Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1406
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 31-9-2-72.5; IC 31-25-2-20.
Synopsis: Kinship caregivers. Requires the department of child
services to: (1) collaborate with nonprofit community based agencies
to develop a grant proposal for submission to potential funding sources
for the purpose of establishing kinship care navigator pilot projects to
assist kinship caregivers with understanding and navigating the system
of services for children; and (2) report annually to the legislative
council and the governor on the kinship care navigator pilot projects.
Establishes requirements for: (1) the pilot projects; and (2) kinship care
navigators. Provides that implementation of the kinship care navigator
pilot projects is contingent upon receipt of nonstate or private funding
for the projects.
Effective: July 1, 2007.
Dickinson, Summers
January 16, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Family, Children and
Human Affairs.
Introduced
First Regular Session 115th General Assembly (2007)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1406
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
human services.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 31-9-2-72.5; (07)IN1406.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 31-9-2-72.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2007]: Sec. 72.5. (a) "Kinship caregiver", for purposes of
IC 31-25-2-20, means a person who is:
(1) at least eighteen (18) years of age;
(2) related to a child by blood, adoption, or marriage; and
(3) the primary caregiver for and provider of financial
support of a child described in subdivision (2) who is residing
with the person.
(b) The term includes a grandparent, a great grandparent, a
sibling, an uncle, an aunt, a nephew, a niece, or a first cousin.
SOURCE: IC 31-9-2-72.6; (07)IN1406.1.2. -->
SECTION 2. IC 31-9-2-72.6 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A
NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2007]:
Sec. 72.6. "Kinship care navigator", for purposes of
IC 31-25-2-20, means a person that assists kinship caregivers with
understanding and navigating the system of services for children
in out-of-home care under the pilot projects established under
IC 31-25-2-20.
SOURCE: IC 31-25-2-20; (07)IN1406.1.3. -->
SECTION 3. IC 31-25-2-20 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A
NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2007]:
Sec. 20. (a) The department shall collaborate with at least
one (1) nonprofit community based agency to develop a grant
proposal for submission to potential funding sources, including
governmental entities and private foundations, to establish a
minimum of two (2) kinship care navigator pilot projects to assist
kinship care givers with understanding and navigating the system
of services for children in out-of-home care.
(b) The proposal under subsection (a) must seek to establish at
least one (1) kinship care navigator pilot project in:
(1) eastern Indiana; and
(2) western Indiana;
with each project managed by a participating community based
agency.
(c) A person who acts as a kinship care navigator under the
kinship care navigator pilot project shall be required to do the
following:
(1) Have an understanding of the various state agency systems
serving kinship care givers.
(2) Work in partnership with local community service
providers.
(3) Track trends, concerns, and other factors related to
kinship care givers.
(4) Assist in establishing stable, respectful relationships
between kinship care givers and department staff.
(d) The implementation of the kinship care navigator pilot
projects are contingent upon receipt of nonstate or private funding
for the pilot projects.
(e) The department shall report annually to the:
(1) legislative council in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6;
and
(2) governor;
on the implementation of the kinship care navigator pilot projects
with recommendations on statewide implementation of the pilot
projects beginning one (1) year after implementation of the pilot
projects.
(f) The report under subsection (e) must:
(1) provide data that demonstrates whether the kinship care
navigator pilot projects reduced barriers of access to services
by kinship caregivers;
(2) identify statutory and administrative barriers for kinship
caregivers; and
(3) provide recommendations to reduce or eliminate the
barriers to services without adverse consequences to children
placed with kinship caregivers.
(g) This SECTION expires January 1, 2011.