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Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin - Tribal Law

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Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Code of Law.

PAP.15.4.020 Provisional Approval.

(a) The following provisional actions are allowed if a relative caregiver states to the LCO Kinship Care Office that none of the persons who are subject to a background check has any arrests or convictions that could adversely affect the child or relative caregiver's ability to care for the child:

(1) The LCO Kinship Care Office may make kinship care payments or long-term kinship care payments to the relative caregiver.

(2) The relative caregiver may allow a prospective adult resident to be an adult resident and may allow a prospective employee to be an employee.

(b) The provisional approval under par. (a) expires the earlier of the following:

(1) When the LCO Kinship Care Office determines whether the person who is the subject of the background check meets the conditions under Wis. Stat. § 48.57(3p), and this section.

(2) Ninety (90) days after the date on which the provisional approval was granted.