Final Rule on Separate Licensing Standards for Relative or Kinship Foster Family Homes

This Information Memorandum (IM) informs title IV-E agencies that a final rule was published allowing title IV-E agencies to adopt foster family home licensing or approval standards for foster family homes of relatives or kin that differ from non-relative foster family homes standards; to require equal foster care maintenance payments (FCMP) in these homes, and to make a technical change.