Ariz. Admin. Code § R21-5-507 - Maintenance Subsidy
A.
The maintenance subsidy may not cover all the daily living expenses of the
adopted child. The Department and the adoptive parent shall negotiate the
amount of maintenance subsidy based on a child's current special needs and the
family's circumstances.
1. Under A.R.S.
§
8-144(B),
the amount of the maintenance subsidy shall not exceed the payments allowable
for foster care, not including foster care special allowances.
2. The Department shall deduct private or
public monetary benefits, such as benefits received through Title II of the
Social Security Act, paid to the child from the monthly maintenance subsidy, as
allowed under state or federal law. The adoptive parent shall report the
receipt of any private or public monetary benefits for the child to the
Adoption Subsidy Program as soon as the benefits are received.
B. Payment of Maintenance Subsidy
1. The Department shall not begin maintenance
subsidy payments prior to the effective date of the adoption subsidy
agreement.
2. The Department shall
issue maintenance subsidy payments monthly to the adoptive parent as specified
in the adoption subsidy agreement.
C. Renegotiation of the Maintenance Rate
1. The Department or the adoptive parent may
initiate a change in the maintenance subsidy rate if there are changes in the
child's needs.
2. The Department
may renegotiate the amount of the adoption subsidy; however, the rate shall not
exceed the payments allowable for foster care, not including foster care
special allowances.
3. The adoptive
parent shall provide the Department with documentation supporting the requested
change in the maintenance subsidy rate.
4. If the child is in the care or custody of
a state agency in Arizona or any other state, an adoption agency, or an
individual other than the adoptive parent, the Department shall request, and
the adoptive parent shall provide, documentation that the adoptive parent
continues to be legally and financially responsible for the child.
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