Health Care
Can The Alliance’s Health Care Program Help You?
Are you having trouble obtaining medical insurance for your foster child?
Are you a former foster youth between 18 and 21 years old who has lost your Medi-Cal coverage?
Has Medi-Cal denied a needed medical service for your foster child?
If so, call our intake line to get started:
(213) 368-6010
The Health Care Program assists foster children and former foster youth in need of medical coverage and services.
Many foster children have serious medical and mental health needs but lack adequate health care coverage and consistent medical providers. The Alliance assists caregivers with: finding medical and mental health providers, ensuring continuous Medi-CAL coverage for foster children, and challenging Medi-CAL denials of necessary treatment or procedures for foster children. The Alliance also helps youth who are aging out of foster care with Medi-CAL problems, and pregnant and parenting teens.
The Alliance conducts trainings all over L.A. County for medical providers, the courts and county departments on the medical care of foster children, including issues of medical consent. Finally, The Alliance partners with county and state agencies on health care reform for foster children and former foster youth.
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Medical Consent PowerPoint Training
Under California law, if you are caring for a child who is not your own, a Caregiver’s Affidavit will allow you to: 1) enroll the child in school and 2) if you are a relative, consent to medical care on behalf of the child. If you are not a relative, you may consent to school-related medical care only and it is recommended that you obtain legal guardianship.
Download the Caregiver’s Affidavit: English | Spanish All you have to do is sign it and provide it to the school and/or medical personnel.
Under California law, a parent may give you authority to consent to medical treatment for a child in your care. The parent must sign the 3rd Party Consent to Authorize Medical Treatment. A notarized letter from the parent can serve as a third party consent. For non-relative caregivers, a 3rd party consent provides better protection than a caregiver’s affidavit regarding medical care. Download Consent To Authorize Medical Treatment: English | Spanish
Dental Care for Foster Children
Healthcare Manual for Medical Providers of Children in Foster Care.
