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27. Family Child Care Provider means a Provider licensed as a Family Child Care Provider by the Department.

28. Federally Recognized Tribe means the Penobscot Tribe, Passamaquoddy Tribe, Aroostook Band of Micmacs, Houlton Band of Maliseets, and any other Native American Tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Native Americans because of their status as Native Americans.

29. Fictive Kinship Care means services provided to a Child in Care and Custody or services intended to prevent a Child from entering Care and Custody, under a plan with the Department and any person that is unrelated by birth, adoption, or marriage, and who has an emotionally significant relationship with the Child that would take on the characteristics of a familial relationship.

30. Foster Care means a temporary living arrangement in which resource families provide for the care of Children who are in Care and Custody. A resource family is a person(s) who provides care to Children in Care and Custody. Resource Families include foster parents, permanency guardians, adoptive Parents, and members of the Child’s extended birth Family. Refer to 22 MRSA § 4002.

31. Good Cause means when any of the following conditions is met: the Parent states the Child was conceived as the result of incest or rape; the Parent states cooperation in establishing paternity or securing support is reasonably anticipated to result in physical or emotional harm to the Parent, Child, or caretaker relative; or documentation indicating legal proceedings for adoption of the Child are pending in court. 32. Good Standing means when a Parent has provided the Child Care Provider with twelve (12) calendar days notice.

33. Gross Income means the sum of all money, earned and unearned, already received, or reasonably anticipated to be received, by all Family members during the service eligibility period. Gross Income is calculated before deductions (such as income taxes, social security taxes, deferred compensation plans, insurance premiums, union dues, etc.). Gross Income does not include fringe benefits. Gross Income includes any Allowable Net Income realized by any member of the Family.

34. Group means the specific Children assigned to a specific Teacher(s) within one room or identifiable activity space.

35. Guardian means a person who has qualified as a guardian of a minor or