HAR §17-1621-18. Duration of permanency assistance

(a) Federal Title IV-E kinship guardianship assistance may continue for an eligible child until: (1) The child reaches the age of eighteen; or (2) Where the department determines that the child has a mental or physical handicap which warrants the continuation of assistance, the age of twenty-one. (b) State funded permanency assistance may continue for an eligible child until: (1) The child reaches age eighteen years and is no longer attending high school; (2) The child, upon attaining age eighteen years while residing with legal guardian(s) or permanent custodian(s), is able to complete a high school education or equivalent within the following school year; or (3) The end of the school year in which the individual attains age twenty years. [Eff DEC 09 2010] (Auth: HRS §346-14) (Imp: HRS §346-14; 42 U.S.C. §673(a)(4))