In Re Corrine W.

The minor appeals the juvenile court's order denying her motion to compel respondent Contra Costa County Bureau of Children and Family Services (Bureau) to pay for automobile liability insurance so that she may lawfully drive a car. She argues that federal and state law require that such payments be made to her foster parents. We disagree and affirm.

Corrine W. was removed from her home at the age of 16 after she reported that her mother's boyfriend had been molesting the minor since she was 5 years old. Following a contested jurisdiction hearing, the juvenile court sustained a petition filed pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 300, [1] finding that the minor was a child described by subdivisions b (failure to protect) and d (sexual abuse) of the statute. The minor was eventually placed in foster care with a family friend, after having first been placed in a group home. Corrine's mother waived reunification services at the initial disposition hearing, and the juvenile court adopted the Bureau's recommendation that the minor be placed in long-term foster care. The minor's parents are not parties to this appeal, and no party challenges the juvenile…