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► Eligibility requirements: o Individual must be a relative or fictive kin caregiver with an approved home evaluation o The child must currently be in CHFS custody; or the child has been placed in CHFS custody for the current removal period prior to the relative or fictive kin receiving temporary custody; and o The relative or fictive kin has not yet obtained permanent custody through a DNA-9 (Permanent Custody Order). ► Relative/fictive kin is eligible to all benefits as any foster parent including clothing letter, special expenses, birthday/Christmas, etc. ► Relative/fictive kin signs a Relative Caregiver Agreement (“contract”) which explains that the relative/fictive kin must agree to permanency. ► Relative/fictive kin submits a Relative Placement Billing Invoice (“monthly boarding statement”) to the Division of Administration and Financial Management (DAFM) each month to document the number of days the child is in their home, any special expenses, etc. Relative/fictive kin receives payment once per month until permanency is achieved. ► Office of Legal Services (OLS) pursues permanency for the child. ► If DCBS has custody and the child is placed with relative/fictive kin, the Social Service Worker (SSW) will request a pre-permanency meeting with OLS within timeframes specified in SOP or Standards of Practice (SOP is forthcoming). ► Payment ceases when child achieves permanency, (i.e., permanent custody by issuance of the DNA-9, adoption, legal guardianship, reaches age 18, etc.), child returns to home of origin, or there is a change in placement. ► Regarding closed cases in which relative/fictive kin has temporary custody, OLS attorneys have been hired to specifically pursue DocuSign Envelope ID: BCAE5958-05F7-4630-9CB0-C6ACABA180AA