If a child is temporarily absent from non-emergency foster care, DFPS may continue to pay the foster care provider, if the payment is approved as follows:

• The regional supervisor and program director must approve payment for an absence of not more than 14 days.
• The regional program administrator must approve payment for an absence between 15 and 30 days.
• The regional director and director of placement must approve payment for an absence between 31 and 90 days.
• In unusual circumstances, payments may continue for an absence of longer than 90 days with prior written approval by the CPS assistant commissioner or designee.