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315 (07/2026) Chapter 2:Eligibility • Section 5: Financial eligibility A foster care payment is: • The payment the foster care provider receives from the foster care program, and • For adults in foster care, this also includes their room and board payment and any service payment the participant is required to pay the provider. Note: • An adult in foster care is required to pay the room and board part of the foster care payment. Children in foster care do not make this separate payment. • Per OAR 461-110-0630, parents in foster care for whom foster care payments are being made cannot have their needs counted for TANF. • Proctor care administered by or under contract to a state agency is a form of foster care. Treat these situations and income the same as foster care. • Child Welfare foster care payments pay the costs necessary for providing care for the child. The entire payment is designated by CW to provide for the child’s room and board, personal incidentals and special needs. The provider does not receive additional compensation for their service as a child foster care provider. In ONE, payments from Foster Care/Guardianship Assistance are coded on the Specific Income screen: • Specific Income Category – Foster Care/Guardianship Assistance • Specific Income Type – Foster Care/Guardianship Assistance Treat foster care/guardianship assistance payments as follows: • For all programs except ERDC, REF, REFM, SNAP and TANF:
If the provider of foster care/guardianship is in the financial group: » Exclude the amount the placement agency identifies as room and board, clothing and personal incidental needs (including recreational expenses) of the foster care/guardianship assistance participant. » Exclude the amount designated for special need items of the foster care/guardianship assistance participant. » Count the remaining amount as earned income.
If the provider of foster care/guardianship is not in the financial group, exclude the foster care payments. • For ERDC, exclude foster care and guardianship payments. • For SNAP, count the payments for foster care or guardianship assistance as follows:
If the person receiving the foster care or assistance is a member of the household group, but not the filing group, exclude the income.
If the person receiving the foster care or assistance is a member of the filing group, count the payment from the foster care program as unearned income for the care provider.