Haw. Code R. § 17-1617-21 - Termination of foster care maintenance payments, foster care related payments, and respite care payments

(a) Foster care maintenance payments, foster care related payments, and respite care payments shall be terminated when:

(1) The child returns to the family home;

(2) The child no longer resides in a licensed resource family home;

(3) The child goes into an adoptive home and the agreement between the department and prospective adoptive parents is signed by the family and the department, unless due to extenuating circumstances the benefits are authorized to continue until the child is adopted;

(4) The child goes into a permanent home and legal guardianship or permanent custody is awarded to the individual caregivers;

(5) The child is emancipated, achieves independent living,' or is self-supporting;

(7) The child is admitted to a residential treatment facility or a medical facility for extended treatment;

(8) The child moves to another state which agrees to assume full responsibility for the child's supervision and support;

(9) The child has sufficient income or resources to meet the maintenance payment independently;

(10) The child no longer meets eligibility requirements of this chapter; or

(11) The child dies.

(b) In addition, eligibility for federally funded foster care maintenance payments shall be terminated when:

(1) The child no longer resides in a fully licensed resource family home; or

(2) The child is in a placement pursuant to a voluntary foster custody agreement signed by the legal custodian for more than one hundred eighty days (180) without a judicial determination that the placement is in the best interests of the child made at the first court hearing and within the first one hundred eighty (180) days from the date the voluntary foster custody agreement was signed.

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Haw. Code R. § 17-1617-21

[Eff DEC 09 2010] (Auth: HRS § 346-14) (Imp: 45 C.F.R. §1356.22)