Kinship
Care Program: Legislative History
- 1995 Wisconsin Act 289 created s. 48.57(3m), (3p) and (3t), Stats.,
which authorize a county or tribal child welfare agency to make a
monthly payment of $215, called a kinship care benefit, to an approved
relative to help the relative provide care and maintenance for the
child. These payments started on January 1, 1997 and by January 1,
1998 had fully replaced AFDC payments for non-legally responsible
relatives.
- The kinship care statutes were amended effective January 1, 1998, by
1997 Wisconsin Act 27, to make the Department responsible for
administration of the child welfare system, including the kinship care
program, in Milwaukee County.
- The statutes were amended again in April 1998 by 1997 Wisconsin Act
105 to add sub. (3n), relating to long-term kinship care; in June 1998
by 1997 Wisconsin Act 237 to direct the Department to promulgate rules
which set forth criteria for determining the eligibility of a kinship
care relative to receive the monthly kinship care payment; in May 2000
by 1999 Wisconsin Act 103 to clarify that a caregiver relative must
apply for other forms of assistance for which the child may be
eligible; in May 2000 by 1999 Wisconsin Act 133 to allow payments
beyond age 18 under certain conditions; and in May 2000 by 1999
Wisconsin Act 162 to make technical changes to the definition of
relative.
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Program is:
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Last Revised:
June 18, 2013 |
