OAR 413-100-0065: Title IV-E Reimbursable Payments

(1) Title IV-E foster care maintenance payments for a child or young adult in foster care may cover expenses listed in the following subsections: (a) The cost for and the cost of providing food, clothing, shelter, daily supervision, school supplies, a child or young adult's personal incidentals, liability insurance with respect to the child or young adult, and reasonable travel to the child or young adult's home for visitation with family or other caretakers, and reasonable travel for the child or young adult to remain in the school in which the child or young adult is enrolled at the time of placement. Local travel associated with providing the items listed in this subsection is also an allowable expense. (b) For a child care institution, the Title IV-E foster care maintenance payment must include reimbursement for the institution's reasonable administrative and operating expenses required to provide the items described in subsection (a) of this section. (c) Title IV-E funds may be claimed retroactively for up to two years. (2) Title IV-E Prevention payments for a candidate for foster care or a pregnant or parenting foster youth may cover expenses listed in the following subsections: (a) Service types: (A) Mental health prevention and treatment services provided by a qualified clinician. (B) Substance abuse prevention and treatment services provided by a qualified clinician. (C) In-home parent skill-based programs that include parenting skills training, parent education, and individual and family counseling. (b) All service types in subsection (a) must meet the following requirements: (A) Evidence-based: all eligible services and programs must meet the evidence-based requirements based on the definitions of “promising,” “supported,” or “well-supported” practices defined in the Family First Prevention Services Act of 2017. (B) Trauma-informed: programs and services provided under an organizational structure and treatment framework that involves understanding, recognizing, and responding to the effects of all types of trauma and in accordance with recognized principles of a trauma-informed approach and trauma-specific interventions to address trauma’s consequences and facilitate healing. (c) Service Recipients. Services must be directly related to the safety, permanence or well-being of the child or to preventing the child from entering foster care. Services may be provided to the following: (A) The candidate for foster care; (B) The parent(s) of the candidate for foster care; (C) The kin caregiver(s) of the candidate for foster care; (D) The pregnant or parenting foster youth; and (E) The child of a pregnant or parenting foster youth. (d) Duration of services. (A) The Department may claim Title IV-E Prevention funds for a 12-month period that begins on the date the child or young adult is identified as a candidate for foster care or a pregnant or parenting foster youth. The Department may claim until the last day of the month in which the prevention services ended or the last day of the 12th month if services continue through the whole 12-month period. (B) The Department may claim for additional 12-month periods, even contiguous to the first 12-month period, if the following conditions are met: (i) The Department has determined on a case-by-case basis that the child or young adult continues to be a candidate for foster care or a pregnant or parenting foster youth; and (ii) The Department has documented the child or young adult’s continued eligibility as a candidate for foster care or a pregnant or parenting foster youth in the prevention case plan.