Foster parents receive foster care payments to assist in the normal costs incurred when caring for a child. Foster care payments are based on how many days a child is with you and how old the child is. Foster parents fill out a form called an Authorization and Invoice at the end of each month and mail it in. Foster care payments are not considered a salary to foster parents and are not taxable. Foster parents should have some other stable income other than the foster care payment.
Foster parents receive coupons to use to pay for medical care.
Foster parents need to use a health provider who will accept Medicaid payments for services. Therefore, initial and ongoing training is required for all licensed foster parents. This information grid was written by licensing workers of the Anchorage Service Unit for use in their orientation. Many thanks for the work they have done. DFYS received a call from a neighbor who thought the child next door had been left alone for many hours while the mother had gone drinking.