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DCF details Title IV‑E rules, limits and how federal match shapes Kansas child‑welfare spending
Summary
Department for Children and Families officials briefed the Joint Committee on Title IV‑E reimbursement mechanics, explaining how federal matching rules and an inherited AFDC income test limit which children and services qualify for the largest federal match.
The Department for Children and Families told the Joint Committee that Title IV‑E — the federal funding stream that reimburses state child‑welfare costs — is a major source of support for foster care, adoption assistance and qualifying prevention services, but federal rules and legacy income standards limit how much Kansas can recover.
Deputy Secretary Tanya Keyes described how Title IV‑E operates in three parts: child eligibility, eligible services and eligible providers. If all three conditions are met — an “eligible child, eligible service and eligible provider” — Kansas can seek federal reimbursement. Keyes called this the program’s practical “trifecta.”
How the match works
Key points DCF provided to lawmakers:
- Administrative and certain prevention expenditures (and information technology) are matched at 50% (state: federal split). Training is reimbursed at 75% and some Chafee funds are reimbursed at 80%. -…
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