Section 29-6101. ELIGIBILITY

 

6101.1To the extent that funds are available, an applicant is eligible to receive a permanent guardianship subsidy if each of the following criteria are met:

 

(a)The court has awarded the applicant permanent guardianship over a child;

 

(b)The applicant was the kinship caregiver of the child for at least the six continuous months immediately preceding application for the permanent guardianship subsidy, and continued to be the child's kinship caregiver when the court entered the permanent guardianship order; and

 

(c)The following criteria were met at the time of the application and were continuously met through the point that the court awarded permanent guardianship:

 

(1)The court has adjudicated the child to be abused or neglected;

 

(2)Following a dispositional hearing, the court has placed the child in the legal custody of CFSA;

 

(3)The child:

 

(i)Is a member of a sibling group;

 

(ii)Would be difficult to place for adoption because of her or his racial or ethnic background, or physical or mental disability;

 

(iii)Is at least two (2) years of age; or

 

(iv)Would likely not be placed in a permanent placement but for her or his acceptance as a member of the applicant's family;

 

(4)CFSA has determined that the child's best interest is not met by the permanency plan of either reunification or adoption;

 

(5)CFSA has determined that the permanency plan of legal guardianship with the applicant is in the child's best interest; and

 

(6)The applicant has a financial need for a permanent guardianship subsidy.

 

source

Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 3671 (April 27, 2001) [EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 10740 (November 23, 2001).