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Chapter 3
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3.11 WORKING WITH INCARCERATED PARENTS
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4.37 WORKING WITH INCARCERATED PARENTS
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31.1 Title IV-E Determination
31.2 Title IV-E Eligibility and Reimbursability
31.2.1 In Home and Prevention Service Title IV-E Claiming
31.3 Required IV-E Judicial Determination
31.4 Reimbursability and Annual Redetermination Under Title IV-E Foster Care
31.5 Legal Responsibility
31.6 Reasonable Efforts in Determining Title IV-E Eligibility
31.7 Best Interest Determination for a Voluntary Commitment Agreement
31.8 IV-E Maintenance Payments and Expenditures
31.9 Concurrent Receipt of Title IV-E and SSI
31.10 Child Support and Title IV-E
31.11 Title IV-E Adoption Assistance
31.12 SSI Benefits During a Trial Home Visitation
31.13 Random Moment Time Study for In Home Service Provision and Title IV-E Administrative Costs
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31.7 Best Interest Determination for a Voluntary Commitment Agreement
Effective: 12/3/2010
31.7 Best Interest Determination for a Voluntary Commitment Agreement
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Introduction
Introduction
Practice Guidance
Practice Guidance
As described in SOP 31.2 Title IV-E Eligibility and Reimbursability, when a child is removed from the home pursuant to a voluntary commitment and the placement is expected to exceed one-hundred, eighty (180) days, the Cabinet files a petition seeking court ordered custody of the child.
As described in SOP 31.2 Title IV-E Eligibility and Reimbursability, a court order containing the required IV-E judicial determination language, that placement is in the child’s best interest and that reasonable efforts to prevent removal were made or are not required.
Procedure
Procedure
The CBW:
Obtains a court order from the SSW containing the required IV-E judicial determination language within one-hundred, eighty (180) days, or the child is not IV-E eligible or reimbursable for the duration of the out of home placement episode;
Establishes the date by which the required judicial determination must be obtained for each voluntary commitment;
Notifies the SSW within one-hundred, twenty (120) days of the date when the judicial determination has not been obtained;
Discontinues the child’s IV-E eligibility after one-hundred, eighty (180) days of placement upon notification from the SSW that the required judicial finding has not been obtained.
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