[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR1356.22]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 

                           AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 1356_REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO TITLE IV-E--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 1356.22  Implementation requirements for children voluntarily 

placed in foster care.



    (a) As a condition of receipt of Federal financial participation 

(FFP) in foster care maintenance payments for a dependent child removed 

from his home under a voluntary placement agreement, the State must meet 

the requirements of:

    (1) Section 472 of the Act, as amended;

    (2) Sections 422(b)(10) and 475(5) of the Act;

    (3) 45 CFR 1356.21(e), (f), (g), (h), and (i); and

    (4) The requirements of this section.

    (b) Federal financial participation is available only for voluntary 

foster care maintenance expenditures made within the first 180 days of 

the child's placement in foster care unless there has been a judicial 

determination by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the first 180 

days of such placement, to the effect that the continued voluntary 

placement is in the best interests of the child.

    (c) The State agency must establish and maintain a uniform procedure 

or system, consistent with State law, for revocation by the parent(s) of 

a voluntary placement agreement and return of the child.



[65 FR 4090, Jan. 25, 2000, as amended at 66 FR 58677, Nov. 23, 2001]