# Separate Licensing or Approval Standards for Relative or Kinship Foster Family Homes
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Final rule. · Published 2023-09-28 · Effective 2023-11-27 · 88 FR 66700
## Document
- **Document number:** 2023-21081
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 88 FR 66700
- **CFR reference:** 45 CFR 1355
- **Publication date:** 2023-09-28
- **Effective date:** 2023-11-27
## Abstract

This rule finalizes revisions to the definition of "foster family home" proposed on February 14, 2023 (here after referred to as the February 2023 NPRM). Title IV-E agencies may choose to claim title IV-E federal financial participation (FFP) for the cost of foster care maintenance payments (FCMP) on behalf of an otherwise eligible child who is placed in a relative or kinship licensed or approved foster family home when the agency uses different licensing or approval standards for relative or kinship foster family homes and non-relative/ non-kinship foster family homes. In addition, the final rule requires title IV-E agencies to periodically review the amount of FCMPs to also ensure that the agency provides a licensed or approved relative or kinship foster family home the same amount of FCMP that would have been made if the child was placed in a non-related/non-kinship foster family home.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/09/28/2023-21081/separate-licensing-or-approval-standards-for-relative-or-kinship-foster-family-homes)
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