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DHS outlines emergency rule and first payments to provisional foster caregivers
Summary
The Division of Children and Family Services presented an emergency rule (effective Aug. 1, 2022) to allow provisional foster caregivers to receive a support payment; the division said the first payment went out and caregivers for 660 children received funds. Committee reviewed the rule without objection and asked DHS for follow-up details.
Michelle Martin, director of the Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS), presented an emergency rule that went into effect Aug. 1, 2022, permitting provisional foster parents—relatives or 'fictive kin' who provide a child's first placement—to receive a support payment while they have up to six months to become fully licensed.
Martin said the support payment is about half of a full board payment and that the division distributed the first support payments recently; she said payments were made for caregivers of 660 children. When asked how much the support payment is, Martin replied it is $240 per…
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