE Full Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
Chair: Senator Mark Leno (D) Vice-Chair: Senator Jim Nielsen (R)
Senate Budget Subcommittee #3 on Health and Human Services Chair:
Senator Ellen Corbett (D) Members: Senators William Monning (D),
Mimi Walters (R)
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Key Legislators : Assembly Budget Committee and Subcommittee
Full Assembly Budget Committee Chair: Assembly member Nancy Skinner
(D) Vice-Chair: Assembly member Jeff Gorrell (R) Assembly Budget
Subcommittee #1 on Health and Human Services Chair: Assembly member
Shirley Weber (D) Members: Assembly members: Wes Chesbro (D); Roger
Dickinson (D); Shannon Grove (D); and Allan Mansoor (R)
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Sample Telephone Script to Request a Meeting with Assembly
members or Senators Remember: Your agency serves children and youth
in the Legislators district or has an office, satellite office or
administrative office in the Legislators district. Legislators and
their staff are always willing to meet with constituents from their
districts or with individuals serving youth in their district. They
are there to serve you, they want your vote, and they will want to
understand your issue and help you.
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Script Hello, my name is _____________. I work with Name of
Agency, a Foster Family Agency, and we have an office/serve
children and youth in (Name of County). I would like to schedule a
meeting with (Senator/Assembly member) to discuss the critical lack
of funding for our social workers. Is there a convenient time to
meet with (Senator/Assembly member)?
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The person with whom you are talking may: Inform you that the
Legislator is out of town, in Sacramento, or is otherwise
unavailable and ask if you would be willing to meet with the
District Director or a staff person. You should accept the meeting
with the District Director or the staff person and ask if you could
also have a follow-up meeting with the Legislator at the earliest
possible opportunity when the Legislator is back in the district.
Want you to send a fact sheet or letter with more information on
your issue (the fact sheet/one pager). Ask you for more information
about your agency. Ask you what is the purpose of the meeting?
Answer: The purpose of the meeting is to ask for his/her support on
the budget request to reinvest in social workers and foster youth
by increasing the funding for the social worker component of the
Foster Family Agency rate. Want to know what you want the
legislator to do for you? What is the ask? Answer: The ask is to
have him/her request that (Senate/Assembly) Budget Subcommittee on
Health and Human Services include an agenda item in a budget
hearing on funding for FFA social workers.
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Scheduling a meeting The person with whom you are talking will
then let you know of available times and dates. If possible, offer
to have the meeting at your offices and to give them a tour. Please
let them know how many persons will be attending the meeting and
follow up with an email thanking them and include the names, titles
and any follow up material they requested.
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Important Dates April 9: Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1
Hearing for Child Welfare Issues. April 11 April 20: The Senate and
Assembly are on Spring Recess and the legislators will either be on
vacation or will be working back in their district. This is a good
week to request a meeting with the legislator but do not wait until
this week try to meet with staff and/or the legislator in March or
as soon as possible. May 1: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review
Subcommittee #3 Hearing for Child Welfare Issues. June 15: Budget
must be passed by midnight. July 1: First day of State fiscal year
2014-15. August 31: Last day for bills to be passed out of the
Legislature. September 30: Last day for Governor to sign or veto
bills.
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The Meeting Talking Points for Interim Increase in Funding for
Social Workers in FFAs
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The Amount Built Into the Foster Family Agency Rate for Social
Work Reflects a $15 Hourly Wage for Masters Level Professionals,
Much Less than All Other Publicly Funded Social Work Positions The
amount built into the FFA Rate for Social Work pencils out to a
wage of just $15.13 an hour for a Masters level professional. The
Social Work component of the rate has been frozen since 2001 13
years and was cut an additional 10% in 2009. According to available
state data, the amount provided in the current FFA rate social
worker who is required by law to have a Masters degree is lower
than the wages of all other publicly funded social worker positions
offered by schools, counties, prisons, the state, group homes and
hospitals. For example, the state provides $30.07 an hour for a
California Department of Social Services (CDSS) adoptions social
worker, the average hourly wage for psychiatric social workers in
state facilities is $26.64 an hour, and the foster care group home
rate provides for an average of $23.37 an hour. FFAs are competing
with hospitals, counties, schools and many other fields that offer
social work positions with better wage and benefit packages and
more convenient working hours. FFA social workers must be available
when it best serves the foster youth and families; not just days,
but weekends, evenings, holidays, 24/7 on call, and with no hope of
significant salary increases. It is especially difficult to hire
and retain bilingual and bicultural social workers.
