Role of the Child’s Caseworker

DFPS must review the child’s eligibility for IV-E or Medicaid at least once every 12 months while the child is in foster care. The child’s caseworker receives an IMPACT Task To-Do when a foster care review is due for the child. To complete the review, the child’s caseworker must do the following:

• Complete the Foster Care Review in IMPACT and submit it to the assigned foster care eligibility specialist.
• Send the eligibility specialist copies of all child-specific court orders made since the previous review or initial determination.
• Send the eligibility specialist documentation of the child’s citizenship or immigration status. The specialist takes this step if new documentation has been obtained since the previous foster care review or initial eligibility determination.

Role of the Eligibility Specialist

The foster care eligibility specialist must do the following:

• Review all documentation sent by the caseworker.
• Determine the child’s continued eligibility for IV-E, including the required judicial permanency findings, by processing the Foster Care Review in IMPACT.
• Determine eligibility for Medicaid assistance for state-paid cases based on policy at 1535.1 Medicaid Eligibility Types [sic, wrong link] due to changes to the child’s citizenship status. For example, DFPS might obtain a document verifying U.S. citizenship for a child who previously had a status of Undetermined.
• Record the child’s eligibility in IMPACT.
• Place all documents related to the eligibility redetermination in the child’s eligibility file.