Special Education Out-of-Home Care

Funding Description

The Out-of-Home Care Program provides funding through the Special Education Assembly Bill 602 formula to special education local plan areas (SELPAs) for foster youth, pupils placed in the short-term residential therapeutic program (STRTP), and three other types of facilities located within each SELPAs' geographic boundaries.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Local educational agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	All SELPAs are eligible for this funding.
Other Eligibility Considerations	Not applicable
Eligible Grade Level(s)	Not applicable
Eligible Age Level(s)	3-21

Funding

Legal Authority	California Education Code sections 56836.168 and 56836.173; Budget Item 6100-161-0001(1)(4)
Source / Type	State / Apportionment
State Fiscal Year	2021-22
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	6500 / 8311
Total Available	$148,328,000
Recipient Amount	See allocation formula
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	Pursuant to Assembly Bill 130, Chapter 44, Statutes of 2021, funding for each SELPA is based on three data elements: 1) the sum of cumulative enrollment for foster youth reported through California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System; 2) the average daily population at STRTP collected and managed by the Department of Social Services; and 3) pupil count data in community care, intermediate care, and skilled nursing facilities collected by the Department of Developmental Services as of April 1, 2022. Funding for each SELPA is calculated as follows: 1) cumulative enrollment for foster youth multiplied by the foster youth rate; 2) average daily population at STRTP multiplied by the STRTP rate; and 3) pupil counts for community care multiplied by the community care rate, pupil counts for intermediate care multiplied by the intermediate care rate, and pupil counts for skilled nursing multiplied by the skilled nursing rate. Funding rate for each data element is shown on the Funding Rates and Information, Fiscal Year 2021-22 web page.

Important Dates

Date Application Available	Unavailable
Due Date	Unavailable
Expected Notification Date	February 18, 2022

Additional Information

Application	Unavailable
Background	Out-of-Home Care [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/se/ohcapptdat.asp]
Fiscal	Unavailable
Other	Funds are paid through the Principal Apportionment. Principal Apportionment amounts are calculated three times for each fiscal year: the First Principal Apportionment (P-1) is certified by February 20th, the Second Principal Apportionment (P-2) is certified by June 25th and the Annual calculation is certified by February 20th of the following year (with that year's P-1 certification).

Contacts

Program	Halena Le, 916-323-6195, HLe@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Tami Lam, 916-322-4664, TLam@cde.ca.gov
Division	School Fiscal Services Division, 916-324-4541 (phone), 916-324-7141 (fax)