465 IAC 2-14-5 "Foster care" defined

Sec. 5. (a) "Foster care" means residential care and supervision of an individual who is less than twenty-one (21) years of age, subject to subsection (b), in any of the following categories of homes or facilities: (1) A foster family home licensed under IC 31-27-4 or applicable law of the state in which the home is located. (2) The home of a relative of the individual, who is not the individual's parent, if the: (A) home is not required to be licensed under IC 31-27-4 or applicable law of the state in which the home is located; and (B) relative is primarily responsible for support and maintenance of the home. (3) A child caring institution licensed under IC 31-27-3 or applicable law of the state in which the institution is located. (4) A group home licensed under IC 31-27-5 or applicable law of the state in which the home is located. (5) A transitional living placement. (6) An out-of-home placement pursuant to an Indiana court order. (b) An eligible youth, as defined in section 4(a) of this rule, must be receiving foster care: (1) while subject to: (A) wardship of, or court-ordered supervision by, the department, in a case pending under IC 31-34; or (B) court-ordered supervision by a county probation department, or wardship of a person or shelter care facility, in a case pending under IC 31-37; under a dispositional decree entered by the juvenile court; or (2) in accordance with applicable provisions of IC 31-28-5.8 and 465 IAC 2-15.1 relating to collaborative care. (c) The term does not include detention or housing of an individual in a: (1) juvenile detention facility, as defined in IC 31-9-2-71; (2) facility operated by the department of correction; (3) secure facility, as defined in IC 31-9-2-114, that is not licensed by the department; (4) forestry camp, training school, or any other facility operated primarily for detention of delinquent children; or (5) acute psychiatric facility.