Category 70 - Minor Parent/Infant Foster Care 623-05-30-35

(Revised 8/15/06 ML #3025)

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PI 17-04

PI 17-04 Attachment

 

 

This applies to situations where the infant has not been adjudicated deprived.

 

Federal law was amended (Sec. 9133, COBRA, 1987 amended Sec. 475 (4) of Title IV-E of Social Security Act) to provide expanded foster care payments in cases where the foster care recipient is a child with a son or daughter living in the same foster home or child care institution.

 

Effective October 1, 1988, included in the foster care payment for the minor parent will be an amount necessary to cover the maintenance and other costs of the son or daughter. The amount for the son or daughter living with the minor foster child will follow the age appropriate foster care rate schedule.

 

To include the amount for the son or daughter living with the minor parent in foster care, include an irregular payment as Category 70, “Parent/Infant Payment.”

 

Also, effective October 1, 1988, the state is prohibited from including in an TANF assistance unit any son or daughter of a minor parent receiving such foster care maintenance payments.

 

If the minor parent and child are later separated, the needs of the child can no longer be included in the minor parent's foster care payment. In such cases the child's need and eligibility for TANF or foster care must be determined based on the child's current and individual circumstances.

 

A child whose costs in a foster family home or child care institution are covered by the Title IV-E foster care maintenance payments being made with respect to his/her minor parent is eligible for medical assistance under Title XIX. Refer to Manual Chapter 510-05 (Medicaid Eligibility Factors), or contact Medical Services if you have questions.