Nevada Revised Statutes Title 38. Public Welfare § 422A.538. Provision for payment of child-only assistance to certain persons

1. The Director shall, to the extent authorized by federal law, include in the State Plan for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, adopted pursuant to NRS 422A.260, provisions for the payment of child-only assistance to a fictive kin on behalf of a child who has been placed with the fictive kin pursuant to chapter 432B of NRS, if all applicable conditions of eligibility are met.

2. As used in this section, “fictive kin” means a person who is not related by blood to a child but has a significant emotional and positive relationship with the child.