PAP.15.3.030 Cooperation with LCO Kinship Care Office

(a) The relative caregiver cooperates with the LCO Kinship Care Office, including all of the following:

(1) Completing and returning any forms created and required by DCF.

(2) Returning phone calls from the LCO Kinship Care Office.

(3) Providing information through home visits, interviews, and documentation as necessary for the LCO Kinship Care Office to determine or redetermine the eligibility of the relative caregiver for kinship care or long-term kinship care.

(4) Applying for other forms of assistance for which the child may be eligible, including financial assistance and medical assistance for the child. Note: see the Kinship Navigator Portal at https://dcf.wi.gov/kinship/navigator for information and available resources.

(5) Cooperating with referral of the child's parent or parents to the LCO Child Support Services, except in any of the following circumstances:

(A) The child is 18 years of age or older.

(B) The relative caregiver has a pending good cause claim under §PAP.15.7.030.

(C) The relative caregiver requested and the LCO Kinship Care Office granted a good cause exemption to the requirement that a relative caregiver cooperate with referring the child's parent to the LCO Child Support Services under §PAP.15.7.030(b).

(6) Notifying the LCO Kinship Care Office of a change in circumstance specified under PAP.15.7.010(a).

(7) Cooperating with eligibility redeterminations and reviews under §PAP.15.7.010.

(8) If the child is 18 years of age or over and the relative caregiver is applying for or receiving voluntary kinship care payments or long-term kinship care payments, providing the LCO Kinship Care Office with a form prescribed by DCF that has been signed by the relative caregiver and an official from the child's school that verifies that the child meets the criteria in §PAP.15.2.010(4)(A)-(B). Note: DCF-F-CFS2167, Kinship Care School Verification, is available on the department's website at https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/forms.