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Home > Laws & Policies > Policy/Program Issuances > Information Memoranda > IM-01-11 > Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility Review Guide - 2007 > Appendix XII

Appendix XII

Matrix of AFDC Factors
Related to Title IV-E Foster Care Eligibility

Factor Statutory
Regulatory or Policy Reference		 Non-Rosales Provision Rosales* Provision
State AFDC plan, July 16, 1996 §472(a), Social Security Act X X
Child met income need standards 45 CFR §23320 X X
Child had resources of $10,000 or less §472(a), Social Security Act X X
Child deprived of parental support
  • Death of parent

  • Continued absence of parent

  • Physical or mental incapacity of parent (documented by medical professional)

  • Unemployment of principle wage earner
    		• Former §406(a), Social Security Act, 45 CFR §233.90(c),45 CFR §233.100 X X
    Child met age requirement
  • Death of parent

  • Under age 18, or

  • Age 18, but under age 19 and full-time student (Title IV-A State plan option)
    		•  Former §406(a), Social Security Act, 45 CFR §233.90(b)(3) X X
    Child lived with specified relative during 6 months before legal removal. (Legal removal means removal via Voluntary Placement Agreement or judicial proceeding.)
  • Specified relative is a parent or any relation by blood, marriage, or adoption within the fifth degree of kinship to the child
    		•  Former §406(a)(1), §472(a)(4)(B)(ii), Social Security Act, 45 CFR §233.90(c)(1)(v), 45 CFR §233.90(c)(1)(v)(B) X X
    Child "lived with" and "removed from" same specified relative
  • AFDC based on removal home, i.e., home of legal removal

  • AFDC eligible during removal month
    		•  45 CFR §1356.21(l), ACYF-CB-IM-04-03, §472(a)(4)(A) & (B), Social Security Act   X
    Child "lived with " and "removed from " different specified rela
  • AFDC based on removal home or

  • AFDC based on home of any specified relative child lived with during 6 months before legal removal
  • AFDC eligible during removal month
    		•  ACYF-CB-IM-04-03 X  


    *Rosales States: CA, AK, AZ, HI, ID, MT, NV, OR, WA. Provision applicable upon ACF Regional Office approval of the State agency's amendment to its title IV-E plan.

    Eligibility decisions should not be based solely on this summary matrix. Refer to the applicable statutory, regulatory, or policy citation as well as the State's plans for title IV-A and title IV-E, for further information.