Ohio Admin. Code 5101:2-46-06 - Title IV-E kinship guardianship assistance program (KGAP) ongoing verification
(A)
Ohio department
of job and family services (ODJFS) is to provide the kinship caregiver(s) with
the JFS 00136 "Title IV-E Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program (KGAP) annual
assurance of legal responsibility, school attendance and eligibility for
continued Medicaid coverage" annually or whenever impacting eligibility
criterion.
(B)
For a child who has attained the minimum age for
compulsory school attendance, ODJFS is to assure that the child's KGAP case
record contains documentation of one of the following:
(1)
A child is
enrolled full-time, or in the process of enrolling full-time, in an institution
providing elementary or secondary education.
(2)
A child is
instructed in elementary or secondary education at home full-time in accordance
with the home school law of the state where the kinship caregiver(s)
resides.
(3)
A child is in an independent study elementary or
secondary education program full-time in accordance with the law of the state
where the program is located, which is administered by the local school or
school district.
(4)
A child is incapable of attending school on a full-time
basis due to the medical condition of the child, and the incapability is
supported by regularly updated information in the KGAP case record of the
child.
(C)
The kinship caregiver(s) is to notify ODJFS within
fifteen calendar days of the date of a change if:
(1)
The child reaches
the age of eighteen, or twenty-one if the child is physically/mentally disabled
or has a medical condition pursuant to rule
5101:2-46-14 of the
Administrative Code.
(2)
The child marries or enlists in the military
services.
(3)
The child's primary health care insurance coverage
changes from medicaid to private health care insurance. The kinship
caregiver(s) is to complete an ODM 06612 "Health Insurance Information Sheet"
as a result of this change.
(4)
The kinship
caregiver(s) is no longer supporting the child.
(5)
The kinship
caregiver(s) legal rights have been terminated by a court of competent
jurisdiction.
(6)
The family moves, or the child establishes their own
residence.
(7)
The child is deceased.
(D)
The kinship
caregiver(s) is to be supporting the child. A kinship caregiver(s) is
supporting the child if the kinship caregiver(s) provides the child with
shelter, food, clothing, or any support regardless of the physical location of
the child. A kinship caregiver(s) is generally responsible for the support of a
child who is under the age of eighteen or under the age of twenty-one and is
physically/mentally disabled or has a medical condition.
(E)
A kinship
caregiver(s) is not legally required to support the child if the child is
emancipated. A child becomes emancipated if the child:
(1)
Enlists in the
military services.
(2)
Marries.
(3)
Has been
determined to be an emancipated minor by a court of competent jurisdiction or
the state of residence.
(F)
If the child no
longer meets the requirements for KGAP, ODJFS is to terminate the KGAP
agreement pursuant to rule
5101:2-46-09 of the
Administrative Code.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 5153.163, 5101.1417
Rule Amplifies: 5153.163, 5153.16
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