To assess the State’s adherence
to eligibility criteria for child and provider;
and to validate State’s financial claims to ensure
that appropriate payments were made on behalf
of eligible children and to eligible providers
Evaluator:
Children’s Bureau
Regional Office(s)
Review
Team:
State and Federal staff
Element
Reviewed:
Cases of children reported as
receiving IV-E dollars are assessed to determine
adherence to eligibility requirements.
Review
Process:
The review process begins with
a primary review of 88 cases drawn from AFCARS data. States
that are determined not to be in substantial compliance
would develop and implement a program improvement
plan (not to exceed 1-year in duration) and a secondary
review (165 cases) will be following the completion
of the program improvement plan.
Review
Cycle:
Every 3 years.
Outcome:
Penalty is based on the error
cases for the primary review and the error cases
for a secondary review where the State is determined
to be in substantial compliance. If the State is
determined not to be in substantial compliance following
a secondary review, a disallowance is assessed based
on the State’s total population of children in title
IV-E foster care.
Frequently Asked Questions: A list of IV-E Foster Care Eligibility
Review questions to the Regional Offices has been compiled
and can be found at the following ACF
web page.
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