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How do I report child abuse?
What should be reported to Children’s Services?
What information is needed when making a report?
What happens when I report child abuse?
Who should report allegations of abuse or neglect to Children’s Services?
Where do I find training or presentations regarding Child Abuse and Reporting?
How do I report child abuse?
If you suspect that a child has been abused or neglected, call:
What should be reported to Children’s Services?
Child abuse and neglect comes in many forms and can be an act or an omission that harms a child.
Child abuse categories are outlined in Penal Code Section 11165 and include: Sexual Abuse, Neglect (severe and general), Physical Abuse (willful harming or endangering of a child and unlawful corporal punishment or injury), Emotional Abuse, Abuse or Neglect in out of home care, and Maternal Substance Abuse. The risk to children when Domestic Violence is occurring in the home is also included in the Neglect category.
Physical abuse is defined as non-accidental physical trauma or injury by a parent or caretaker on a child. It also includes a parent's or a caregiver's failure to protect a child from another person who perpetrates physical abuse on a child. In its most severe form, physical abuse causes great bodily harm or death.
Sexual Abuse includes penetration or external touching of a child's intimate parts, oral sex with a child, indecent exposure, using a child for prostitution, the manufacturing of child pornography, or any other sexual act performed in a child's presence for sexual gratification. Child sexual abuse also includes the willful failure of a parent or caretaker to make reasonable efforts to stop child sexual abuse by another person.
Emotional Abuse includes, but is not limited to, verbal assaults, ignoring and indifference or constant family conflict.
Neglect includes any situation where a child does not receive proper care and/or is exposed to hazardous conditions such as drugs, domestic violence, or other issues which threaten the safety and well being of the child.
What Information is needed when making a report?
It is helpful to have the information listed below; however, this information is not required to make a suspected child abuse report:
Names and ages/dates of birth for the family
Address for the child and/or family
The issue that prompted the call and how the information was obtained
Date(s) and description(s) of the injuries or dangers to the child
Identities of perpetrator(s) and their relationship(s) to the victim
Witnesses to the incident(s) and how they may be reached
Details of any physical evidence available
Alleged perpetrator’s current access to the child
Present condition of the child (alone, in need of medical attention, etc.)
Any statements from the child
What happens when I report child abuse?
When a person calls the Child Abuse Hotline regarding possible abuse or neglect of a child, a Risk and Safety assessment is completed and a decision is made about how quickly to respond to the report. Response times may be within 24 hours, 10 days, or not at all. If there is no legally defined abuse allegation, the report will be taken and recorded but there will be no in-person response.
When an in-person response is complete, there are several possible outcomes for the family and the child(ren). The investigation may conclude that there is no evidence of abuse or neglect and the case is closed with no further action. The conclusion may be that there is no evidence of abuse or neglect, but the family may be referred for services that will benefit them such as parenting, anger management, or counseling. The investigation may determine that abuse or neglect issues exist, but may be resolved by providing Family Maintenance Services. Family Maintenance Services allow the children to stay in the home while the Children's Services Division works with the family and other service organizations to help the family.
Finally, the investigation may conclude that the child is not safe in his/her home and must be removed from the care of the parent or caretaker. In these instances, court proceedings are initiated. Juvenile Court involvement will continue until the child may be safely reunified with the parent or caretaker or the Children's Services Division establishes a permanent plan for the child when the child may not be safely reunified with the parent or caretaker.
Who should report allegations of abuse or neglect to the Children’s Services Division?
The Children's Services Division encourages everyone to report suspected child abuse and neglect. Some professions are mandated by law to report suspected child abuse and neglect by virtue of their positions. Mandated reporters are those individuals who in the course of their work come into contact with families and children.
The following professionals are Mandated Reporters (Penal Code Section 11165.7) and are required to report suspected/alleged child abuse and neglect to a child protective agency such as the police or the Children's Services Division and file a Mandated Reporter form within 48 hours of submitting an oral report. The following is a list (not all inclusive) of professionals who are Mandated Reporters:
- Anyone whose duties require direct contact and supervision of children.
- Medical, Dental and Hospital Personnel including: physicians, surgeons, dentists, residents, interns, podiatrists, chiropractors, licensed nurses, dental hygienists, optometrists, medical examiners, coroners, emergency medical technicians and paramedics.
