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6. The determination of financial need. When a child is not living in a home maintained by the child's parents, the State considers only the child's own income and resources. 7. Age Limit. Medicaid under this coverage group may be provided until the child reaches the age of twenty-one (21). 8. Post Foster Care Medicaid Eligibility for individuals born before January 1, 2005 – The Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 established the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program, 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(10). This Medicaid eligibility pathway is open to youth who were in foster care in Rhode Island on their eighteenth (18th) birthday. Medicaid eligibility for youth qualifying for this coverage continues until the age of twenty-six (26) as long as the individuals remain residents of the State. a. Living arrangement. A post foster care adolescent may be residing independently or with others (including family members). b. Renewal. A renewal of Medicaid eligibility is completed once in a twelve (12) month period to ensure that the beneficiary eligible in this group is a resident of Rhode Island. c. Limits. Under the terms of the Chafee Act, young adults may only qualify for Medicaid under this group if not otherwise eligible through SSI or as aged, blind or disabled and/or in need of long term services and supports. In addition, although eligible for the full scope of Medicaid State Plan and Section 1115 waiver services available to all adults, the EPSDT benefit for children continues up to the age of twenty-one (21) only. 9. Post Foster Care Medicaid Eligibility for individuals born on or after January 1, 2005 – The Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 established the John H. Chafee Foster Care Independence Program, 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(10), and was later amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pub. Law No. 111-148, and the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act, Pub. Law No. 115-271. This Medicaid eligibility pathway is open to individuals between the ages of 18 and 26 who were in foster care under the responsibility of a state or a Tribe within a state, including children who were cared for under the unaccompanied refugee minor program, and were enrolled in Medicaid upon the time their foster care assistance ended. An individual may qualify for this eligibility pathway even if the individual was in foster care in a state or Tribe within a state other than Rhode Island. Medicaid eligibility for youth qualifying for this coverage continues until the age of twenty-six (26) as long as the individual remains a resident of the State. a. Living arrangement. A post foster care youth may be residing independently or with others (including family members). b. Renewal. A renewal of Medicaid eligibility is completed once in a twelve (12) month period to ensure that the beneficiary eligible in this group is a resident of Rhode Island.