PAP.15.6.090 Payment.

(a) Kinship care payments. After the LCO Kinship Care Office has determined that a relative caregiver is eligible to receive kinship care payments, the Office shall issue payments that begin as follows:

(1) For a child that was placed in the relative caregiver's home under a court order or a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement, the later of the following:

(A) The date the child was placed in the relative caregiver's home under a court order or a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement.

(B) Ninety (90) days prior to the date the LCO Kinship Care Office received the relative caregiver's application information under §PAP.15.6.010(a).

(2) For voluntary kinship care, the date on which the LCO Kinship Care Office received the relative caregiver's application information under §PAP.15.6.010(a), unless the relative caregiver is placed on a waiting list under §PAP.15.6.110.

(b) Long-term kinship care payments. After the LCO Kinship Care Office has determined that a relative caregiver is eligible to receive long-term kinship care payments, the Office shall issue payments that begin the later of the following:

(1) The date the relative caregiver was appointed to be the child's guardian under §DMR.1 or Wis. Stat. § 48.977.

(2) Ninety (90) days prior to the date the LCO Kinship Care Office received the relative caregiver's application information under §PAP.15.6.010(a).