Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part II - Public Assistance Manual › Subpart I - Other Income Maintenance Programs › Chapter 287 - PAYMENT FOR CHILD CARE › AFDC-F PROVISIONS › Section 287.24 - Procedures

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Determination of eligibility.
Procedures for determination of
					 eligibility will conform with the following:
(1)
General.
The County
					 Assistance Office will be responsible for determining the eligibility of a
					 child for AFDC-F and for authorizing payment to the county child welfare
					 agency. The county child welfare agency assigned by the court with
					 responsibility for care and custody of the child will be responsible for making
					 application for AFDC-F. The county child welfare agency will complete the Form
					 PA 52 (Application-Foster Child Care) and submit the original and one copy to
					 the County Assistance Office with a copy of the court order removing the child
					 from his home. A new Form PA 52 will be submitted at reapplication. If there is
					 no change in the original court order, a copy of the order need not be sent
					 with the new Form PA 52. Under "Attach a copy of the Court Order," "Court Order
					 of (date) remains in force" will be entered.
(2)
AFDC-F application for child
					 receiving AFDC when court action was initiated.
The County Assistance
					 Office has the necessary resource information regarding the parents of a child
					 who was receiving AFDC when court action was initiated. Information on the
					 financial situation of the parents, therefore, will not have to be supplied by
					 the county child welfare agency for the child who is identified as an AFDC
					 recipient when the court action was initiated.
(3)
AFDC-F application for non-AFDC
					 child.
AFDC-F application for a non-AFDC child will conform with the
					 following:
(i) For a child who was not
					 receiving AFDC at the time court action was initiated, the County Assistance
					 Office must obtain information about the financial resources of the parents of
					 the child at the time the court action was initiated. The county child welfare
					 agency will be responsible for providing this information. The County
					 Assistance Office will accept the information provided by the county child
					 welfare agency without verification.
(ii) If the child was removed from the home
					 of a relative other than a parent, the expected support from his parents
					 determined according to the scale in §
													187.24 (relating to procedures)
					 will be the basis for deciding whether the child might have received AFDC at
					 the time court action was initiated had application been made for
					 him.
(iii) If the child was removed
					 from the home of his parents, the income and other resources will be considered
					 in the same way as for any applicant group for AFDC. The basic needs of the
					 child will be included in the determination of eligibility for AFDC.
(iv) Factors such as the willingness of the
					 parents to obligate real property or other resources, or to develop potential
					 resources for their support, will not be considered in deciding whether the
					 child would have qualified for AFDC at the time court action was initiated had
					 application been made. However, under the Support Law (62 P. S.
					 §§
														1971-1977), real property of the
					 parents of the child is liable for reimbursement for assistance payments in
					 behalf of the child. The County Assistance Office will notify claim settlement
					 division by Form PA 173-S should AFDC-F be granted to a non-AFDC child whose
					 parents own real property. Claim settlement division will take whatever action
					 is appropriate to protect the claim.
(4)
Approved applications for
					 AFDC-F.
The County Assistance Office will notify the county child
					 welfare agency of its action on an application for AFDC-F by returning to the
					 county child welfare agency a completed copy of the Form PA
					 52.