Title IV-E State Plan - Department for Children and Families

TITLE IV-E STATE/TRIBAL PLAN – STATE OF VERMONT Section 2Page 4FederalRegulatory/StatutoryRequirementReferencesCitations for Each1356.21(l) b. the child had been living with the parent or specified relative within six monthsof the month of the voluntary placement agreement or the initiation of courtproceedings, and the child would have been AFDC eligible in that month if s/hehad still been living in that home.State/Tribal Regulatory,Statutory, and PolicyReferences andSec. 2 A (4)(b)472(f)B. VOLUNTARY PLACEMENTS (State/Tribal Option)1. Foster care maintenance payments are made in the voluntary placement of a minorchild out of the home by or with the participation of the State/Tribal agency only if:Sec. 2 B (1)1356.22(a)472(d)a. the State/Tribal has fulfilled all of the requirements of section 472 of the Act, asamended; sections 422(b)(8) and 475(5) of the Act; and 45 CFR1356.21(f),(g),(h) and (i) of the Act, andSec. 2 B (1)(a)472(f)(1) b. the assistance of the State/Tribal agency has been requested by the child'sparent(s) or legal guardian(s), and472(f)(2) c. there is a written voluntary placement agreement, binding on all parties to theagreement, which specifies at a minimum the legal status of the child and therights and obligations of the parents or guardians, the child and the State/Tribalagency while the child is in placement.Sec. 2 B (1)(b)Sec.2 B (1)(c)1356.22(b)472(e)2. Federal financial participation is claimed only for voluntary foster care maintenanceexpenditures made within the first 180 days of the child’s placement in foster careunless there has been a judicial determination by a court of competent jurisdiction,within the first 180 days of the date of such placement, to the effect that thecontinued voluntary placement is in the best interests of the child.Sec. 2 B (2)