Staff must maintain a foster care eligibility case record if a child is certified for Title IV-E state-paid or Medical Assistance Only (MAO) foster care. Staff includes the following documents in the foster care eligibility record:

• IMPACT Foster Care Assistance Application.
• IMPACT Foster Care Reviews.
• Original petition and affidavit of removal order.
• All court orders, in chronological order, with most recent order on top.
• Copies of child’s birth verification or birth certificate.
• Copies of child’s SSN verification, or a copy of the child’s Social Security Card.
• Miscellaneous items and internal and external correspondence.
• Placement and Service Level List pages from IMPACT (needed only for audit file requests).
• Eligibility Summary List pages from IMPACT (needed only for audit file requests)
• Extended foster care documents, if child is older than 18 years of age.
• Eligibility inquires, including screenshots of external databases.