Assurances
The State assures that:
1. Title IV-E, Section 477 Chafee Foster Care Independence Program funds will supplement and not replace Title IV-E foster care funds available for maintenance payments and administrative and training costs, or any other state funds that may be available for Independent Living programs, activities, and services;
2. The Department will operate the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program in an effective and efficient manner;
3. The funds obtained under Section 477 shall be used only for the purposes described in
Section 477 (f) (1);
4. Payments made, and services provided, to participants in a program funded under Section 477 as a direct consequence of their participation in the Chafee Foster Care Independence Program will not be considered as income, or resources for the purposes of determining eligibility of the participants for aid under the state's Title IV-A, or IV-E plan, or for the determining of the level of such aid;
5. Each participant will be provided a written transitional independent living plan that will be based on an assessment of his/her needs, and which will be incorporated into his/her case plan, as described in Section 475 (1);
6. Where appropriate, for youth age 16 and over, the case plan will include a written description of the programs and services which will help the youth to successfully prepare for the transition from foster care to interdependent living;
7. For youth age 16 and over, the dispositional hearing will address the services needed that assist the youth to make the successful transition from foster care to interdependent living;
8. Payments to the State will be used for conducting activities, and providing services, to carry out the programs involved directly, or under contracts with local governmental entities and private, non-profit organizations;
9. Funds will be administered in compliance with Departmental regulations and policies governing the administration of grants, 45 CFR, Parts 92 and 74, and OMB Circulars A-87, A- 102, and A-122, including such provisions as Audits (OMB Circulars A-128 and A-133) and Nondiscrimination (45 CFR, Part 80) and;
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