Reimbursability 447-10-25

(Revised 11/1/10 ML #3249)

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Once eligibility is established, the Eligibility Specialist must determine, whether the child's care was reimbursable by the federal government. Reimbursability requires that a series of conditions be met in order for foster care payments to be reimbursable. Non-reimbursability does not affect eligibility, nor does it mean that reimbursability cannot be established for the following month or for later months. There are seven reimbursability criteria.  They are:

1. Legal Responsibility
2. Court certification of "reasonable efforts"
3. Not in receipt of TANF or Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
4. Reimbursable placement (the foster home must have a “full” license – not provisional)
5. Need
6. Deprivation pertains to either parent for any of the following:

• Absence
• Death
• Physical/mental disability
• Unemployment/ under employment

7. Under 18 or a child between the ages of 18 and 19 in secondary school or training full time, and expected to graduate or complete training before turning age 19.

 

Not all the criteria will apply to all children, nor will all the criteria apply in any one-month. In fact, the first three criteria are largely one-time tests. That is, once the criteria have been verified, there is no need to check them again. Other criteria are only checked at specific points in a child's life, e.g., the under 18 criteria.