Haw. Code R. § 17-1617-23 - Administrative Costs Associated With Otherwise Title IV-E Eligible Children Not In Licensed Foster Care Settings and Candidates for Foster Care

Expenditures by the department that would be considered administrative expenditures for purposes of section 474(a)(3) of the Social Security Act if made with respect to a child who was residing in a resource family home or childcare institution shall be so considered with respect to a child not residing in such a home or institution.

(1) In the case of a child who has been removed in accordance with section 472(a) of the Social Security Act from the home of a relative specified in section 406(a) (as in effect on July 16, 1996), only for expenditures:

(A) With respect to a period of not more than the lesser of 12 months or the average length of time it takes for the State to license or approve a home as a resource home, in which the child is in the home of a relative and an application is pending for licensing or approval of the home as a resource family home; or

(B) With respect to a period of not more than 1 calendar month when a child moves from a facility not eligible for payments under this part into a resource family home licensed or approved by the State; and

(2) In the case of any other child who is potentially eligible for benefits under a State plan approved' under this part and at imminent risk of removal from the home, only if:

(A) Reasonable efforts are being made in accordance with section 471(a)(15) of the Social Security Act to prevent the need for, or if necessary to pursue, removal of the child from the home; and

(B) The department has made, not less often than every 6 months, a determination (or redetermination) as to whether the child remains at imminent risk of removal from the home.

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Haw. Code R. § 17-1617-23

[Eff DEC 09 2010] (Auth: HRS § 346-14) (Imp: 45 C.F.R. §1356.21)