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Division of Welfare and Supportive Services A-2630.1 Eligibility and Payments Manual NON-NEEDY RELATIVE CAREGIVER and KINSHIP CARE 22 Apr 01 MTL 02/22 Who is Eligible 4. Have obtained Nevada state or tribal court approval of legal guardianship and comply with the requirements imposed by the court. Note: An out-of-state guardianship does not satisfy the requirements of this program. Temporary and emergency guardianship orders must be followed up with a permanent order as they are only valid for a limited period of time (If the only eligibility requirement preventing approval of Kinship Care is that the NNRC does not yet have guardianship, review for NNRC eligibility and if approved, the caregiver may be eligible to receive up to $750 in reimbursement for legal fees specific to the pursuit of legal guardianship. See manual section 2620.2); and

5. Read and sign the TANF Kinship Care Program, Form 2621, to acknowledge the Kinship Care Program requirements and inform them about support services that may be available.

No adult parent of a child for whom the NNRC has legal guardianship may reside in the household. If the parent(s) of the child(ren) reside in the home, Kinship Care requirements are not met, and Kinship Care is denied.

When a minor parent is in the home of an NNRC, who has guardianship of the minor, approve Kinship Care for the minor parent if all eligibility criteria is met. If the minor parent’s child also meets Kinship Care requirements (the NNRC also has legal guardianship of the minor parent’s child), the child is included in the Kinship Care case. When the minor’s child does not meet Kinship Care requirements, determine eligibility for the minor’s child under TANF or NNRC criteria in a separate sub-case.

A baby born to a minor parent receiving Kinship Care is eligible for TANF when the minor parent exercises parental care and control of their child. A separate TANF case is opened under the minor parent for the minor parent’s child. The minor parent is not an eligible member of this case because TANF benefits for the minor parent are received under the Kinship Care case.

When a Division social worker determines the physical or emotional health or safety of the minor parent’s child may be in jeopardy, the NNRC may be designated as the caregiver of the minor parent’s child. In this situation, the minor parent’s child would receive TANF under a NNRC case. In a case where a social worker is needed to determine the above, a referral must be made to the social work supervisor through OASIS.

Kinship Care applies only to children meeting the Kinship Care requirements. A relative caregiver may receive NNRC assistance for a child(ren) in the home that does not meet Kinship Care requirements while receiving Kinship Care assistance for a child(ren) that does meet the requirements. In these circumstances, there must be two separate cases set up.