Types of care by a relative caregiver

Types of care by a relative caregiver. Types of care by a relative caregiver. This chapter applies to the following types of care by a relative caregiver of a child: (1) Court-ordered out-of-home care placement. A relative caregiver applying for or receiving kinship care payments on behalf of a child that was placed in the relative caregiver’s home under a court order or a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement and is under the placement and care responsibility of a child welfare agency. A relative caregiver under this subsection shall also apply for or have applied for a license to operate a foster home under ch. DCF 56 , unless the child was placed in the relative caregiver’s home by a court order of a tribal court. (2) Voluntary. A relative caregiver applying for or receiving kinship care payments on behalf of a child residing with the relative caregiver for a child that was not placed in the relative caregiver’s home under a court order or a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement and is not under the placement and care responsibility of a child welfare agency. The child’s living arrangement with the relative caregiver may be informal or the relative caregiver may be the child’s guardian under s. 48.9795 , Stats., or a tribal private guardianship order. (3) Guardian appointed for child in need of protection or services. A relative caregiver that is applying for or receiving long-term kinship care payments and is a child’s guardian under s. 48.977 , Stats., or a tribal court order that is substantially similar to an order under s. 48.977 , Stats.