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FFA Social Workers are Required by Statute and Regulation to
Have a Masters Degree and Carry a Caseload No Greater than an
Average of 15 Youth The professional requirements for FFA social
workers if very high, while the amount built into the rate for pay
is very low. The California Department of Social Services enforces
statutory FFA social work requirements, including: qualifications
that all social workers have a Masters level degree; average FFA
social worker to child ratios must not exceed 1:15; social workers
must visit each child in the foster home at least monthly; and FFAs
must provide 24/7 crisis intervention availability. The Social Work
component of the FFA rate, however, provides for an annualized
salary for these highly qualified professionals of around $31,500,
about the mean annual wage of file clerks, according to EDD
figures, and less than the average wage of data entry keyers, pest
control workers and dental assistants.
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Severe Underfunding of the FFA Social Worker Wage Component
Results in 50% Annual Turnover, Staff Working Multiple Full-time
Jobs, Low Morale, and Disruption in the Relationships with the
Children and Families There are adverse impacts to foster children
when the State sets rates that result in unrealistic and
unsustainably low wage levels for FFA social workers. It has become
increasingly difficult for FFAs to recruit, hire and retain
qualified social workers and it is not uncommon for social workers
to take on second full time jobs, as documented by the Los Angeles
Times. Moreover, the lack of competitive wages leads to low morale
and burnout, forces skilled staff to look elsewhere for employment,
and results in extremely high social worker turnover. Families and
children need trusting and committed working relationships with
their social workers. When a social worker leaves a FFA for a job
with a county, the state or health care provider that can offer
higher wages and better benefits, the child and family lose a bond
of trust, continuity is disrupted with the loss of a social worker
who understands the complex needs and challenges of the child and
family, foster children re-experience the grief and trauma of loss
of a trusted adult, and it is not uncommon for a disruption in
permanency plans to occur.
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FFAs Have Done Everything Possible to Cut Costs And Nearly 20%
of FFAs Have Closed Offices Since 2007 Forced to freeze social
worker salaries by rates that have not increased since 2001 and
were cut 10% in 2009, FFAs have eliminated support staff; reduced
mileage reimbursement rates; eliminated janitorial and maintenance
services; reduced training to legally minimum levels; employed
social work staff who work additional jobs outside of the agency to
supplement their salaries; provided the bare minimum in services to
meet family needs; closed FFA offices and satellite offices; placed
more children in foster homes than is considered best practice;
dipped into their strategic reserves; exhausted their credit lines;
gone into debt; and increased their fundraising. Still, they are
not able to generate enough money to pay their social workers a
competitive salary. There is no other pocket for FFAs to dig into.
As a result, many agencies, unable to cover the costs of social
work and other services, have significantly downsized or closed
their FFA programs in order to reduce their financial losses. Since
2007, the number of FFAs has decreased 19%, from 306 to 248.
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Continuum of Care Will Reform the Foster Care System but It
Will Take 2-3 Years Before the Changes are Implemented In the past
year, the State has undertaken a legislatively-mandated statewide
Continuum of Care Reform effort to implement foster care reform and
to increase permanency outcomes for youth. Included in that effort
is a reform of foster care financing including FFA roles and rates
reform. It will take at least two years, however, before the Reform
recommendations are approved by the Legislature and instituted by
the Administration. An Interim Solution is Needed Now An interim
solution is needed this year to increase the social worker wages to
bring the social worker wage up from $15.13 an hour to $23.91 per
hour. This interim rate increase would sunset when the Continuum of
Care Reforms are instituted.
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Foster Family Agencies Were Created in 1986 to Assist in the
Recruitment of Foster Families and to Provide More Intensive
Supports and Services to Youth and Families The Legislature created
private non-profit Foster Family Agencies in 1986 to recruit,
certify, train and support foster families to care for foster youth
who may require a higher level of care and supervision than can be
provided in a typical foster family setting. According to a
Legislative Analysts Office report from 2013, FFAs have
demonstrated ability to recruit foster parents and the Legislature
could consider amending current law to explicitly authorize FFAs to
recruit foster parents for children of all levels of service
needs.
