Payment Eligibility Requirements 623-05-15-40

(Revised 8/15/06 ML #3025)

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Foster care payment is available to any needy child under 21 years of age who is living in a licensed child care facility, and:

1. Who has been deprived of parental support or care by reason of death, continued absence from the home, physical or mental incapacity, or under/unemployed parent, of the parent; or
2. Who is abandoned by his parent, guardian, or custodian; or
3. Whose parent, guardian, or custodian is unable, neglects, or refuses to provide proper or necessary subsistence, education, medical or surgical care, or other care necessary for his safety, health, morals, or well-being; or
4. Who is living in a pre-adoptive home and requires a subsidy for medical assistance and/or maintenance.