Iowa Code Title VI. Human Services [Chs. 216-255A] § 234.35. When state to pay foster care costs

a. When a court has committed the child to the director or the director's designee.

b. When a court has transferred legal custody of the child to the department.

c. When the department has agreed to provide foster care services for the child for a period of not more than ninety days on the basis of a signed placement agreement between the department and the child's parent or guardian.

d. When the child has been placed in emergency care for a period of not more than thirty days upon approval of the director or the director's designee.

e. When a court has entered an order transferring the legal custody of the child to a foster care placement pursuant to section 232.46, section 232.52, subsection 2, paragraph “d”, or section 232.102, subsection 1. However, payment shall not be made for a group foster care placement unless the group foster care meets requirements as established by the department by rule.

f. When the department has agreed to provide foster care services for a child who is eighteen years of age or older on the basis of a signed placement agreement between the department and the child or the person acting on behalf of the child.

g. When the department has agreed to provide foster care services for the child on the basis of a signed placement agreement initiated before July 1, 1992, between the department and the child's parent or guardian.

h. When the child is placed in shelter care pursuant to section 232.20, subsection 1, or section 232.21.

a. Family foster care or supervised apartment living arrangements.

b. For a child who is at imminent risk of becoming homeless or failing to graduate from high school or to obtain a general education development diploma, if the services are in the child's best interest, funding is available for the services, and an appropriate alternative service is unavailable.