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Todays Foster Children Have Greater Emotional and Behavioral
Needs The number of children and youth in foster care has decreased
by nearly 45% in the past 10 years from 108,000 to 64,000. Most
children and youth are reunified quickly with their biological
families; not unexpectedly, those who remain in foster care have
greater emotional and behavioral challenges than many children who
were in foster care just 10 years ago. Of children in care,
approximately 15,000 or 25% live with foster families who have been
recruited and trained by Foster Family Agencies. Those foster youth
and the families who care for them need highly qualified social
workers to provide intensive supports and services, including
counseling; permanency planning; 24/7 crisis intervention; behavior
de-escalation; conflict resolution; anger management coaching;
training; and help navigating the court, educational, foster care,
medical and mental health systems.
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Counties Require FFAs to Do More Than They Required 13 Years
Ago Counties require FFAs to do much more than 13 years ago. FFAs
were originally created to provide long-term foster care at a time
when that was considered a desirable permanency option. But times
have changed and with them county demands on FFAs. It is not
uncommon for FFA social workers to supervise six reunification
visits per week, oversee supervised visitations with siblings,
provide counties with written reports in formats so they can be
easily used as reports to the court, and facilitate concurrent
planning with foster parents. While the vast majority of the
requirements are good practice and important for children, it is
both inequitable and unrealistic to expect that FFAs should be
required to deliver an increasingly costly array of services
without additional compensation and with Social Work rates that
would be laughable if they were not so destructive.
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Common Dos and Donts When Meeting with Elected Officials, Staff
and Administration Officials
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Use your meeting time productively Admit when you dont know
something and offer to find out answer Listen to what elected
official has to say and whether they are looking for follow up
Bring ideas to the table Let them talk without interrupting but
guide person back to the issue Pick up on cues Be ready to
improvise with little/more time or meeting with a different person
Thank them for listening Do
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Use your meeting time productively Expect staff or the elected
official to be an expert on foster care, FFAs or social workers Use
acronyms without first asking if they know what it stands for
(FFAs, for instance) Overload with too many requests keep it simple
and easy to remember Confront and put them on the defensive speak
with calmness and commitment Be too wordy or talk for too long Be
afraid to ask if they have questions, concerns, or any ideas for
how to help Dont
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One Pager for Legislative Bill Request PROBLEM The current FFA
rate provides funding for an average hourly wage of $15.13 for a
FFA social worker with a Masters degree. This compares to funding
for an average hourly wage of $23.37 for a group home social worker
with a Masters degree, and actual wages of $30.07 an hour for a
California Department of Social Services (CDSS) adoption social
worker with a Masters degree. Three components of the FFA Treatment
rate (Increment for the Child; Social Work Services; and
Recruitment / Training / Administration) have been frozen since
2001. They were additionally cut on October 1, 2009 by 10%. As a
result, the amount built into the FFA rate for social work was
actually higher 13 years ago than it is today. Since 2001-02, the
CNI rose 47%, health insurance premiums in California increased,
and the minimum wage in California has been adjusted 44% from
$6.25/hour in 2001 to $9.00/hour in 2014. The California Department
of Social Services enforces statutory FFA social work requirements,
including: qualifications that all social workers have a Masters
level degree; average FFA social worker to child ratios of 1:15;
monthly social worker visits of each child in the foster home; and
24/7 crisis intervention availability. Todays foster children and
youth, moreover, have greater needs and challenges, counties make
greater demands on FFAs for permanency-related activities, and
foster parents need even greater levels of supports and services.
