PAP.15.4.070 Long-Term Kinship Care Standard.

(a) The LCO Kinship Care Office may not make long-term kinship care payments to a relative caregiver if the director determines that the relative caregiver or an employee or adult resident of the relative caregiver has an arrest or conviction that is likely to adversely affect the child or the relative caregiver's ability to care for the child, unless the director's decision is overturned by the division of hearings and appeals under Wis. Stat. § 48.57(3n)(g).

(1) Patterns of criminal behavior, pending charges, and convictions that are not specified under Wis. Stat. § 48.57(3p)(g), may be considered when determining the best interests of the child under §PAP.15.5.010.

(2) The LCO Kinship Care Office may need to obtain a copy of the criminal complaint from the appropriate clerk of court to determine whether the circumstances of the crimes or the reason for the penalties could adversely affect the child or the relative caregiver's ability to care for the child.

(3) The LCO Kinship Care Office may need to seek the assistance of the LCO Office of the Attorney General in working with a county clerk of courts.

(b) A relative caregiver may not employ a person or permit a person to reside in the relative caregiver's home if the director determines that the person has an arrest or conviction that is likely to adversely affect the child or the relative caregiver's ability to care for the child, unless the director's decision is overturned by the division of hearings and appeals under Wis. Stat. § 48.57(3n)(g).

(1) Patterns of criminal behavior, pending charges, and convictions that are not specified under Wis. Stat. § 48.57(3p)(g), may be considered when determining the best interests of the child under §PAP.15.5.01.

(2) The LCO Kinship Care Office may need to obtain a copy of the criminal complaint from the appropriate clerk of court to determine whether the circumstances of the crimes or the reason for the penalties could adversely affect the child or the relative caregiver's ability to care for the child.

(3) The LCO Kinship Care Office may need to seek the assistance of the LCO Office of the Attorney General in working with a county clerk of courts.