Category 20 Clothing for Foster Children 623-05-30-10
(Revised 2/17/17 ML #3493)
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Foster children placed in a licensed or approved (Tribal Affidavit) family foster home, group home, or residential settings are eligible for a clothing allowance. The foster care case manager is responsible to identify the clothing needs of the child. Clothing purchased specifically for the child does become the property of the child and must accompany the child upon leaving the placement. An inventory must be conducted of a child’s clothing prior to any placement or change in foster care placement.
Category 20: Clothing
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Ongoing Clothing Needs |
Ongoing Clothing Needs An ongoing clothing allowance is built into daily* rate reimbursed to foster parents monthly.
NOTE: In state Group Home/RCCF rate has some clothing costs built into the daily rate established by NDDHS through provider audit rate setting process.
For out of state RCCF’s, foster care case managers must verify if the daily rate has clothing built in. |
Codes under Category 20
21 Initial Clothing Allowance:
- The initial clothing allowance is available to a child when he/she enters their first paid foster care placement.
- Prior approval from the foster care case manager must be obtained before the purchase of clothing.
- During the first five months after the child’s initial entry into a paid foster care placement, the child’s clothing needs can be met with an initial clothing allowance, if needed.
- Clothing must be purchased within the first five months of initial placement.
- Receipts must be submitted to the county before reimbursement to the licensed provider can be authorized.
- Payments should be authorized timely; the payment system will only allow reimbursement for the initial clothing allowance (Code 21) through the sixth month. Reimbursement requests received after the sixth month will require Help Desk assistance to authorize.
- In order for a child to receive the initial clothing allowance again, the child must have been discharged from foster care for a 12 month period (this is a date specific period).
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Age Limits |
Expenditure Initial w/ in first 5 months |
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0 - 4 |
$400 |
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5 - 12 |
$400 |
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13 - Over |
$400 |
22 Special Clothing Allowance:
- A special clothing allowance may be authorized to replace clothing lost in a fire, flood, theft, other type of disaster, or for sudden growth spurts.
- The special clothing allowance rate is for emergency and extraordinary extenuating circumstances and should never be used to meet the ongoing clothing needs of the foster child.
- The special clothing allowance cannot be used to supplement the initial clothing purchases.
- The special allowance is not an entitlement.
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Age Limits |
Expenditure Limit/Year |
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0 - 4 |
$250 |
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5 - 12 |
$325 |
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13 - Over |
$400 |
Out of State Providers:
The clothing allowance for children placed out-of-state will be determined based on the rate of the receiving state. The rates are set by the receiving state and clothing may or may not be included in the out of state maintenance rate. If clothing is not included in the out of state rate, the ND irregular payment may be utilized.
