Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 922 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES - PROTECTION AND PERMANENCY › Chapter 1 - Child Welfare › Section 922 KAR 1:565 - Service array for a relative or fictive kin giver

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				2.015, 45.237-45.241,
				156.496,
				194A.005(1),
				199.011,
				199.462,
				199.470-199.590,
				205.211,
				Chapter 387, 403.270-403.355, 405.024, 527.100, 527.110, 600.020, 605.120,
				610.110, 620.020(1), 620.090, 620.140, 620.142, 620.170,
				42
				U.S.C. 601-
				619,
				671,
				673,
				675, D.O. v. Glisson,
				847 F.3d 374 (6th Cir. 2017), cert. denied, 17-17, 2017 WL 2869916 (U.S. Oct.
				10, 2017)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				194A.050(1) requires the
				secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate,
				administer, and enforce administrative regulations necessary to implement
				programs mandated by federal law, or to qualify for the receipt of federal
				funds and necessary to cooperate with other state and federal agencies for the
				proper administration of the cabinet and its programs.
				KRS
				605.150(1) authorizes the
				cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement provisions of the
				chapter, including
				KRS
				605.130(7), which authorizes
				the cabinet to perform such other services as may be deemed necessary for the
				protection of children.
				KRS
				620.142(5) requires the
				cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations developing custodial,
				permanency, and service options that shall be available to a relative or
				fictive kin caregiver. This administrative regulation establishes the service
				array available to a relative or fictive kin caregiver pursuant to
				KRS
				620.142(1).
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Absent parent search" means
			 cabinet-initiated efforts to locate a biological or legal parent, or a
			 relative.
(2) "Cabinet" is defined
			 by
			 KRS
			 194A.005(1),
			 199.011(3),
			 and
			 600.020(7).
(3) "Case permanency plan" is defined by
			 KRS
			 620.020(1).
(4) "Child" means a:
(a) Child defined by
			 KRS
			 199.011(4) and
			 600.020(9);
(b) Person age eighteen (18) or older whose
			 commitment to the cabinet has been extended or reinstated by a court in
			 accordance with
			 KRS
			 610.110(6) or
			 620.140(1)(e);
			 or
(c) A person under age
			 twenty-one (21) who meets the exceptions to the age of majority in accordance
			 with
			 KRS
			 2.015.
(5) "Child Care Assistance Program" or "CCAP"
			 means Kentucky's child care subsidy program providing families who meet the
			 eligibility requirements with the financial resources to find and afford
			 quality child care, as established in 922 KAR 2:160.
(6) "Child who is a candidate for foster
			 care" is defined by
			 42
			 U.S.C. 675(13).
(7) "Fictive kin" is defined by
			 KRS
			 199.011(9) and
			 600.020(28).
(8) "Kentucky Transitional Assistance
			 Program" or "KTAP" means Kentucky's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
			 (TANF) money payment program for a child who is deprived of parental support or
			 care, as established in
			 921
			 KAR 2:006.
(9) "Parent" is defined by
			 42
			 U.S.C. 675(2).
(10) "Relative" means an individual related
			 to a child by blood, marriage, or adoption.