10A NCAC 71L .0102      APPROVAL CRITERIA

(a)  A county department of social services or a North Carolina licensed private adoption agency shall provide information, develop a service plan, and coordinate services for pregnant clients for whom they are requesting State Maternity Fund payments.

(b)  Marital status and age shall not affect eligibility for State Maternity Fund payments.

(c)  The client must be a resident of the State of North Carolina to be eligible for State Maternity Fund payments.

(d)  State Maternity Fund payments shall supplement any other funds available from applicants, county departments of social services, families or private agencies. The agency requesting State Maternity Fund payments must review all financial resources available to the client. The agency must establish that resources available to the client are not adequate to meet residential costs.

(e)  State Maternity Fund payments to licensed maternity homes is based on the actual per diem cost of care. A maternity home shall maintain a valid maternity home license for a consecutive one year period and submit an audited financial statement to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Controller's Office (2019 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-2019) before the per diem rate is assigned. A licensed maternity home is eligible for reimbursement from maternity home funds in the second year of operation if this criteria is met and maternity home funds are available.

(f)  State Maternity Fund payments for care in a foster home is the North Carolina standard board rate for foster care assistance set by the General Assembly.

(g)  State Maternity Fund payments for care in the home of a non-legally responsible relative or in a boarding arrangement shall be the same as the North Carolina standard board rate for foster care assistance.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143B-153;

Eff. April 1, 1978;

Amended Eff. November 1, 2009; July 1, 1990; January 1, 1983;

Readopted Eff. September 1, 2021.