When a child receiving monthly SSI or RSDI benefits enters an adoptive placement, DFPS remains the representative payee of the child’s benefits during the period between foster care and the adoption’s consummation. DFPS forwards the monthly funds to the prospective adoptive parent for him or her to use for the child’s current maintenance. DFPS resigns as the payee for the child when the adoption is consummated.

DFPS sends the monthly SSI or RSDI payment, and any other payments approved to be used for the cost of care, to the prospective adoptive parent in the month after receipt. If the child was in a paid foster care placement during the month the adoptive placement began, the payment for that month is prorated between the foster care and adoptive placements. See 1715.4 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Payments and Adoption Assistance Payments.