5161-7        FOSTER CARE AND BOARDING HOME PAYMENTS

Any foster care or adult foster care payment made by any division of the Department of Health and Social Services to a Family Medicaid caretaker relative in order to care for a foster child or foster adult who is not receiving Family Medicaid benefits are not counted as income in determining Family Medicaid eligibility.  A child cannot be included in a Family Medicaid household and be receiving Family Medicaid Title IV-E Foster Care or State-funded foster care benefits in the same calendar month.  See sections 5104-5(2) and 5104-6(5) for additional policy on foster care payments.

Any boarding home payment made by the state, local government, or school board to a Family Medicaid caretaker relative in order to care for a non-FM Family Medicaid eligible student while that student is attending school are not counted as income.