DISCUSSION:

Relative or Kinship Care policy is located in Section 4 Chapter 12 of the Child Welfare Manual. Language in this section of policy has been revised to support data entry in FACES.

Current transportation policy, Section 4 Chapter 11 Attachment C, allows for reimbursement to relative and kinship providers for allowable child specific transportation. Policy clarification has been made in Section 4 Chapter 12 Subsection 4 to include transportation reimbursement in the Relative and Kinship section of policy.

Policy requires all licensed resource homes to complete 30 hours of in-service training before their license may be renewed. Level B resource homes are required to complete 32 hours. Relative homes, RH, may use the relative non-safety standard waiver and not complete the 30 hours in-service training for their RH license to be renewed. However, if they do not complete the required 30 hours of training, they are not eligible for the $100.00 Professional Parenting Payment, PPMN. Their Cooperative Agreement CM-14 must be closed and the Cooperative Agreement CM-3 opened. Policy language clarification has been made in Section 4 Chapter 12 Subsection 5.