PAP.15.6.120 Documentation.

(a) Eligibility decisions.

(1) Within five (5) working days after making any decision related to the LCO Kinship Care Office's determination, redetermination, or review of a relative caregiver's eligibility for kinship care or long-term kinship care, the LCO Kinship Care Office shall document eligibility decisions by completing the form DCF-F-5370-E, Kinship Care Eligibility Determination, and obtaining and retaining supporting documentation as necessary. Note: Tribal kinship care agencies do not have access to eWiSACWIS. DCF−F−5370−E, Kinship Care Eligibility Determination, is available on the department's website at https://dcf.wisconsin.gov/forms.

(b) Status. The LCO Kinship Care Office shall document any of the following within five (5) working days after any of the following events:

(1) A relative caregiver is placed on waiting list.

(2) Kinship care payments or long-term kinship care payments to a relative caregiver begin or end.

(3) A relative caregiver files an appeal of the Office decision under PAP.15.7.020.

(c) Documentation transfer to or from a tribal agency. A kinship care agency shall transfer documentation regarding a relative caregiver's eligibility for kinship care or long-term kinship care to another kinship care agency if all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The relative caregiver is receiving kinship care payments or long-term kinship care payments and moves with the child to an area of the state served by another kinship care agency.

(2) The kinship care agency serving the area of either the relative caregiver's old residence or new residence does not have access to DCF's eWiSACWIS (i.e., a Tribe).