SB 570

Abstract

State-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program. Creates the State-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program (the program) to facilitate child placements with relatives, including fictive kin, and ensure permanency for children in foster care. The bill sets forth eligibility criteria for the program, payment allowances to kinship guardians, and requirements for kinship guardianship assistance agreements. The bill also expands eligibility for the Federal-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program by allowing payments to be made to fictive kin who receive custody of a child of whom they have been the foster parent. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

State-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistanceprogram. Creates the State-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistanceprogram (the program) to facilitate child placements with relatives,including fictive kin, and ensure permanency for children in fostercare. The bill sets forth eligibility criteria for the program, paymentallowances to kinship guardians, and requirements for kinship guardianshipassistance agreements. The bill also expands eligibility for theFederal-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program by allowingpayments to be made to fictive kin who receive custody of a childof whom they have been the foster parent.