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California FFA & AB 2496 Explain Like I’m Five (ELI5) FAQ
Factual answers to common questions about California FFAs and AB 2496, with simple, jargon-free language and sourced information.
What’s next for foster families after an insurance shakeup threatens to upend thousands?
With most California foster family agencies (FFAs) in crisis due to a lack of insurance options, Los Angeles area FFAs fear agency closures and displacements may be imminent.
Thousands of foster kids could lose homes over insurance crisis
Bay Area foster family agencies and caregivers face a new reality as a dearth of insurance options threatens many organizations with closure.
Many of California’s foster kids could soon be displaced
With numerous foster family agencies facing closure in California, foster families worry for the kids in their care that may soon be separated from them.
Thousands of foster kids in California could lose their homes amid insurance crisis
Without any solutions on the horizon to an impending insurance crisis, California foster family agencies may soon be forced to shutter their operations, potentially displacing the children who depend on their services.
Almost 9,000 children in California foster care could soon be taken from homes over insurance crisis
Foster care providers and children are bracing for an uncertain future as many of California's foster family agencies are likely to lose insurance by the end of September. KPBS' Katie Hyson reports.
NIA Coverage Options for California FFAs After AB 2496
All California FFAs will have SSP, ISCPA and D&O coverages nonrenewed. Commercial Auto, CGL, and Property coverage will continue.
California’s Nonprofit Foster Family Agencies Facing Potential Shutdown
CBS News Los Angeles explores the coming crisis to California foster family agencies, and the real-life impact on the children it will affect the most.
The Insurance Cliff Coming for California Foster Care
The fate of thousands of foster homes, and many of the approximately 9,000 children living in them, are in flux as California scrambles to find a solution to an insurability crisis.
Some in power are willing to let the California foster family system collapse rather than offend the plaintiff attorneys who contribute millions of dollars to keep the system broken.
NIAC Announces Nonrenewal of All Coverages for California Foster Family Agencies
It has become clear that AB 2496, The Foster Family Agency Protection Act, is unlikely to pass in a form that allows FFAs to be insurable.
Setting the Record Straight on Child Services Renewals (ANI)
Another insurance company has been calling brokers to spread a false narrative.