2.4.4 Minor Caretaker Relatives

An individual under 18 years of age is not eligible to be a qualified caretaker relative unless one of the following applies:

1.             The individual is or has ever been married;

2.             The individual has no parent, legal guardian, or other appropriate adult relative who would meet applicable criteria to act as the individual’s legal guardian who is living or whose whereabouts are known;

3.             No living parent, legal guardian, or other appropriate adult relative who would meet applicable criteria to act as the individual’s legal guardian allows the individual to live in their home;

4.             The individual or the child for whom assistance is requested is being or has been subjected to serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse, or exploitation in the residence of the individual’s own parent or legal guardian;

5.             Substantial evidence exists that an act or failure to act would present imminent or serious harm if the individual and the child lived in the same residence with the individual’s own parent or legal guardian; or

6.             The W-2Wisconsin Works agency otherwise determines that it is in the best interest of the individual’s child to waive the prohibition on assistance to unmarried caretakers who are under 18 years of age.

History: There are no previous versions of this policy.