Common use of ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT COSTS Clause in Contracts

ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT COSTS. Subject to the rules of the Commissioner and the provisions of Minn. Stat. § 259.67, subd. 7, a child-placing agency licensed in Minnesota or any other state, or local or tribal social services agency shall receive a reimbursement from the Commissioner equal to 100 percent of the reasonable and appropriate cost of providing adoption services for an Indian child eligible for reimbursement of costs pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 259.67, subd. 7, up to the statutory maximum. Adoption services may include adoptive family recruitment, counseling, and special training when needed. Agencies eligible for reimbursement for adoption services as well as eligibility criteria for a child, are described in Minn. Stat. § 259.67, subd. 7. A licensed child-placing agency or local or tribal social service agency, seeking reimbursement under this subdivision shall enter into a reimbursement agreement with the Commissioner before providing adoption services for which reimbursement is sought. No reimbursement under this section shall be made to an agency for services provided prior to entering a reimbursement agreement. Separate reimbursement agreements shall be made for each Indian child and separate records shall be kept on each child for whom a reimbursement agreement is made. Minn. Stat. § 259.67, subd. 7. Funds encumbered and obligated under such an agreement for the child remain available until the terms of the agreement are fulfilled or the agreement is terminated. Children certified as eligible for adoption assistance who are protected under the Indian Child Welfare Act should, whenever possible, be served by the tribal governing body, tribal courts, or a licensed Indian child-placing agency.

ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT COSTS. Subject to the rules of the Commissioner Commissioner, and the provisions of Minn. Stat. § ' 259.67, subd. 7, a Minnesota licensed child-placing agency licensed in Minnesota or any other state, or local or tribal social services agency LSSA shall receive a reimbursement from the Commissioner equal to 100 percent of the reasonable and appropriate cost of providing adoption services for an Indian child certified as eligible for reimbursement of costs pursuant to Minn. Statadoption assistance. § 259.67, subd. 7, up to the statutory maximum. Adoption services Such assistance may include adoptive family recruitment, counseling, and special training when needed. Agencies eligible for A Minnesota licensed child-placing agency shall receive reimbursement for adoption services as well as eligibility criteria it purchases for a or directly provides to an eligible child, are described in Minn. Stat. § 259.67, subd. 7. A LSSA shall receive such reimbursement for only adoption services it purchases for an eligible child. A Minnesota licensed child-placing agency or local or tribal social service agency, LSSA seeking reimbursement under this subdivision shall enter into a reimbursement agreement with the Commissioner before providing adoption services for which reimbursement is sought. No reimbursement under this section shall be made to an agency for services provided prior to entering a reimbursement agreement. Separate reimbursement agreements shall be made for each Indian child and separate records shall be kept on each child for whom a reimbursement agreement is made. Minn. Stat. § 259.67, subd. 7. Funds encumbered and obligated under such an agreement for the child remain available until the terms of the agreement are fulfilled or the agreement is terminated. DHS will work with the tribes to assist in the establishment of tribal adoption organizations able to be licensed as child-placing agencies. Children certified as eligible for adoption assistance who are protected under the Indian Child Welfare Act ICWA should, whenever possible, be served by the tribal governing body, tribal courts, or a licensed Indian child-placing agency.