ARIZONA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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SB 1306: kinship foster care; TANF monies |
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PRIME SPONSOR: Senator Brophy McGee, LD 28 BILL STATUS: Health & Human Services: DP 8-0-0-1 |
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Appropriates $5,000,000 from the federal
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Block Grant (TANF Block Grant) in FY
2020 to the Department of Child Safety (DCS) for the costs of Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) provided to kinship foster care parents.
History
The TANF Block Grant's main purpose is to increase the flexibility of states in operating a program designed to: 1) provide assistance to needy families so that children may be cared for in their own homes or in the homes of relatives; 2) end dependency of needy parents on government benefits by promoting job preparation, work and marriage; 3) prevent and reduce out-of-wedlock pregnancies; and 4) encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families. No individual or family is entitled to assistance under TANF (P.L. 104-193, § 401).
The Department of Child Safety (DCS) was appropriated $157,279,300 for FY 2019. The DCS operating budget showed $2 million estimated usage for Kinship Care placements (JLBC Report).
A licensed kinship foster care parent may be eligible to receive full foster care benefits. An unlicensed kinship foster care parent may be eligible to receive TANF monies, for a child-only case, and supplemental financial support (A.R.S. § 8-514.03).
Provisions
1. Specifies that a kinship foster parent is eligible to receive full foster care benefits, including payment if they become a licensed foster care home. (Sec. 1)
2. Stipulates that if the kinship foster care parent is not licensed as a foster care home, they must be provided child-only TANF cash and supplemental financial support on behalf of an eligible dependent child without filing an application. (Sec. 1)
3. Eliminates the requirements for the DCS biannual performance evaluations of the kinship foster care program and the reporting requirements to the legislature. (Sec. 1)
4. Repeals a double enactment of A.R.S. § 8-514.03 relating to kinship foster care. (Sec. 2)
5. States that DCS must file an amendment request to the state plan to waive the application requirement for relative caregivers to receive TANF for a child only case. (Sec. 3)
6. Appropriates $5 million from the TANF Block Grant in FY 2020 to DCS for the costs for TANF provided to kinship foster care parents. (Sec. 4)
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10. Fifty-fourth Legislature SB 1306
11. First Regular Session Version 2: Appropriations
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