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Specialized Placements & Programs

  • Out-Of-County Placements
  • Placing Children Outside of the Country
  • Children in Group Home Care
  • Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment (Kin-GAP) Program
  • Extended Foster Care (EFC) Program
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  • Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC)
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  • Relative Caregiver Financial Eligibility (Youakim)
  • Respite Care Services
  • Screening and Placement of Children, Youth and Nonminor Dependents (NMDs) in a Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP)
  • Second Level Review for Children, Youth, and Nonminor Dependents (NMDs) in a Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP) and Group Home
  • Special Placements
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