- Mental health professionals and counselors including: psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed and unlicensed marriage, family and child counselors and trainees and psychological assistants.
- School officials and educators including: public, classified or private teachers, instructional aides or teacher’s assistants, administrative officers, supervisors of child welfare and attendance, administrators or employees of a county office of education or the California Department of Education and school police.
- Social service personnel including: public assistance workers, social workers, clinical social workers, child visitation monitors and county welfare employees.
- Clergy including: priests, ministers, rabbis, religious practitioners, or similar functionary of a church, temple or recognized denomination or organization.
- Day camp or child care providers including: public or private: administrators, licensees and employees of any youth center, youth recreational program, youth organization, licensed community care or child day care facility.
- Commercial film and photographic print processors including: all employees who develop exposed negatives, slides, or prints.
- Law enforcement personnel including: any employee of any police department, county sheriff’s department, and county probation department. This includes probation officers, parole officers, police officers, peace officers and custodial officers.
Where do I find training or presentations regarding Child Abuse and Reporting?
For training or presentations regarding Child Abuse and Mandated Reporting contact Prevent Child Abuse Riverside County (PCARC) at: 951-686-5581.
Mandated reporters may also access training online at: Online Mandated Reporting Training.
This project is funded by the California Department of Social Services, Office of Child Abuse Prevention and carried out by the California Institution on Human Services, Sonoma State University. |
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1-800 – 665- Kids (5437)
Se Habla Espanol
Every child deserves a safe and stable environment that nurtures personal growth and development.
In Riverside County, there are approximately 4,000 children who have been removed from their families because of abuse, neglect or abandonment. These children need love, consistency and commitment. They need you.
If you are committed to addressing the needs of your community, you can help make a critical difference by becoming a licensed foster/adoptive parent, also called a Resource Family. If you think you would like to share your home and family with a child and make a positive impact, please call to learn more. To obtain further information about becoming a foster/adoptive parent you may call 1-800-665-KIDS and/or click here for the Orientation Packet Information.
The role of foster parents is to provide a caring and supportive environment for children who cannot live with their birth parents until family problems are resolved. The primary goal of foster care is to provide a safe and loving home until children are able to reunify with their parents. Foster parents are part of a team that includes social services staff and the biological parents working toward the goal of reunification. For children who cannot be returned to biological parents, foster placement may be the first step toward permanent placement such as adoption or guardianship.
As a foster/adoptive parent, you can help children during times of family crisis by providing positive parenting. Hold their hands. Take them to the library. Teach them to ride a bike or tie their shoes. For older children, helping to set educational goals provides a valuable lesson. Simple acts of caring and commitment can make an important difference in a child’s life. Your rewards will be immeasurable, and your community will benefit by having a greater number of well-adjusted children.
Riverside County Department of Public Social Services is a state licensed adoption agency and as such, is able to take relinquishments from birth parents who wish to place their child(ren) in a loving, adoptive home.
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Thank you for taking an interest in caring for a child. We invite you to become a member of the Riverside County Resource Family program. Enclosed you will find information needed to answer questions most commonly asked by potential foster/adoptive caregivers. Orientation Packet (English) - (Spanish)
- If you are interested in becoming a tribal foster/adoptive parent please click here Indian Child Family Services
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Contact Us
Resources/Training
- Resource Family Readers
For: Relatives, Foster Parents, Adoptive Parents, Legal Guardians, Extended Family Members, Foster Family Agencies, Group Homes, and Small Family Homes.
- Family Resource Center Locations
- 2-1-1 provides free and confidential information and referral.
Call 2-1-1 for help with food, housing, employment, health care, counseling and more.
- Foster Parent College
Foster Parent College offers affordable research-based training for foster, adoptive and kinship parents. Using the World Wide Web, the self-driven training is accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
- Foster Parent Training Resources
Riverside Community College’s Foster and Kinship Care Education Program provides on-going continuing education classes and workshops for Resource Families. These classes are accepted as fulfillment of the annual requirements from the state and county for maintaining licensure.
The program offers classes throughout the county. There are sites in Banning, Cathedral City, Corona/Norco, Hemet, Lake Elsinore, Moreno Valley, Rancho Mirage, Riverside and Murrieta. Most areas have classes in the morning and in the evening at least once a month. Classes in Spanish are offered monthly in four locations - Banning, Norco, Hemet, and Moreno Valley.
