Division of Juvenile Services (DJS) Foster Care Payments 623-05-15-75

(Revised 4/25/16 ML #3469)

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The Division of Juvenile Services (DJS) through an agreement with the NDDHS is able to access foster care payments for children under the custody of DJS that are placed with a fully licensed foster care provider. Eligibility is determined and payments are authorized by the administrative county.

 

The DJS representative is responsible for:

1. Obtaining and providing the administrative county with the necessary placement/application forms and court orders required to determine eligibility.
2. Maintaining the FRAME case.
3. Notifying the Eligibility Worker timely of any placement changes (SFN 45).
4. Providing the Eligibility Worker with copies of the current court orders.
5. Closing a placement timely when the child exits foster care.

 

Children under the custody or supervision of DJS who are removed from their home and initially placed in the Youth Correctional Center (YCC), or non-foster care arrangement, are not entered into FRAME. If at a later point the child enters a paid foster care placement, the case is then entered into FRAME by the DJS case manager effective the date of the paid placement. Subsequently when a child leaves a paid placement, the DJS case manager must update the placement setting as soon as possible. If the placement change is into a non-foster care setting, but the child is expected to return to foster care, the foster care program will remain open and the placement setting updated. If the child is not expected to return to a paid foster care placement, the foster care program and case must be closed by the DJS case manager.