Separate Licensing Standards For Relative Or Kinship Foster Family Homes

On February 14, 2023, the Children’s Bureau; Administration on Children, Youth and Families; Administration for Children and Families (ACF); and Department of Health and Human Services published this proposed rule regarding separate licensing standards for relative or kinship foster family homes. ACF is proposing to revise the definition of ‘‘foster family home’’ to allow each title IV–E agency to adopt foster family home licensing or approval standards for foster family homes of individuals related to a child by blood, marriage, or adoption and other individuals who have an emotionally significant relationship with the child, including fictive kin, that . . .