You may also download the brochure from www.rcc.edu. Go to Student Services, then to Workforce Preparation in the purple menu on the right. Click on Foster and Kinship Care Education. At the bottom of the page is a link to access the brochure.
For more information on classes or to receive a copy of the schedule of classes, please call the Director of the FKCE program, Penny Davis, at (951) 222-8937, or e-mail Penny at: penny.davis@rcc.edu.
- Video/DVD Training Library
The Children’s Services Division offers department and Community Care Licensing (CCL) approved Continuing Education Units through video and/or DVD training. A three (3) day notice is required to reserve training videos or DVDs. A training examination is provided with each video or DVD. Once the video/DVD and examination are completed and returned to Children’s Services Division, a Certificate of Completion will be provided to the caregiver or student. A maximum of 8 hours of required training may be completed by using the Video/DVD Training Library.
Videos and DVDs can be obtained by calling:
(951) 358-5650, Monday – Thursday, 8:00am to 5:00pm.
- Medi- Cal
- Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP)
- County Service Referral Listing (English) - (Spanish)
- Independent Living Program Resource Guide
In an effort to prepare foster youth to successfully transition from foster care to adulthood, the Independent Living Program has created a resource directory with Education, Permanency, Employment and Health and Safety information.
County Foster Parent Forms
Non-Related / Relative Caregiver Forms
Placement Packet Inventory Sheet
To receive a packet by mail, please call 1-800-665-KIDS (5437)
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| Birth Certificate |
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| Immunization Card |
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Ice Breakers
The Ice Breakers “break the ice” and
begin the process of building a
relationship between the birth parents,
foster parents, social workers, and
children.
(English) - (Spanish)
Team Decision Making
A Team Decision Making (TDM)
meeting brings together people who
are interested in and care about the
family. A TDM meeting is held to ensure that the best possible decisions are made regarding the child’s safety and placement.
(English) - (Spanish)
JV-290 & Instructions
Visitation Evaluation
Regional Center Rate Supplemental Request
State law authorizes a supplement to the rate for dual agency child three years of age and older receiving AFDC-FC or AAP benefits upon determination that the dual agency child has extraordinary care and supervision needs that cannot be met by the $2006 rate. If you are eligible and would like to request a supplement to your existing rate please contact Ayantu Negash at (951) 358-7771.
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What is Adoption?
Adoption is the permanent, legal transfer of parental rights and responsibilities from a child’s biological parents to the adoptive parents. Adoption is intended to provide a child with a permanent family when they are unable to return to their birth families.
The Adoptions Program is responsible for finding and preparing Resource Families for children who are dependents of Riverside County Juvenile Court due to neglect, abuse, or abandonment, and who cannot return to their birth families.
Who Can Adopt?
Each year in Riverside County, hundreds of people from all walks of life adopt. You do not have to be married or own your own home to adopt. Many adoptive parents are single, married or reside with a domestic partner. You do have to have some source of income to adopt. In order to be a fully approved adoptive home with Riverside County Adoptions, you must reside in Riverside County. Per state law, you must also must be 10 years older than the child you are adopting.
What is required to adopt?
To adopt a child from the Department of Public Social Services in Riverside County, you must:
Be able to provide a safe, stable, and nurturing environment for a child.
Be an adult and a resident of Riverside County.
Have sufficient income to meet your own expenses.
Submit to criminal records clearances, including the California Department of Justice and FBI livescan (fingerprints), and the Child Abuse Central Index Check.
Be licensed by Community Care Licensing (CCL).
Attend our Resource Family Training and Assessment classes and submit to the Home Study Process to become placement ready.
The Adoption Process
To apply to become an adoptive family you must first attend an orientation, where you will receive applications for Riverside County Adoptions and Community Care Licensing (CCL). To obtain information about Orientation, call 1-800-665-KIDS. After Orientation, you will be required to submit an application to Riverside County Adoptions and to CCL. Adoptive parents are required to be licensed as a Foster Family Home, attend an initial interview, attend 11 weeks of Resource Family Training classes, and submit to the Home Study process in order to become placement ready and be matched with a child(ren).
