Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 340 - Department of Human Services
Chapter 75 - Child Welfare Services
Subchapter 13 - Other Child Welfare Services and Medical Services for Children in Out-Of-Home Care
Part 3 - INCOME AND RESOURCES OF THE CHILD
Section 340:75-13-25 - Exploration of resources
Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 340:75-13-25
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a) Identifying resources. The Child Welfare (CW) worker of a child in Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) custody and out-of-home placement:
(1) explores with the child's
family all benefits or resources, such as Social Security benefits,
Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Veterans benefits, child support,
inheritance, trust funds, insurance benefits, and Indian trusts or monies,
available and non-available for use, to which the child is or may be entitled;
and
(2) identifies the child who is
or may be Indian, per OAC 340:75-19, and requests through the appropriate tribe
or Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) information regarding:
(A) tribal membership or eligibility for
membership; and
(B) the present
balance of any individual money accounts and trust funds.
(b) Reporting resources. The CW worker reports to the assigned custody specialist all current and subsequent information pertaining to any income or resources.
(1) Benefits received are used by OKDHS to
defray the cost of the child's care.
(2) Any amount over the cost of care is
deposited to the child's trust fund account and is available to the
child.
Amended at 10 Ok Reg 655, eff 12-23-92 (emergency); Amended at 10 Ok Reg 2081, eff 5-27-93; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 102, eff 10-13-98 (preemptive); Amended at 22 Ok Reg 875, eff 5-12-05
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