Code of Alabama - Title 38: Public Welfare - Chapter 12 - Kinship Foster Care Program

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 38-12-1 Definitions
  As used in this chapter the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) DEPARTMENT. State Department of Human Resources. (2) FOSTER PARENT. Any person...
• Section 38-12-2 Program established
  (a) There is established a Kinship Foster Care Program in the State Department of Human Resources. (b) When a child has been removed from his...
• Section 38-12-3 Investigation of prospective kinship foster parent
  (a) A person may become a kinship foster parent only upon the completion of an investigation to ascertain if there is a state or federal...
• Section 38-12-4 Individualized service plan
  (a) The department shall determine whether the person is able to care effectively for the foster child by the following methods: (1) Reviewing personal and...
• Section 38-12-5 Rules and regulations
  The department may adopt rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
• Article 2 Alabama Kinship Guardian Subsidy Act.
• Section 38-12-30 Short title
  This article may be cited as the Alabama Kinship Guardianship Subsidy Act.
• Section 38-12-31 Legislative findings
  The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) There exists in this state a number of children who cannot reside with their parents, legal guardians,...
• Section 38-12-32 Definitions
  As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CAREGIVER. An individual 21 years of age or older, other than...
• Section 38-12-33 Kinship Guardianship Subsidy Program
  There is established in the department the Kinship Guardianship Subsidy Program. For the purposes of this article, the department is authorized to use funds that...
• Section 38-12-34 Subsidies - Authorized; eligibility
  (a) Subject to rules adopted to implement this article, the department may provide subsidies for an eligible child placed in kinship guardianship by a court,...
• Section 38-12-35 Subsidies - Amount
  The amount of a kinship guardianship subsidy shall be determined according to this section and as provided by rules of the department. The subsidy may...
• Section 38-12-36 Subsidies - Duration
  Provided that federal funding is available, the kinship guardianship subsidy shall continue until the following occur: (1) The child who is being cared for by...
• Section 38-12-37 Application
  (a) Applications for the program may be submitted by a prospective kinship guardian. A written agreement between the prospective kinship guardian entering into the program...
• Section 38-12-38 Review of subsidy
  If the subsidy continues for more than one year, the eligibility for and amount of the subsidy shall be reviewed at least annually by the...
• Section 38-12-39 Adoption of rules
  The department shall adopt rules for the program consistent with this article.
• Section 38-12-40 Subsidy excluded from income; taxation
  Except as required by federal law or regulation, the kinship guardianship subsidy may not be counted as a resource or income in the determination of...
• Section 38-12-41 Initiation of program
  The department may provide a kinship guardianship subsidy pursuant to this article to any eligible child in department custody by court order on October 1,...

Last modified: May 3, 2021