Section 7.53.020. Payment rates.

	(a)  Subject to appropriation, and unless another source of payment is available from or through the department for the child's care, the department will provide payment for a child  
		(1) placed in foster care by the department under AS 47.14.100 - 47.14.130; or  
		(2) for whom state custody has been resumed under AS 47.10.080(v).  
	(b)  The department will periodically review and establish foster care maintenance payment rates for foster care under this chapter. The department will set rates to cover the costs of caring for a foster child as set out in 7 AAC 53.030, 7 AAC 53.040, and 7 AAC 53.060 - 7 AAC 53.062. To the extent that the state does not otherwise cover those costs, foster care maintenance payment rates cover the cost of, and the cost of providing,  
		(1) food;  
		(2) clothing;  
		(3) shelter;  
		(4) daily supervision;  
		(5) school supplies;  
		(6) a child's personal incidentals;  
		(7) reasonable travel to the child's home for visitation; and  
		(8) reasonable travel for the child to remain in the school in which the child is enrolled at the time of placement.  
	(c)  Daily payment rates are established for each child, as follows:  
		(1) each child in foster care receives a base foster care payment rate;  
		(2) a child who qualifies for a difficulty-of-care augmented rate under 7 AAC 53.060 or intensive augmented rate under 7 AAC 53.061 receives the total of the base rate and either the approved difficulty-of-care augmented rate or the approved intensive augmented rate for the daily payment rate.  
	(d)  For a child placed in foster care by a tribal entity that has a tribal Title IV-E pass-through maintenance agreement approved by the department, the agreement governs the actual rates that are reimbursed to the tribal entity for the child's foster care.  

Authorities

47.05.010;47.10.080;47.14.010;47.14.100;47.14.120;47.14.130

Notes

Reference

7 AAC 53.040
7 AAC 53.100

Authority

AS 47.05.010 AS 47.10.080 AS 47.14.010 AS 47.14.100 AS 47.14.120 AS 47.14.130 Editor's note: The substance of 7 AAC 53.020 was formerly contained in 7 AAC 50.710.

History

Eff. 11/23/78, Register 68; am 7/1/90, Register 114; am 11/16/94, Register 132; am 3/31/2005, Register 173; am 4/13/2011, Register 198; am 12/10/2011, Register 200; am 8/1/2015, Register 215

References

7.53.020;7.50.710