PRIOR OR SIMILAR LEGISLATION ABX4 4 (Evans) of 2009, the human
services budget trailer bill, applied a 10% rate reduction to FFA
rates, effective October 1, 2009. SB 597 (Liu, 2009); AB 2474
(Beall, 2010) and AB 159 (Beall, SUMMARY Social workers are the
backbone of the system that recruits, trains, certifies, supervises
and supports foster families through private, nonprofit Foster
Family Agencies (FFA). FFAs were created by statute in 1986 to
provide more intensive supports and services to families caring for
foster children and youth with higher needs. But, FFAs are
increasingly unable to provide the level of supports and services
needed by foster children and youth because the social work
component of the FFA rate has been frozen since 2001 and was cut by
10% in 2009. Resources necessary to hire and retain critical social
work staff have been severely undermined, economic pressure has
increased for FFAs to reduce services and increase the number of
foster youth in FFA certified homes, turning some certified homes
into mini-group homes. FFA social workers are exhausted, many are
working more than one job to make ends meet, morale is low,
turnover is high. According to a Legislative Analyst Office report
(2013) FFAs have demonstrated ability to recruit foster parents and
the Legislature could consider amending current law to explicitly
authorize FFAs to recruit foster parents for children of all levels
of service needs. Toward this goal, the State has undertaken a
legislatively-mandated Continuum of Care effort to implement foster
care reform and new rate-setting systems for FFAs and group homes.
In the interim, until the new system can be implemented, in order
to ensure foster youth are provided quality supports and services
necessary to be successful, the current social work component of
FFA rates should be increased to reflect the adjustments to the
California Necessities Index (CNI) to 2001, the year of the last
increase. 2012) increased the FFA ratio for social work supervisors
to social workers from 1:6, as required in state regulations, to
1:8 to help defray costs to account for the 10% FFA rate cut. This
provision expires when the total FFA rate is restored to at least
the rate in effect in 2009 (prior to the 10% rate cut). SOLUTION 1.
Direct the Department of Social Services to adjust the minimum
payment to the social worker component in the FFA rate to reflect
CNI adjustments back to July 1, 2001, increasing the funding for
the average hourly wage to $23.91 for the FFA social worker. 2.
Restore the ratio for social work supervisors to social workers
back to 1:6 from 1:8. 3. Limit the number of foster children who
may be placed in a FFA certified home to no more than three foster
youth except in the cases of large sibling groups. Empower
Community Care Licensing to grant exceptions and waivers to provide
for more than three unrelated foster children if the caregiver has
special qualifications to meet the needs of the child.
SPONSORS/SUPPORTERS Sponsor: California Alliance of Child and
Family Services Support: ChilidrenNow John Burton Foundation for
Homeless Youth National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
Association of Community Human Service Agencies
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Four Proposals to Reinvest in FFAs
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Charts, Graphs and Background Material Showing Decrease in
FFAs, Loss of Purchasing Power and Salary Comparisons of Different
Occupations, 2001-2013
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Comparison of Foster Care Funding in 2001 and 2013 for the
Wages of Social Workers in Group Homes and Foster Family Agencies
with Wages in Other Occupations in California This chart compares
data for 2001 and 2013 regarding the level of funding that is
included in the AFDC-Foster Care rates for Group Homes and Foster
Family Agencies for the wages of social workers with the average
(mean) annual wages paid to a selection of other occupations in
California. Data have also been included for some similar State of
California and County job classifications. The AFDC-FC rates for
Foster Family Agency Treatment programs included $16.22 per hour
for the wages of social workers in 2001, which was reduced to
$15.13 per hour in 2009, and has remained at that level since 2009.
