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. DCF 58.08(11)(a)2.2. The criteria and procedures for granting an exception to the priorities established under subd. 1., if the agency grants exceptions. DCF 58.08(11)(a)3.3. Whether the agency provides a retroactive payment for all or part of the time period that a relative caregiver is on the waiting list. DCF 58.08(11)(b)(b) Agency submittal. Each kinship care agency shall submit the agency’s waiting list policy under par. (a) to the department by January 1, 2021, and following any change to the agency’s waiting list policy. DCF 58.08(11)(c)(c) Authorization. A kinship care agency may establish a waiting list for newly-eligible relative caregivers if all of the following conditions are met: DCF 58.08(11)(c)1.1. The kinship care agency’s allocation for kinship care payments in the current fiscal year will be fully expended by payments to existing relative caregivers. DCF 58.08(11)(c)2.2. The kinship care agency notifies the department that the agency expects to be placing newly-eligible relative caregivers on the waiting list for the remainder of the fiscal year. DCF 58.08 NoteNote: Notice should be submitted to Kinship Care Program Coordinator, DCF/DSP, P.O. Box 8916, Madison, WI 53708-8916.
DCF 58.08(11)(d)(d) Funding available. When a kinship care agency has sufficient funds to begin kinship care payments to a relative caregiver that the agency placed on a waiting list, the kinship care agency shall do all of the following: DCF 58.08(11)(d)1.1. Notify the relative caregiver in writing that funding is available and request that the relative caregiver contact the agency if the relative caregiver continues to be interested in and eligible for kinship care payments. DCF 58.08(11)(d)2.2. Begin payments to the relative caregiver for the time period beginning no later than the first day of the month beginning after the date that the relative caregiver contacted the kinship care agency to express continued interest in and eligibility for kinship care payments.