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<blockquote data-quote="JJJ" data-source="post: 480728" data-attributes="member: 1169"><p>All of Kanga's placements required a certified birth certificate and her ss card. Under federal law, once the child has been placed out of your home for 90 days, they qualify for ssi and the medicaid card. The ssi money (minus $30 which if difficult child's allowance) goes to the group home and they use the medical card to cover some of what your insurance does not. You can get an unlimited amount of official birth certificates and up to 5 ss cards in a lifetime. WRT to school, our state law requires me to enroll Kanga in our local public school; then the Residential Treatment Center (RTC)/group home arranges for her enrollment in their TDS and they bill our home district. </p><p></p><p>The goal of all of it is to spread out the financial burden of our million-dollar-babies. For Kanga, her treatment costs around $150K per year: our local school pays $35K, ssi covers about $8K, medicaid covers a significant chunk and a state grant picks up whatever is left. </p><p></p><p>Kanga's RTCs all took 'temporary physical custody' of Kanga as well as having a limited power of attorney to act <em>in loco parentis </em>for day-to-day activities and for emergencies until they could reach us; but we retained full parental rights and could overrule them at will as well as withdraw our consents at any time. Since you difficult child is under Department of Juvenile Justice custody, I'm sure there are some limits on your parental authority as long as he is still under their jurisdiction. </p><p></p><p>Personally, I think it being a long-term group home that prepares him for independent living is a good thing. Once he clears probation, then you and he can choose whether or not he moves in with you. If he feels that he can live independently but chooses to live with you, it will be a very different dynamic than if he feels 'stuck' in your home.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JJJ, post: 480728, member: 1169"] All of Kanga's placements required a certified birth certificate and her ss card. Under federal law, once the child has been placed out of your home for 90 days, they qualify for ssi and the medicaid card. The ssi money (minus $30 which if difficult child's allowance) goes to the group home and they use the medical card to cover some of what your insurance does not. You can get an unlimited amount of official birth certificates and up to 5 ss cards in a lifetime. WRT to school, our state law requires me to enroll Kanga in our local public school; then the Residential Treatment Center (RTC)/group home arranges for her enrollment in their TDS and they bill our home district. The goal of all of it is to spread out the financial burden of our million-dollar-babies. For Kanga, her treatment costs around $150K per year: our local school pays $35K, ssi covers about $8K, medicaid covers a significant chunk and a state grant picks up whatever is left. Kanga's RTCs all took 'temporary physical custody' of Kanga as well as having a limited power of attorney to act [I]in loco parentis [/I]for day-to-day activities and for emergencies until they could reach us; but we retained full parental rights and could overrule them at will as well as withdraw our consents at any time. Since you difficult child is under Department of Juvenile Justice custody, I'm sure there are some limits on your parental authority as long as he is still under their jurisdiction. Personally, I think it being a long-term group home that prepares him for independent living is a good thing. Once he clears probation, then you and he can choose whether or not he moves in with you. If he feels that he can live independently but chooses to live with you, it will be a very different dynamic than if he feels 'stuck' in your home. [/QUOTE]
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