All FFA social workers are required to have a Master's degree in
Social Work or a related discipline. Rank OrderMean Annual Wage
Change from 2001 to 2013* 20132001SOC CodeOccupational
Title20012013* [California Necessities Index (CNI)]44.41% 11
31-9096 Veterinary Assistants & Lab Animal
Caretakers$18,671$28,33051.73% 26 31-1013 Psychiatric
Aides$23,309$28,54922.48% 39 8235 State of California Psychiatric
Technician Trainee: July 2013 - Bottom Step$24,710$28,62015.82% 42
37-3011 Landscaping & Groundskeeping
Workers$21,548$28,72933.33% 53 25-9041 Teacher
Assistants$21,775$29,89137.27% 65 35-2012 Cooks, Institution &
Cafeteria$22,535$30,12733.69% 718 FFA Social Worker: Master's
degree in Social Work$33,738$31,470-6.72%
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84 43-4071 File Clerks$22,344$32,07043.53% 97 43-9021 Data
Entry Keyers$24,638$32,31131.14% 10 37-2021 Pest Control
Workers$25,590$33,95232.68% 118 25-2011 Preschool Teachers, except
Special Education$24,638$34,10138.41% 1215 31-9091 Dental
Assistants$31,420$37,09818.07% 1312 21-1011 Substance Abuse and
Behavioral Disorder Counselors$28,969$37,69130.11% 14 43-9022 Word
Processors & Typists$29,858$40,28234.91% 1513 43-4061
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$29,403$44,81052.40%
1611 33-9011 Animal Control Workers$25,909$45,00273.69% 1716
33-3041 Parking Enforcement Workers$32,202$46,86845.54% 1817 Group
Home Social Worker: with Master's degree in Social
Work$32,573$47,59046.10% 19 21-1021 Child, Family, and School
Social Workers$37,239$50,37335.27% 2021 Residential Counselor I:
County of San Mateo entry level at the county- operated RCL 14
group home (Canyon Oaks Youth Center) with a Bachelor's degree in a
behavioral science and no prior experience [June 2013]
$40,320$50,58625.46% 2120 29-2061 Licensed Practical and Licensed
Vocational Nurses$37,528$51,87138.22% 22 Group Home Social Worker:
Licensed Clinical Social Worker [LCSW] *$40,726$59,48846.07% 2329
Adoptions Specialists: State of California 1/1/2002-top step-Range
B-adjusted to reflect 2.5% retirement contribution reduction;
12/31/13-top step-Range B $53,271$61,32015.11%
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24 21-1022Medical & Public Health Social
Workers$43,945$64,35046.43% 25 21-1012Educational, Vocational,
& School Counselors$47,022$65,63839.59% 262725-2052Special
Education Teachers, Kindergarten, and Elementary
School$51,283$68,03232.66% 272825-2031Secondary School Teachers,
Except Special and Vocational Education$51,736$70,26835.82%
28238231Senior Psychiatric Technician: State of California July
2013 - Range U, Top Step$42,765$70,29664.38% 2930 Residential
Counselor II: County of San Mateo top step at the Canyon Oaks Youth
Center [June 2013] $56,052$70,30425.43% 302625-2021Elementary
School Teachers, Except Special Education$48,150$70,63346.69% 31
19-3031Clinical, Counseling, & School
Psychologists$57,524$80,60440.12% 32 29-1111Registered
Nurses$57,855$95,40164.90% Current Wages for Selected County Child
Welfare Social WorkersAnnual Salary Range CountyJob Classification
TitleMinimumMid-PointMaximum AlamedaChild Welfare Worker II $
69,888 $ 75,056 $ 80,223 Los AngelesChildren's Social Worker II $
53,849 $ 56,936 $ 60,022 SacramentoHuman Services Social Worker -
Master's Degree $ 60,051 $ 66,534 $ 73,017 San MateoSocial Worker
III (excludes overtime pay, which averaged over 6% in 2012) $
64,920 $ 73,032 $ 81,144
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Breakdown of Current FFA Social Worker Rate Component Based 20%
Payroll Tax and Benefit Package
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Breakdown of Proposed FFA Social Worker Rate Component Based
20% Payroll Tax and Benefit Package
