HAR §17-1621-25. Termination of permanency assistance

(a) Title IV-E kinship guardianship assistance shall be terminated when: (1) The child has reached the age of eighteen years; (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. (3) The legal guardian(s) or permanent custodian(s) is no longer supporting the child; or (4) The legal guardian(s) or permanent custodian(s) is no longer legally responsible for the support of the child. (b) State funded permanency assistance shall be terminated when: (1) The child has reached the age of eighteen years and is not attending high school; (2) The child has completed the school year in which age twenty years is attained; (3) The legal guardian(s) or permanent custodian(s) is no longer supporting the child; (4) The legal guardian(s) or permanent custodian(s) is no longer legally responsible for the support of the child; (5) The child's need for permanency assistance no longer exists; 1621-19 2946 (6) The legal guardian(s) or permanent custodian(s) are able to assume full financial responsibility and no longer wish to continue the permanency assistance; (7) The child goes into an adoptive home; (8) The child has achieved independent living and is self-supporting; (9) The youth receives higher education board allowance payments; (10) The child enters a state institution for mental retardation or mental illness; (11) The child is placed in a correctional facility; (12) The child is admitted to a residential treatment facility or a medical facility for extended treatment and the caregiver(s) is not contributing to the cost of this placement; (13) The child no longer meets the eligibility requirements for state funded permanency assistance; or (14) The permanency assistance agreement is no longer current and valid. [Eff DEC 09 2010] (Auth: HRS §346-14) (Imp: HRS §346-14; 42 U.S.C. §673(a)(4)) 3. The repeal of chapter 17-835 and the adoption of chapter 17-1621, Hawaii Administrative Rules, shall take effect ten days after filing with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. 1621-20 2946