AFDC
List 4 Components of AFDC Relatedness
What are Age, Citizenship, Deprivation, Financial Need
DCS Working Definition of 'Coincide with Removal'
What is: Child removed first - 14 days; Court Order first - end of next business day, unless there is reason for delay
Number of Cases Reviewed in Upcoming Audit
What is: 80 cases
List 3 Required (Initial) Judicial Findings
What are: CTW, RE, PC
Why Do We Call it IV-E
What is: IV-E is a reference to the foster care eligibility requirements that are found in Title IV, Part E of the Social Security Act
Give 3 Examples of Countable Earned Income
What are: wages, salary, tips, commissions, bonuses, sick pay, vacation pay, severance, rental income, in-kind earnings, self-employment
Give 2 Examples of Reason for Delay in Physical Removal
What are: waiting for residential placement bed, parent runs away with child
True or False: To be in substantial compliance we can not have more than 4 errors
True - more than 4 errors would mean we are not in substantial compliance and didn't pass
RE or REPP: Reasonable Efforts have been made to provide the necessary services
What is: REPP This is an example of acceptable Reasonable efforts to finalize the permanency plan language. Ideally, the order would also list (or refer to another document) to identify what those services are!
What Year was the Centralized Eligibility Unit Established
2012
True or False: The eligibility month is always the same as the removal month
False - typically the eligibility month is the same as the removal month. But, during the federal review we look at the month of the petition.
True or False: If parental rights are terminated, this person cannot be considered the child's specified relative
True: Once parental rights are terminated, that parent or adoptive parent can no longer be specified relative
What is: Case Error - when an initial eligibility requirement isn't met, the child is ineligible for the whole episode, including the PUR
True or False: A child is not eligible until the first day of the month in which PC is obtained
True - Although it can be obtained any time during the episode, the child is not eligible until the first day of the month in which PC is obtained in a court order
Name 2 Programs or Costs Funded by Title IV-E (not Foster Care)
What are: Collaborative Care, Adoption, Guardianship, Services for Foster Care Candidates, Agency Overhead Costs, Training Costs, CW Information System Costs
Name 4 Types of Deprivation
What are: Continued Absence, Death, Disability, Un/Underemployment
List 5 Relationships that Could be Considered as Specified Relative
Definition of Underpayment
What is: a claim that wasn't made and could have been made (during or outside of the PUR). Do NOT impact compliance.
Name 3 Things to Look for in a Court Order
What are: Date, Signature, Acceptable Language, Focus Child's Name, Child-Specific Language
What Does AFDC Stand For
What is: Aid to Families with Dependent Children
Name 2 Ways to Document a Disability
What are: Receipt of SSI, professional health care worker's assessment, or case notes for obvious physical disability
Definition of Constructive Removal
What is: Occurs when child is living with a caregiver who is not the specified relative; court removes from the specified relative, and child is allowed to stay with that caregiver, or another caregiver as placement
True or False: If DCS passes the audit, they do not have to pay back Title IV-E dollars that should not have been claimed
False - regardless of the result, the money claimed incorrectly must be paid back (disallowance).
Give 2 Examples of Acceptable CTW Language
What are: It is in the best interest of the child to be removed from the home; Detention is necessary to protect the child
List 3 Title IV-E Eligibility Criteria
What are: Removal from Spec Rel, Judicial Determinations, AG, Deprivation, Income Requirements, Financial Resources, Age/Citizenship, Continued Eligibility