The purpose of this Local Commissioners Memorandum (LCM) is to provide information to social services districts (local districts) to prevent local districts from claiming Title IV-E foster care maintenance funds for children in their care who are in specialized placements in certain facilities licensed by agencies other than the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) that are not Title IV-E eligible placements. This LCM addresses only those factors regarding the eligibility of the facility in which an otherwise Title IV-E eligible foster child is being placed.
Eligibility for Title IV-E payments must not be a determinant in placement decisions. All placements must be made based on each child’s specific needs.
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