When a child returns to a paid foster care placement from a non-paid placement, the child retains Title IV-E eligibility as long as the original court order pertaining to the child’s removal is still in effect. The foster care eligibility specialist reinstates the child’s Title IV-E foster care eligibility without completing a foster care application or review.

Examples of such non-paid placements include the following:

• Kinship or relative placements.
• Adoptive placements.
• Jails or facilities that are primarily for the detention of children.
• Medical or psychiatric hospitals.

The exceptions are for children returning to foster care from a monitored return as described in the previous section and youth in Extended Foster Care as described in 10424 Temporary Absences From Extended Foster Care.