Section 28. Financial Responsibility

Until parental rights have been terminated, the child’s parents continue to be financially responsible for the child. PSD establishes a children’s maintenance account for children in PSD custody who receive monetary benefits. Resources received on behalf of the child are used to reimburse PSD for the child’s care and to meet the needs of the child. [8.10.8.28 NMAC - Rp, 8.10.8.15 NMAC, 9/29/2015] 8.10.8.29 COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE (CASA) AND SUBSTITUTE CARE ADVISORY COUNCIL (SCAC): A. If the court has appointed a CASA, PSD shall involve and inform the CASA as required by the Children’s Code. B. PSD refers each child in custody to the SCAC as required by the New Mexico Children’s Code. The SCAC provides the resource parent or relative providing care for the child with timely notice of and an opportunity to be heard before the SCAC. The notice and opportunity to be heard do not include the right to standing as a party in the case. [8.10.8.29 NMAC - Rp, 8.10.8.25 NMAC, 9/29/2015; A, 5/4/2021] 8.10.8 NMAC 11 8.10.8.30 CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES CHILD CARE A. PSD provides child protective services childcare as one part of a case for children and families receiving services to address child maltreatment safety and risk factors. B. The purpose of protective services childcare is: (1) to enable parents, guardians or custodians to participate in activities which are part of the comprehensive treatment plan; (2) to enable resource parents to maintain employment, obtain job training and attend educational programs while children are in placement in the home; and (3) to provide childcare as crisis intervention for those families who lack other resources, are at risk of child maltreatment, and unable to provide adequate care for their child. C. PSD provides childcare: (1) without regard to income eligibility; (2) depending on the assessment of need for the child and family or resource family; and (3) as appropriate and to maintain stability of a placement. D 3) to provide childcare as crisis intervention for those families who lack other resources, are at risk of child maltreatment, and unable to provide adequate care for their child. C. PSD provides childcare: (1) without regard to income eligibility; (2) depending on the assessment of need for the child and family or resource family; and (3) as appropriate and to maintain stability of a placement. D. PSD arranges for childcare by providers who meet the requirements established by and who are licensed or certified by the New Mexico early childhood education and care department. E. The child’s worker determines an appropriate childcare provider in cooperation with the child’s family or resource family. F. PSD follows the service standards and payment rates for childcare that are established by the New Mexico early childhood education and care department. G. PSD arranges child protective services childcare from any of the following approved provider types: (1) licensed family child care; (2) certified family child care; and (3) licensed childcare center.