DCF 58.08(8)(a)(a) A kinship care agency shall determine whether a relative caregiver is eligible to receive kinship care payments or long-term kinship care payments and send the relative caregiver a written notice of the decision on a form prescribed by the department. DCF 58.08(8)(c)(c) A notice terminating eligibility shall inform the relative caregiver that payments will continue until a review or hearing decision is issued if the relative caregiver submits a request for a review or hearing as specified under s. DCF 58.11 within 10 days after the date of the notice. Any payments issued while the review or hearing is pending may be recovered by the kinship care agency if the agency’s determination is upheld. DCF 58.08(9)(a)(a) Kinship care payments. After a kinship care agency has determined that a relative caregiver is eligible to receive kinship care payments, the agency shall issue payments that begin as follows: DCF 58.08(9)(a)1.1. For a child that was placed in the relative caregiver’s home under a court order or a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement, the later of the following: DCF 58.08(9)(a)1.a.a. The date the child was placed in the relative caregiver’s home under a court order or a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement. DCF 58.08(9)(a)1.b.b. Ninety days prior to the date the kinship care agency received the relative caregiver’s application information under sub. (1) (a). DCF 58.08(9)(a)2.2. For voluntary kinship care, the date on which the kinship care agency received the relative caregiver’s application information under sub. (1) (a), unless the relative caregiver is placed on a waiting list under sub. (11). DCF 58.08(9)(b)(b) Long-term kinship care payments. After a kinship care agency has determined that a relative caregiver is eligible to receive long-term kinship care payments, the agency shall issue payments that begin the later of the following: DCF 58.08(9)(b)1.1. The date the relative caregiver was appointed to be the child’s guardian under s. 48.977, Stats., or a tribal court order that is substantially similar to an order under s. 48.977, Stats. DCF 58.08(9)(b)2.2. Ninety days prior to the date the kinship care agency received the relative caregiver’s application information under sub. (1) (a). DCF 58.08(10)(a)(a) Waiting list prohibited. A kinship care agency may not place any of the following relative caregivers on a waiting list: DCF 58.08(10)(a)1.1. ‘Long-term kinship care.’ A relative caregiver that has been determined eligible for long-term kinship care payments. DCF 58.08(10)(a)2.2. ‘Kinship care with court-ordered placement.’ A relative caregiver that has been determined eligible for kinship care payments if the child was placed with the relative caregiver under a court order or a voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement and a child welfare agency has placement and care responsibility for the child. DCF 58.08(10)(a)3.3. ‘Type of relative caregiving changes to voluntary.’ A relative caregiver whose type of relative caregiving under s. DCF 58.03 changes to voluntary under s. DCF 58.03 (2) while the relative caregiver is receiving kinship care payments or long-term kinship care payments. DCF 58.08(10)(b)(b) Continued payment by previous agency until funding available. DCF 58.08(10)(b)1.1. Subject to subds. 2. and 3., a kinship care agency shall continue to make kinship care payments to a relative caregiver receiving voluntary kinship care payments from the agency if the relative caregiver moves to an area of the state served by another kinship care agency that has a waiting list. DCF 58.08(10)(b)2.2. The kinship care agency serving the area of the relative caregiver’s new residence under subd. 1. shall place the relative caregiver’s name at the top of the agency’s waiting list. DCF 58.08(10)(b)3.3. The kinship care agency serving the area where the relative caregiver is residing shall begin making the kinship care payments to the relative caregiver when the agency’s contract with the department is renewed or amended or the agency otherwise has kinship care funding available to make the payments. DCF 58.08(11)(11) Waiting list policy and procedures for voluntary kinship care. DCF 58.08(11)(a)(a) Policy. Each kinship care agency shall develop a waiting list policy for relative caregivers that have been determined eligible to receive voluntary kinship care payments at a time when the kinship care agency’s allocation for kinship care payments is insufficient to begin the payments. A kinship care agency’s waiting list policy shall include all of the following: DCF 58.08(11)(a)1.1. The priority order in which the agency will move relative caregivers off the waiting list to begin making the kinship care payments. The kinship care agency may establish priorities based any of the following criteria: DCF 58.08(11)(a)1.d.d. If the child is under the guardianship of the relative caregiver by a statutory provision other than s. 48.977, Stats., or a tribal court order that is substantially similar to an order under s. 48.977, Stats.