PAP.15.1.040 Types of Relative Caregiving

(a) This Ordinance applies to the following types of relative caregiving of a child:

(1) Court-Ordered Out-of-Home Care Placement. A relative applying for or receiving kinship care payments on behalf of a child that was placed in the relative's home under a tribal court order or a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement and is under the placement and care responsibility of the LCO Indian Child Welfare Department. A relative under this subsection is not required to apply for a license to operate a foster home.

(2) Voluntary. A relative applying for or receiving kinship care payments on behalf of a child residing with the relative for a child that was not placed in the relative caregiver's home under a tribal court order or a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement and is not under the placement and care responsibility of the LCO Indian Child Welfare Department. The child's living arrangement with the relative may be informal or the relative may be the child's guardian under a third party-guardianship unrelated to a Minor in Need of Care case.

(3) Guardian Appointed for Minor in Need of Care (MNC). A relative that is applying for or receiving long-term kinship care payments and is a child's guardian under §DMR.1 or Wis. Stat. § 48.977.