Application 623-05-15-20

(Revised 4/12/13 ML #3369)

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When financial assistance is needed to provide foster care payments, the parent(s), person or agency legally responsible for the financial support of the foster child or children needing foster care make application on SFN 641, Title IV-E/Title XIX Application Foster Care. In the case of Title IV-E children under the custody of tribal social services, this refers to a foster care paid placement. Every attempt should be made to provide the Administrative County with a timely application.

 

Documentation needed to determine Title IV-E eligibility and reimbursability must be received by the Administrative County with 45 days of receiving the application for foster care. If the information is not received within 45 days, the application will be considered incomplete and closed.

 

Retroactive payments in excess of 90 days are not allowed. For the purposes of initial payment, foster care expenses in excess of 90 days from when all documents are received by the Administrative County to determine eligibility would not be eligible for reimbursement.

 

An unwed mother, regardless of age, is legally responsible for the support of her child or unborn child and this responsibility is shared by the father if paternity has been established.

 

All children in the same family may be included in one application even though they represent individual cases and may receive care in different foster homes.

 

When the juvenile court has given custody of a child to one of the following:

1. The Executive Director of the North Dakota Department of Human Services;
2. The county director;
3. A licensed child placing agency; or
4. State Division of Juvenile Services.

 

Regardless of where the application for assistance may be initiated, the county having financial responsibility is also responsible for final action on the application. The financial county may negotiate an agreement with another county to provide certain services.