The adoption process is specifically designed to help you discover if adoption is right for your family. Creating a family through adoption is a challenging undertaking. It can also be a satisfying and rewarding experience for your family and for your adopted child.
In Riverside County, we have an urgent need for families who want to adopt older children, sibling sets, or children with special medical or developmental needs. Families willing to adopt these types of children will be given priority in completing their Home Studies.
Heart Gallery
The Heart Gallery is a traveling portrait exhibit of children who are in need of finding their forever family. These children need love, happiness and a sense of belonging. They need a home. It could be yours!
For more information click here.
Adoptions Assistance Payment Program
The Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) provides financial and medical assistance to families for children adopted from our agency who have special needs. Eligibility to AAP payments is determined by the adoptions Social Service Worker (SSW).
- The amount of the AAP payment must be set through negotiation between the adoption agency and the adoptive family.
- The payment amount cannot exceed the foster care maintenance payment that the child would have received had he or she remained in foster care.
- AAP benefits may continue until the child reaches age 18, or age 21 if the child has a mental or physical condition which, upon social worker determination, warrants the continuation of assistance.
- If no cash payment is required at the time of adoption in order for the adoptive family to meet the AAP eligible child’s needs, a deferred payment AAP agreement can be signed prior to finalization of the adoption. This ensures continued eligibility and the family’s ability to receive benefits in the future should the child’s needs or family circumstances change such that cash assistance is required to meet the child’s needs.
AAP Payment
- AAP payments are received on the first of the month in the month of care. For example, June benefits are issued so that they are received by June 1st.
Medi-Cal
- If a child is determined eligible for AAP he/she is also eligible to full scope Medi-Cal benefits.
- The adoptive parents may enroll the child in a Medi-Cal Health Care Plan (HCP) such as IEHP or Molina, if they choose. Available HCPs vary from County to County.
- If the family signs a deferred agreement, the child will receive full scope Medi-Cal benefits even if he or she receives no cash benefit.
Reassessment
- Eligibility to AAP payments is reassessed at least once every two years.
- AAP eligibility staff send form AAP 3 Reassessment Information - Adoption Assistance Program to the adoptive parent(s). The parent(s) return the form to Adoptions Services staff with updated information and any requested rate increase. An adoptions social worker determines the rate for the new certification period. Designated staff enter the rate, certification period and other updated information on form AAP 2 “Payment Instructions-Adoption Assistance Program.” Form AAP 2 is sent to AAP eligibility staff who update the payment system for the new certification period including any changes to the rate, address and phone number.
Legal Guardianship Information (click here)
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To obtain additional information about adoptions, click here to link to the State website: "A Guide to California Adoptions."
- What is adoption?
Adoption is a legal process which permanently gives parental rights to adoptive parents. Adoption means taking a child into your home as a permanent family member. It means caring for and guiding children through their growing years and giving them the love and understanding they need to develop their full potential.
The California Kids Connection program was developed as California's registry of children waiting to be adopted and of families wanting to adopt. The program offers both a secure website accessible only to California licensed adoption agency personnel and a public site accessible to any Internet user. The public site is available to anyone using the Internet at http://www.cakidsconnection.com Visitors to this area of the website may view and indicate their interest in specific children by sending an immediate email to the adoption agency identified for each child. This site features children for whom legal clearance has been granted by the court.
- If you would like to adopt a child, contact:
Riverside County Department of Public Social Services
1-800-665-KIDS
Ask to speak with an agency representative and be referred to an Orientation which will explain more about the adoption process. After the Orientation, if you make the decision to adopt, you must complete and submit a written application to Riverside County Adoptions and to Community Care Licensing. You will be contacted to come in for an initial interview by Riverside County Adoptions and may be invited to start in the Resource Family Training classes. After you have completed classes and are licensed by Community Care Licensing, you will by assigned an adoptions social worker to discuss the type of child you wish to adopt and the children that are available through the public adoption agency. You must participate in a Home Study process or "family assessment" which consists of a thorough review of your history, including criminal, medical, employment, emotional, marital, and life history, and your home environment, as required by law. This process is a joint effort by the agency and the adoptive applicants. The agency evaluates and determines your ability to provide a stable, safe and permanent home to a child who is available for adoptive placement.
You may also wish to consider adoption through a licensed private adoption agency. You will need to contact licensed private agencies in your area for information about their services, requirements and fees.
