Be placed under the legal responsibility of the state agency's placement and care via a court order or voluntary placement agreement. Be placed in a licensed foster home. Meet annual eligibility review criteria when title IV-E is approved. The information above only highlights the major principles. Waiving some of the program regulations that govern foster care, adoption assistance, independent living, family preservation and support, and related expenses for program administration, training, and automated systems allows states the flexibility to design new approaches to local problems.
Waivers are limited to five years.
Prior to the Waiver, Oregon spent IV-E foster care dollars on the costs of providing food, clothing, shelter, daily supervision, school supplies, a child's personal incidentals, liability insurance and visitation travel costs, as well as the administrative costs to provide the items noted above. Be cost neutral to the Federal government for the duration of the project period. To lead the nation in demonstrating abroad range of exceptional solutions and services for preventing or reducing foster care through the efficient use of tile IV-E dollar sand collaboration with our community partners. The Department of Health and Human Services approved Oregon's IV-E Waiver on October 31, 1996. Implementation of Oregon's project began on July 1, 1997.