465 IAC 2-7-6 Title IVE; foster care assistance payments

Sec. 6. (a) The maximum amount of foster care assistance (Title IVE-FC) payments shall be established by the state department of public welfare based upon the costs allowed for "foster care maintenance payments" as defined at 42 U.S.C. 675(4). (b) The effective date of the initial Title IVE-FC award shall be no earlier than the date of application. Payment shall not be made retroactively. Payment will be made to the foster care facility as soon following placement as payment procedures will permit. (c) Title IVE-FC funds shall be paid for the eligible child who has been made a ward of the county department of public welfare but placed under the supervision of a licensed child placing agency or probation department by court order provided regular reports are made to the county department by the probation department or licensed child placing agency as agreed upon by the agency and the county department. (d) The initial determination of financial need of the Title IVE-FC child shall be based upon the following two (2) factors: (1) The circumstances in the home from which the child was removed during the month in which the court wardship detention hearing or child in need of services (CHINS) adjudication process was initiated. (2) The circumstances of the child in the current foster placement. (e) In the determination of continuing eligibility for Title IVE-FC, financial need is based upon any available income in the child's own right.