Rule and Procedure Table of Contents
a) Financial Assistance to New Foster | b) Foster Home Infant Equipment
a) Financial Assistance to New Foster Parents |
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Type Service Code Document
0128 Financial Assistance to New Foster Parents CFS 932
Instructions: Financial assistance can be provided to new foster families who will experience cash-flow problems in order to meet the needs of the children placed in their care. Purchase authorizations are to be issued only after all other alternatives have been considered and rejected. In all cases, receivables are to be entered against future foster care payments. To ensure that this process is observed, the purchase authorization should clearly spell out that this is an expense which will be deducted from a particular caretaker's payment. The name of the child and the caretaker should be noted. This purchase authorization should be scheduled separately or flagged by means of a cover memo directed to the attention of the Central Office Payment Unit, 406 E. Monroe, Station #438, Springfield, IL 62701. Upon receipt of this flagged voucher, the Board Unit will process a credit to be taken against the future payment to the caretaker in question in the amount of the clothing purchase authorization. The approval of the Regional Administrator or designee is needed for the payment document. The amount shall not exceed the Basic Board component of the authorized monthly rate. See Appendix A (I) (b) for Rates for Department Boarding Homes.
b) Foster Home Infant Equipment |
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Type Service Code Document
1315 Foster Home Infant Care Equipment CFS 932
Instructions: A purchase authorization can be issued to a foster or relative home for infant care equipment for a specific child age 2 and under. The foster parent must sign the Infant Care Equipment Grant Application (CFS 932-C) and return a completed Infant Care List (CFS 932-D) for the appropriate items. This payment procedure is to be used only when the lack of appropriate equipment is a barrier to the placement of an infant in a foster or relative home. The relative or foster parent must return the equipment to the Department if they stop providing infant care within one year of receiving equipment. See Appendix A (IV) for amounts.