- Both of us work. Will I have to quit my job if I want to adopt or be a foster parent?
No. Both parents may work as long as appropriate childcare arrangements are made.
The State also enacted new legislation which extends disability compensation to allow individuals to take time off work to bond with a new child.
- What type of adoptions does Riverside County handle?
Riverside County completes adoptions with families that become a fully approved adoptive home through Riverside County Adoptions. These families are then matched with a child who is a dependent of the Riverside County Juvenile Court and who will not be reunifying with their birth parents. In some instances, these families also get matched to children who are relinquished to Riverside County Adoptions by way of a Standard Relinquishment. Riverside County also completes adoptions for children who are being adopted by their current foster parents, or for children who have been placed by the Juvenile Court with a relative who wishes to adopt.
- What is the difference between adoption and guardianship?
Adoption is the permanent legal assumption of all parental rights and responsibilities for a child. Adoptive parents have the same legal rights and responsibilities as parents whose children are born to them. Adoption is the preferred permanent plan for children who are unable to be reunified with their birth parents.
A guardian is someone appointed by the court to care for a child until he or she is 18. The court can make a decision about guardianship whether or not the parent agrees. If you become a guardian, the court grants you the right to make most decisions regarding the child.
- Is there financial assistance provided once the adoption is final?
Financial Assistance in the form of Adoption Assistance Payments (AAP) and some medical coverage is available to families who adopt children from our agency. Most of our children qualify for AAP regardless of the adoptive parent’s income. This assistance may continue until the child is age 18 or, in certain circumstances, age 21. In addition, the federal government provides tax incentives to assist families with the cost of adoption.
Post Adoption Services are provided to adoptive families and adopted children. These services include crisis intervention services, referrals to counseling, post adoption inquiries, support groups for adoptive families and their children, and other services.
For more information on how to become a Foster/Adoptive parent, please contact 1-800-665-KIDS.
Additional Services
Post Adoption Services
Intake line: (951) 358-5392
11070 Magnolia Avenue Suite B
Riverside, Ca. 92505
Recertification and time limited case management of the post adoption caseload, includes the following:
- Providing referrals to meet the child’s/family needs
- Team Decision Making meetings
- Group Home screenings with the Department of Mental Health
- Consulting with and obtaining documentation from other service agencies and personnel, such as, attorneys, group homes, mental health, Inland Regional Center, and others
- Sharing post adoption information which may include: Consent for Contact forms AD904, facilitating contact between adoptive families and birth families and/or siblings, providing verification of adoption for the D.A., case research and sharing of information to other child welfare investigating agencies
- Assistance to obtain the amended birth certificates by mediating and coordinating the exchange of documents between the Juvenile Court and the Office of Vital statistics in Sacramento
- Determining an appropriate level of Special Care Increments for the child’s special needs
- Assessing and determining eligibility for AAP requests from outside adoption agencies, and
- Initiating AAP for deferred agreements.
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Riverside County Children’s Services’ Family to Family Initiative is a primary strategy in our County’s System Improvement Plan. Family to Family is grounded in the beliefs that family foster care must be focused on a more family-centered approach that is responsive to the individual needs of children and their families, rooted in the child’s community or neighborhood and is sensitive to cultural differences.
The success of the Family to Family strategy for developing a more family-centered, neighborhood approach is based upon a four-fold design.
- Recruitment, Training, and Support of Resource Families (Foster homes and relatives): Finding and maintaining local resources who can and will support children and families in their own neighborhoods.
- Building Community Partnerships: Working together with a wide range of community organizations, both public and private, to create an environment that supports families involved with Children’s Services and thereby helps to build stronger neighborhoods and stronger families.
- Family Team Decision-Making (TDM): These meetings bring together parents, community partners and Department staff to participate in the decisions needed to ensure the safest and most appropriate placement for a child who may be at risk of removal from their parents due to abuse or neglect or for a child in out-of-home care, before any placement move.
- Self-Evaluation: This strategy has enabled Children’s Services to become more transparent by sharing with our community members our work, our successes and our ongoing needs in our efforts to better serve children and families.
Family to Family and our four strategy efforts are not a fad, or a pilot program, but how Children’s Services in Riverside County now focuses our service efforts with families, from first contact with a family, through reunification and permanency services. Family to Family is now operational in our six regional areas and in our regions serving children in group homes placements and children awaiting adoption. As a result, we have increased our ability to provide quality care for children in their own homes and in out-of-home placement within their own neighborhoods and communities.
