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nonrecurring expenses that are directly related to the adoption or guardianship, including lodging and food for the child and for the adoptive parent or guardian if necessary to complete the adoption or guardianship process. (g) Notwithstanding (a) — (c) of this section, the department will not reimburse, for a nonrecurring expense, an adoptive parent of a child who, under 7 AAC 53.223, is an applicable hard-to-place child with special needs, if the child, as provided in 42 U.S.C. 673(a)(7) (sec. 473(a)(7) of the Social Security Act),

(1) is not a citizen or resident of the United States; and

(2) was adopted outside of the United States or was brought into the United States for the purpose of being adopted. (Eff. 3/31/2005, Register 173; am 4/13/2011, Register 198; am 8/1/2015, Register 215) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 13.26.062 AS 25.23.230

AS 25.23.210 AS 47.14.120 7 AAC 53.260. Changes in adoption or guardianship subsidy payment. (a) If an adoptive parent or guardian requests a change in the subsidy amount before or after the adoption or guardianship is final, the department will negotiate the amount with the adoptive parent or guardian. (b) Any adjustment in the monthly payment under (a) of this section must be based upon documented changes in the child’s needs, or changes in the circumstances of the adoptive or guardianship family, and will be made only with the adoptive parent’s or guardian’s concurrence. (c) A change in the maximum allowable subsidy payment due to an increase in foster care rates is not automatic, but will be based on changes in the child’s special needs or a change in the circumstances of the adoptive or guardianship family. (d) The department may change a subsidy payment to reflect a decrease in foster care rates without the adoptive parent’s or guardian’s concurrence. The department will notify the adoptive parent or guardian in writing of a change in a subsidy payment that results from a decrease in foster care rates. The department will consider an adjustment to that change if requested by the adoptive parent or guardian. In the notice to the adoptive parent or guardian, the department will