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Chapter: 0200 General Program Information Program: CIC 14 0250.0000 Child In Care This chapter presents general program information about the Child in Care Program. 0250.0001 Caseload Distribution (CIC) Caseload assignments are frequently made according to the characteristics of a given assistance group and the type of assistance received. These breakdowns are called Temporary Cash Assistance cases, Family-Related Medicaid cases or SSI-Related Medicaid cases. Each type may include food stamps.

A Temporary Cash Assistance case or Family-Related Medicaid case may contain one or more of the following types of assistance: Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA), Refugee Assistance Program (RAP), food stamps, Family-Related Medicaid, MEDS or Medically Needy.

An SSI-Related Medicaid case may contain one or more of the following types of assistance: Institutional Care Program (ICP), MEDS-AD, Protected Medicaid (PM), Medically Needy, Emergency Medicaid for Aliens (EMA), Hospice, Home and Community Based Services (HCBS), Refugee Assistance Program (RAP), Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries (QMB), Working Disabled (WD), Special Low Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB), Optional State Supplementation (OSS), Part B Medicare Only (PBMO), Home Care for Disabled Adults (HCDA), or food stamps. All programs are Medicaid Programs except OSS, HCDA and food stamps. The Department of Elder Affairs currently handles Home Care for the Elderly (HCE).

A mixed caseload contains one or more Temporary Cash Assistance or Family-Related Medicaid and SSI-Related types of assistance, with or without food stamps.

Child in Care (CIC) cases are frequently specialized due to the special confidentiality requirements and unique policy. Therefore, they are not considered part of the Temporary Cash Assistance or Family-Related Medicaid caseload and the information about the case is limited to eligibility specialists with special confidential security profiles. 0250.0100 CHILD IN CARE PROGRAM (CIC) The FSP, DJJ or private agency counselor will be the Primary Information Person (PIP) and will make all contacts with the family and/or the child. The eligibility specialist will determine Medicaid eligibility for all of these groups.

The Child in Care Program includes children who are under the temporary or permanent custody of the Family Safety Program, as well as children who qualify for adoption subsidies. Whether the child falls under emergency shelter care, Title IV-E and non-Title IV-E, independent living, delinquency, or adoptions subsidy, the child is eligible for Medicaid. 0250.0101 Legal Basis (CIC) Public Law 96-272, the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act, established a new Part E under Title IV of the Social Security Act. Part E provides federal matching funds for foster care and adoption assistance payments under certain circumstances.