Visit the website for Family to Family.
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Data Quick Facts
Neighborhood Fact Sheet - For additional data information, please contact Nkoli Nwufo at 951-358-8353.
Fostering Connections - The California Fostering Connections Act (AB 12) was signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on September 30, 2010. This bill will provide federal funding for Californias existing kinship guardian assistance program (Kin-GAP) and potentially extend foster care benefits to foster youth to the age of 21.
Please download the following for further information regarding The California Fostering Connections Act (AB 12)
If you have any questions please contact the Independent Living Program at (951) 358-6748 or
1-800-303-0001.
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Mission of the IL Region
Our mission is to promote: Education, Employment, Permanency, Health & Safety, and
to provide current and former foster youth with resources that promote their self-sufficiency and independence.
ILP Eligibility
All dependent and former foster youth are eligible for ILP
Services if they:
- have spent at least one day in out-of-home placement on or after their 16th birthday
- are between the ages 16-18 (in-care) or
- are between the ages of ages 18-21 (aftercare)
Youth are eligible for services irrespective of their county or state of residence.
ILP Services:
ILP works in partnership with Riverside City College Districts (ILP@RCC) to provide ILP services to in-care and after-care eligible youth.
Through collaborative service with ILP Social Service Workers and ILP@RCC -Emancipation Coaches, all ILP eligible youth are provided with support, case management and needs and progress assessments.
In addition to the following services, youth are also provided with access to RCC Career and Technical Education opportunities:
ILP In-Care Services
Education
- assist with meeting GED requirements
- evaluate High School credits
- identify educational options and goals
- prepare for academic assessments
- apply for scholarships and financial aid
Employment
- explore employment interests and options
- discuss job placement and work readiness skills
- provide information regarding job resources
- assist with completing employment applications
- encourage participation in vocational training and volunteer programs
Permanent Connections
- guide youth in developing mentoring relationships with appropriate adults
- connect youth to culturally relevant community events and services
Health and Safety
- assess youth's ability to make and practice appropriate lifestyle and preventative health choices
- provide referrals to appropriate health services
- guide the transition to adult mental health services
- assist with application process for health care coverage and Food Stamps
- help youth secure viable housing options following emancipation.
ILP After-Care Services
Education
- Evaluate High School credits
- Purchase of College Text Books
- Assist with Education Fees
- Access to Financial-Aid and Scholarships
Employment
- Assist with Job Application and Resume Development
- Referrals to Occupational Education & Training
- Provision of Appropriate Interview and Work Clothing
- Gas Cards and Public Transportation Assistance
Health & Safety
- Emergency housing
- Food assistance, including completion of Food Stamp Applications
- Assist with Medical Coverage Application Process
- Basic living necessities
ILP Activities & Events:
ILP Orinetation:
A one day orientation designed exclusively for youth newly referred to the ILP Program, offering an introduction to ILP services.
ILP Life Skills Workshops:
Two day workshops designed to provide eligible youth with the opportunity to learn life experiences through both a classroom and hands on skills development.
Participants earn a certificate of completion and incentives (gift cards, school supplies, clothing allowance for interviews and more) for each completed workshop.
ILP Events
- ILP Youth Summit
- Emancipation Event
For the ILP Schedule of Workshops & Special Events contact: ILP@RCC: 951-222-8445 or ILP@rcc.edu
Extended Medical Benefits:
Former foster youth can receive medical assistance through Med-cal until their 21st birthday. The initial enrollment process is automatic for qualifying youth; however, renewal of Extended Medi-Cal benefits is not automatic and requires annual eligibility renewal with the youth verifying the following:
- The youth's consent to continue with Medi-Cal services.
- The youth's current address.
- The existence of any other medical insurance (i.e. through employment etc.).
ILP is available to assist former foster youth whose medical benefits have been discontinued or to provide additional information regarding medical care options and the programs that are available.
ILP Contact Information:
To learn more about ILP and the services available, please contact us at:
INDEPENDENT LIVING REGION
Main Line: (951) 358-6748
Fax: (951) 358-5155
Email: ILP@riversidedpss.org
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