The categories of APPLA are as follows:

APPLA: Other Family, DFPS Conservatorship

DFPS is awarded permanent custody of the child. The child would live in the least restrictive and most family-like setting possible (such as with fictive kin or a relative).

APPLA: Foster Family, DFPS Conservatorship

DFPS is awarded permanent custody of the child. The child would live in a foster home until he or she reaches adulthood.

APPLA: Independent Living

DFPS is awarded permanent custody of the youth. The youth lives in a setting other than a family setting, such as a foster group home, a residential treatment setting, or other institutional setting until he or she is age 18 and exits to an independent living situation.

APPLA: Community Care

DFPS is awarded permanent custody of a youth with an intellectual or developmental disability. The youth lives in a setting other than a family setting, such as an HCS home, or an institutional setting. When the youth reaches adulthood, a legal guardian will be needed to look after the youth’s well-being.

For detailed information about the services CPS provides to prepare a youth to live independently as an adult see 10200 Preparation for Adult Living.