PAYMENT PROCESSING

CS 1600P Children in Care (CIC) Support Exceeds the Grant for Foster Care Cases

05/25/04 Revised 12/28/16 Training Completed 11/01/12 Last Reviewed 12/02/24

45 CFR 302.52

 

NOTE:  CIC-Specific procedures contained in this section.

 

 

Introduction

 

Unreimbursed Assistance (URA) is the balance of the total life-to-date (LTD) foster care maintenance payments after deducting the child’s social security benefits received by the Office of Recovery Services (ORS) and the payments received from the parent(s) of the child in foster care.  A designated worker will compare the total amount of support collected from both of the parents to the amount of the total foster care maintenance payments for all CIC cases that are listed on the LTD URA report.  If the LTD support collected exceeds the total foster care maintenance payments, the assigned designated worker will notify the custodial agency of the excess support amount.

 

The ORS/Children in Care (CIC) computer system (ORSIS) automatically calculates URA by adding the child support collections retained by CIC and deducting the foster care maintenance payments from the total collected by CIC. 

 

EXAMPLE: The child’s parents paid a total of $6,500.00 in child support to CIC while the child was in foster care.  The total foster care maintenance payments received was $5,500.00.  CIC collected and retained an additional $1,000.00.   The designated worker notifies the custodial agency of the excess support amount collected.

 

 

URA Excess

 

Federal Regulations found at 45 CFR 302.52(2) state:

“(2) If the amount collected is in excess of the monthly amount of the foster care maintenance payment but not more than the monthly support obligation, the State must pay the excess to the State agency responsible for supervising the child's placement and care under section 472(a)(2) of the Act. The State agency must use the money in the manner it determines will serve the best interests of the child including:

(i) Setting aside amounts for the child's future needs; or

(ii) Making all or part of the amount available to the person responsible for meeting the child's daily needs to be used for the child's benefit.”