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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.15.6.010 Application.

(a) Complete application. The LCO Kinship Care Office shall consider a relative caregiver's application for kinship care payments or long-term kinship care payments to be complete when the Office has received all of the following from the relative caregiver:

(1) All information required on the application form prescribed by DCF under PAP.15.3.020(a).

(2) All information that a relative caregiver is required to provide for background checks under PAP.15.4.030.

(b) LCO Kinship Care Office timeframe for determining eligibility. The LCO Kinship Care Office shall approve or deny a relative caregiver's application within forty-five (45) days after receiving the complete application specified under par. (a).

(c) Reapplication within 2 years. The LCO Kinship Care Office may refuse to accept an application for kinship care or long-term kinship care from a relative caregiver that was determined ineligible for the same program within the previous two (2) years if the Office determines that the reason for the previous denial or termination of payments has not changed.