Feds Approve Nebraska’s Plan For Parity Financial Assistance To Relative & Kinship Caregivers

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is implementing a new policy that provides relative and kinship caregivers with the same level of Title IV-E financial assistance as non-relative/kinship caregivers. On April 17, 2024, the federal Administration for Children and Families (ACF) approved the state’s plan to establish a separate placement approval process for relative and kinship caregivers.

In October 2023, the ACF adopted a new regulation requiring states to provide the same financial assistance to kinship caregivers as other licensed caregivers. ACF also finalized a regulation that allows states to adopt separate licensing . . .