PAP.15.6.100 Waiting Prohibited.

(a) Waiting list prohibited. The LCO Kinship Care Office may not place any of the following relative caregivers on a waiting list:

(1) 'Long-term kinship care.' A relative caregiver that has been determined eligible for long-term kinship care payments.

(2) 'Kinship care with court-ordered placement.' A relative caregiver that has been determined eligible for kinship care payments if the child was placed with the relative caregiver under a court order or a voluntary transition−to−independent−living agreement and the ICW Department has placement and care responsibility for the child.

(3) 'Type of relative caregiving changes to voluntary.' A relative caregiver whose type of relative caregiving under §PAP.15.1.40 changes to voluntary under §PAP.15.1.040 while the relative caregiver is receiving kinship care payments or long-term kinship care payments.

(b) Continued payment by previous agency until funding available.

(1) Subject to §PAP.15.6.100(2) &(3), the LCO Kinship Care Office shall continue to make kinship care payments to a relative caregiver receiving voluntary kinship care payments from the Office if the relative caregiver moves to an area of the state served by another kinship care agency that has a waiting list.

(2) The kinship care agency serving the area of the relative caregiver's new residence under subd. (1) shall place the relative caregiver's name at the top of the agency's waiting list.

(3) The kinship care agency serving the area where the relative caregiver is residing shall begin making the kinship care payments to the relative caregiver when the agency's contract with the department is renewed or amended or the agency otherwise has kinship care funding available to make the payments.