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(MRG) UPDATED: JUNE 2010 10 CATEGORICAL FACTORS ADC – RELATED RELATIONSHIP OF CHILD TO CARETAKER RELATIVE Policy: Individuals caring for children who are deprived of parental support (See CATEGORICAL FACTORS DEPRIVATION OF PARENTAL SUPPORT) may be eligible for Medicaid as ADC-related. Both the caretaker relative and the child are ADC-related when the caretaker is within a certain degree of relationship to the child. References: SSL Sect. 366.1(a)(iii) Dept. Reg. 369.1(b) ADMs 93 ADM-29 Interpretation: The following is a list of relatives who meet ADC-related criteria. The relationship may be by blood, half blood or adoption. (1) The child's father, mother, brother, sister, grandfather, great- grandfather, great-great grandfather, grandmother, great- grandmother, great-great grandmother, uncle, great-uncle, great-great uncle, aunt, great-aunt, great-great aunt, first cousin, nephew or niece. (2) The child's stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, or stepsister, but no other step relative. (3) The spouses of any of the relatives listed above, even though the marriage may have been terminated by death, divorce or annulment. (4) When a child is born out of wedlock, paternity is adjudicated or acknowledged in writing for a paternal relative to qualify as ADC-related. (5) When a child has been surrendered to an authorized agency or adopted, relatives by either blood or adoption may qualify. (6) When a child is residing with both parents, both parents may be ADC-related, if a deprivation exists. (7) When a child is residing with more than one qualifying relative, other than his/her parents, only one adult relative may be ADC-related due to his/her relationship to the child. For example: a child lives with both grandparents, only one grandparent may be ADC-related through the children.