Section 415.130  Review of Payments and Certification Standards

In accordance with section 471(a)(11) of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 671], the Department must review the following, every three years:

a)         The amount of the payments made for foster care maintenance to assure the payments' continued appropriateness, and that the amount made to a certified relative home is the same as the amount that would have been made if the child was placed in a licensed non-relative foster family home;

b)         The amount of the payments made for adoption assistance to assure the payments' continued appropriateness; and

c)         The certification standards for certified relative homes.