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(Revised 11/1/10 ML #3249)
A child is Title IV-E eligible if two basic criteria are met when the child entered care. These are:
The initial court order that authorized the child's removal from the home, contained a judicial determination to the effect that "continuation in the home is contrary to the welfare of the child," and reasonable efforts were made to prevent the child’s removal from home or reasonable efforts were not required (i.e. aggravated circumstance) to prevent a child’s removal from the home; reasonable efforts were made to place siblings in the same foster care, relative, guardianship, or adoptive placement unless it is determined that such a joint placement would be contrary to the safety or well being of any of the siblings, and the case of siblings removed from their home who are not jointly placed, to provide for frequent visitation or other ongoing interaction between the siblings, unless it is contrary to the safety or well being of any of the siblings.
The child met the AFDC relatedness test in the month the court petition to place the child in out of home care was filed. (Effective July 1, 1997, wherever AFDC is mentioned here, it relates to the eligibility rules as of July 16, 1996, pursuant to P.L. 104-193.)