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

TITLE IV-E STATE/TRIBAL PLAN – STATE OF VERMONT Section 6Page 3b. the additional services and assistance that the child and relative guardianwill be eligible for under the agreement;c. the procedure by which the relative guardian may apply for additionalservices as needed;d. that the State/Tribal agency will pay the total cost of nonrecurring expensesassociated with obtaining legal guardianship of the child, to the extent the totalcost does not exceed $2,000; ande. that the agreement shall remain in effect without regard to the Stateresidency of the relative guardian.471(a)(20)(C)473(b)(1) to (4);479B(c)(1)(C)(ii)(II)471(a)D. SAFETYState/Tribal agency provides procedures for criminal records checks, includingfingerprint-based checks of national crime information databases (as defined insection 534(e)(3)(A) of title 28, United States Code), on any relative guardian,and for checks described in 471(a)(20) on any relative guardian and any otheradult living in the home of any relative guardian, before the relative guardianmay receive kinship guardianship assistance payments on behalf of the childunder this plan option.E. MEDICAID AND SOCIAL SERVICESFor the purposes of titles XIX and XX, any eligible child for whom there is akinship guardianship assistance payment being made under section 473(d) isdeemed to be a dependent child as defined in 406 of the Act and is deemed tobe a recipient of AFDC under part A of title IV of the Act (as in effect 7/16/96)in the State in which such child resides.F. TITLE IV-E GUARDIANSHIP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PLANREQUIREMENTS1. Title IV-E plan requirements 471(a)(2) through (9), (12), (13), (20)(C), (25),Not Applicable in VTNo Applicable in VTNot Applicable in VT