Minnesota Statutes Public Welfare and Related Activities (Ch. 245-267) § 260C.4411. Pre-Northstar Care for Children foster care program

Subdivision 1.Pre-Northstar Care for Children foster care program.(a) For a child placed in family foster care on or before December 31, 2014, the county of financial responsibility undersection 256G.02or tribal agency authorized undersection 142A.03, subdivision 9, shall pay the local share undersection 142A.611, subdivision 3, for foster care maintenance including any difficulty of care as defined inMinnesota Rules, part 9560.0521, subparts 7 and 10. Family foster care includes:

(b) The county of financial responsibility undersection 256G.02or tribal social services agency authorized insection 142A.03, subdivision 9, shall pay the entire cost of any initial clothing allowance, administrative payments to child care agencies specified insection 317A.907, or any other support services it authorizes, except as otherwise provided by law.

(c) The rates for the pre-Northstar Care for Children foster care program remain those in effect on January 1, 2013, continuing the preexisting rate structure for foster children who remain with the same caregivers and do not transition into Northstar Care for Children undersection 142A.604, subdivision 6.

(d) Difficulty of care payments must be maintained consistent withMinnesota Rules, parts 9560.0652and9560.0653, using the established reassessment tool inMinnesota Rules, part 9560.0654. The preexisting rate structure for the pre-Northstar Care for Children foster care program must be maintained, provided that when the number of foster children in the program is less than ten percent of the population in 2012, the commissioner may apply the same assessment tool to both the pre-Northstar Care for Children foster care program and Northstar Care for Children under the authority granted insection 142A.607, subdivision 2.

(e) The county of financial responsibility undersection 256G.02or tribal agency authorized undersection 142A.03, subdivision 9, shall document the determined pre-Northstar Care for Children foster care rate in the case record, including a description of each condition on which the difficulty of care assessment is based. The difficulty of care rate is reassessed:

(f) The pre-Northstar Care for Children foster care program must maintain the following existing program features:

(g) The county of financial responsibility undersection 256G.02or tribal agency authorized undersection 142A.03, subdivision 9, may continue existing program features, including:

(h) The following events end the child's enrollment in the pre-Northstar Care for Children foster care program:

Subd. 2.Consideration of other programs.(a) When a child in foster care is eligible to receive a grant of Retirement Survivors Disability Insurance (RSDI) or Supplemental Security Income for the aged, blind, and disabled, or a foster care maintenance payment under title IV-E of the Social Security Act,United States Code, title 42, sections 670to676, the child's needs must be met through these programs. Every effort must be made to establish a child's eligibility for a title IV-E grant to reimburse the county or tribe from the federal funds available for this purpose.

(b) When a child in foster care qualifies for home and community-based waivered services undersection 256B.49for community alternative care (CAC), community access for disability inclusion (CADI), or traumatic brain injury (TBI) waivers, this service does not substitute for the child foster care program. When a foster child is receiving waivered services benefits, the county of financial responsibility undersection 256G.02or tribal agency authorized undersection 142A.03, subdivision 9, assesses and provides foster care maintenance including difficulty of care using the established tool inMinnesota Rules, part 9560.0654. If it is determined that additional services are needed to meet the child's needs in the home that are not or cannot be met by the foster care program, the needs must be referred to the waivered service program.