The law made numerous changes to the child welfare system, mostly to Title IV-E of the Social Security Act, which covers federal payments to states for foster care and adoption assistance.
Eligibility is determined by at least one of following in accordance to the federal requirements: Those who participate in the AB12 program are considered non-minor dependents of the county in which they were placed into foster care.
SILP placements can include apartments, rooms for rent in a house, college dormitories, and single-room occupancy hotels.
[7] If a nonminor dependent is placed out-of-state, the sending and receiving agencies must undergo a ten-step process in accordance with the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.
[9] Even if a nonminor dependent is living in an out-of-state SILP placement, case managers are required to have monthly face-to-face visits with each youth.