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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.15.6.160 Overpayments.

(a) The LCO Kinship Care Office may recover an overpayment of kinship care or long-term kinship care from a relative caregiver by any of the following means:

(1) Reducing the amount of relative caregiver's monthly kinship care payment or long-term kinship care payment by an amount agreed to by the relative caregiver and the LCO Kinship Care Office.

(2) Requesting payment within a specified time period.

(3) Negotiating a payment plan.

(b)(1) The LCO Kinship Care Office that recovers an overpayment under this section due to Office's efforts may retain the amount recovered.

(2) Funds retained under subd. (b)(1) may only be spent on the LCO Kinship Care Office's kinship care or long-term kinship care program.

(3) If the LCO Kinship Care Office has not spent the retained funds under subd. (b)(1) by the end of the contract period, DCF shall recover the funds through the contracting process.