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State Budget Year California Necessities Index FFA Treatment
Rate Components of the AFDC-Foster Care Rate for Foster Family
Agencies with Treatment programs for Children 9 to 11 years of age
FFA Basic Rate Other Components of the FFA Treatment Rates for
Children 9 to 11 years of age Increment for the Child Social Work
Services Recruitment, Training, and Administration [CNI] CNI
Percentage Change Cumulative Percentage Change Actual If Adjusted
by CNI Actual If Adjusted by CNI Actual If Adjusted by CNI Actual
If Adjusted by CNI Actual If Adjusted by CNI 2001-02Base Year0.00%
$ 1,697Base Year $ 479Base Year $ 210Base Year $ 329Base Year $
679Base Year 2002-033.74% $ 1,697 $ 1,760 $ 479 $ 497 $ 210 $ 218 $
329 $ 341 $ 679 $ 704 2003-043.46%7.33% $ 1,697 $ 1,821 $ 479 $ 514
$ 210 $ 225 $ 329 $ 353 $ 679 $ 729 2004-052.75%10.28% $ 1,697 $
1,871 $ 479 $ 528 $ 210 $ 232 $ 329 $ 363 $ 679 $ 749
2005-064.07%14.77% $ 1,697 $ 1,948 $ 479 $ 550 $ 210 $ 241 $ 329 $
378 $ 679 $ 779 2006-073.75%19.07% $ 1,697 $ 2,021 $ 479 $ 570 $
210 $ 250 $ 329 $ 392 $ 679 $ 809 2007-083.70%23.48% $ 1,697 $
2,095 $ 479 $ 591 $ 210 $ 259 $ 329 $ 406 $ 679 $ 838
2008-095.26%29.97% $ 1,697 $ 2,206 $ 479 $ 623 $ 210 $ 273 $ 329 $
428 $ 679 $ 883 2009-10 *1.53%31.96% $ 1,527 $ 2,239 $ 431 $ 632 $
189 $ 277 $ 296 $ 434 $ 611 $ 896 2010-111.57%34.03% $ 1,527 $
2,275 $ 431 $ 642 $ 189 $ 281 $ 296 $ 441 $ 611 $ 910
2011-121.92%36.61% $ 1,527 $ 2,318 $ 431 $ 654 $ 189 $ 287 $ 296 $
449 $ 611 $ 928 2012-132.98%40.68% $ 1,825 $ 2,387 $ 729 $ 674 $
189 $ 295 $ 296 $ 463 $ 611 $ 955 2013-142.65%44.41% $ 1,844 $
2,451 $ 748 $ 692 $ 189 $ 303 $ 296 $ 475 $ 611 $ 981 2014-15
(Est.) 2.13%47.48% $ 1,860 $ 2,503 $ 764 $ 706 $ 189 $ 310 $ 296 $
485 $ 611 $ 1,001 Components of the AFDC-FC Rates for FFA Treatment
Programs for Children 9 to 11 Years of Age Comparison of Increases
in the Actual Rates with Increases in the CNI since 2001-02
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Foster Family Agencies
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Cumulative Increase in the Foster Care Schedule of Rates for
Foster Family Agencies Compared to Increases in the CNI since
2001-02 State Budget Year Effective Date California Necessities
Index Components of the AFDC-FC rate for FFA Treatment Programs for
Foster Children 9 to 11 years of age [CNI] Standard Rate Components
of the Standard Rate Percentage Change in CNI Cumulative Percentage
Change FFA Basic Rate Increment for the Child Social Work Services
Recruitment, Training, and Administration A.B. C.D. G.H.I.J.K.
2001-0207/01/01 Base Year0.00% $ 1,697 $ 479 $ 210 $ 329 $ 679
2002-0307/01/02 3.74% $ 1,697 $ 479 $ 210 $ 329 $ 679
2003-0407/01/03 3.46%7.33% $ 1,697 $ 479 $ 210 $ 329 $ 679
2004-0507/01/04 2.75%10.28% $ 1,697 $ 479 $ 210 $ 329 $ 679
2005-0607/01/05 4.07%14.77% $ 1,697 $ 479 $ 210 $ 329 $ 679
2006-0707/01/06 3.75%19.07% $ 1,697 $ 479 $ 210 $ 329 $ 679
2007-0807/01/07 3.70%23.48% $ 1,697 $ 479 $ 210 $ 329 $ 679
2008-0907/01/08 5.26%29.97% $ 1,697 $ 479 $ 210 $ 329 $ 679 2009-10
07/01/09 1.53%31.96% $ 1,697 $ 479 $ 210 $ 329 $ 679 10/01/09 $
1,527 $ 431 $ 189 $ 296 $ 611 2010-1107/01/10 1.57%34.03% $ 1,527 $
431 $ 189 $ 296 $ 611 2011-1207/01/11 1.92%36.61% $ 1,527 $ 431 $
189 $ 296 $ 611 2012-1307/01/12 2.98%40.68% $ 1,825 $ 729 $ 189 $
296 $ 611 2013-1407/01/13 2.65%44.41% $ 1,844 $ 748 $ 189 $ 296 $
611 Foster Family Agencies: Decline in the Real Purchasing Power of
AFDC-Foster Care Rates
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Remember, right away, we need YOU: To write letters of support
to legislators To get your board members, staff, and foster parents
to write letters of support To let us know you did it! Get ready
for Round 2: Meetings with Legislators!