[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR400.116]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT, ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN 

          AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 400_REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

                    Subpart H_Child Welfare Services

 

Sec.  400.116  Service for unaccompanied minors.



    (a) A State must provide unaccompanied minors with the same range of 

child welfare benefits and services available in foster care cases to 

other



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children in the State. Allowable benefits and services may include 

foster care maintenance (room, board, and clothing) payments; medical 

assistance; support services; services identified in the State's plans 

under titles IV-B and IV-E of the Social Security Act; services 

permissible under title XX of the Social Security Act; and expenditures 

incurred in establishing legal responsibility.

    (b) A State may provide additional services if the Director, or his 

or her designee, determines such services to be reasonable and necessary 

for a particular child or children and provides written notification of 

such determination to the State.