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(6) other services essential to success of the foster care placement, including

(A) frequent visitation and contacts with siblings who are not placed together;

(B) frequent visitation with parents and legal guardians;

(C) mentoring programs;

(D) summer camp experiences; and

(E) extracurricular activities before and after school, exclusive of child care under (5) of this subsection; or

(7) other services essential to educational success of a child in foster care including educational recovery opportunities, but not private school tuition; in this paragraph, “educational recovery opportunities” means activities and services that encourage academic success and stability, including grade level or credit recovery to meet promotional or graduation requirements. (c) The department will reimburse the costs of transportation authorized under (b)(1) and (2) of this section at the same rate as state employee reimbursement for transportation. (d) The department will not provide payment under 7 AAC 41 to a foster parent for child care services within the foster home setting for the foster parent’s foster child. (e) Repealed 7/1/2022. (Eff. 7/1/90, Register 114; am 11/16/94, Register 132; am 3/31/2005, Register 173; am 4/13/2011, Register 198; am 12/10/2011, Register 200; am 8/1/2015, Register 215; am 7/1/2022, Register 242) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 44.30.020 AS 47.10.080 AS 47.14.120

AS 47.06.010 AS 47.14.010 AS 47.32.030 Editor’s note: The substance of 7 AAC 53.050 was formerly contained in 7 AAC 50.730. 7 AAC 53.060. Difficulty-of-care augmented rates.