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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.15.6.080 Determination.

(a) The LCO Kinship Care Office shall determine whether a relative caregiver is eligible to receive kinship care payments or long-term kinship care payments and send the relative caregiver a written notice of the decision on a form prescribed by DCF.

(b) A notice denying or terminating a relative caregiver's eligibility shall include the reasons for the denial or termination and a summary of appeal rights under PAP.15.7.020 and s. Wis. Stat. § 48.57(3m)(f), (3n)(f), and (3p)(h) or (hm), as applicable.

(c) A notice terminating eligibility shall inform the relative caregiver that payments will continue until a review or hearing decision is issued if the relative caregiver submits a request for a review or hearing as specified under §PAP.15.7.020 within ten (10) days after the date of the notice. Any payments issued while the review or hearing is pending may be recovered by the LCO Kinship Care Office if the Office's determination is upheld. Note: DCF−F−5370−E, Kinship Care Eligibility Determination, is available on the department's website at https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/forms.