Foster Care Program Associations
Program Type | Program Name | Definitions |
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Foster Care | Foster Care | PER 45CFR Sec. 1355.20: Foster care means 24-hour substitute care for children placed away from their parents or guardians and for whom the title IV-E agency has placement and care responsibility. This includes, but is not limited to, placements in foster family homes, foster homes of relatives, group homes, emergency shelters, residential facilities, child care institutions, and pre adoptive homes. A child is in foster care in accordance with this definition regardless of whether the foster care facility is licensed and payments are made by the State, Tribal or local agency for the care of the child, whether adoption subsidy payments are being made prior to the finalization of an adoption, or whether there is Federal matching of any payments that are made. |
Foster Care Exit Descriptors
Possible Reason(s) Exited | Code Value | Notes: |
|---|---|---|
No Longer Qualifies | 99 | Example Situations:
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End of the Year | End of Year (EOY) |