Wis. Admin. Code Department of Children and Families DCF 21.04 - Youth's request to re-enter out-of-home-care and agency determination
(1) A youth who was discharged from
out-of-home care by aging out on or after August 1, 2014, and who did not
immediately enter a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement or by
termination of a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement may
submit a written request for a determination of eligibility to re-enter
out-of-home care that contains all of the following information:
(a) The youth's full name.
(b) The youth's date of birth.
(c) The youth's contact information and
contact information for another person who will know where the youth is and be
able to contact him or her.
(d) The
agency that had placement and care responsibility for the youth when he or she
last left out-of-home care.
(e) The
secondary school or its technical or vocational equivalent where the youth is
enrolled or an attestation by the youth that he or she does not have a high
school diploma and wants to re-enroll in secondary school or its technical or
vocational equivalent.
(f) The
youth attests that he or she has an individualized educational program under s.
115.787, Stats., in
effect.
(g) If known, contact
information for a person at the youth's secondary school or its technical or
vocational equivalent who is on the youth's individualized education program
team under s. 115.787, Stats.
(2) If a youth requests that an
agency assist the youth with writing the request for determination of
eligibility, the agency shall assist the youth.
(3) A youth may submit a written request for
a determination of eligibility to re-enter out-of-home care to any of the
following agencies:
(a) The county department
of social services under s.
46.22, Stats., or the county
department of human services under s.
46.23, Stats., in the county
where the youth resides.
(b) The
agency that had placement and care responsibility for the youth when the
youth's most recent out-of-home care placement terminated or the youth aged
out.
(4) The agency that
receives the youth's request for determination of eligibility shall provide the
youth with a written explanation of the youth's appeal rights under s.
DCF
21.08 if the application is denied or, if determined
eligible, if eligibility is later terminated under s.
DCF
21.07.
(5)
The agency under sub. (3) (b) shall determine the youth's eligibility for
re-entry to out-of-home care under s.
DCF
21.03. If a youth submits a request to re-enter
out-of-home care to the agency in the county where the youth resides and that
agency is not the agency under sub. (3) (b), that agency shall forward the
youth's request to the agency under sub. (3) (b) on the same day.
(6) Within 5 working days after receiving the
youth's request, the agency under sub. (3) (b) shall make an eligibility
determination and send a written notice to the youth. If the youth is not
enrolled in school, the agency under sub. (3) (b) shall assist the youth with
re-enrollment in school.
(7) If the
agency under sub. (3) (b) is not the agency in the county where the youth
resides, the agency where the youth resides shall assist the agency under sub.
(3) (b) with all of the following:
(a)
Verifying the youth's enrollment in a secondary school or its technical or
vocational equivalent.
(b)
Verifying that an individualized education program under s.
115.787, Stats., is in effect
for the youth.
(c) Interviewing the
youth.
(d) Obtaining signatures
from the youth and, if needed, the youth's guardian.
(8)
(a) If
the agency under sub. (3) (b) determines that the youth is eligible under s.
DCF
21.03, the agency shall enter into a voluntary
transition-to-independent-living agreement with the youth within the same 5
working days that eligibility is determined under sub. (6). If the agency under
sub. (3) (b) determines that the youth is not eligible, the agency shall send a
written notice within 5 working days after the determination is made that
specifies the reasons for the denial and informs the youth of his or her right
to appeal under s.
DCF
21.08.
(b)
Notwithstanding par. (a), if the agency determines that the youth is eligible
and makes efforts to contact the youth using the contact information provided
by the youth and the youth does not respond, the agency shall enter into a new
voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement with the youth as soon as
practicable.
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