Section 58.03. Definitions.

  In this chapter:

(1)  "Adult resident" means a person 18 years of age or over who lives at the home of a relative with the intent of making that home his or her home or who lives for more than 30 days cumulative in any 6-month period at the home of a relative.

(2)  "Applicant" means a child's relative who has applied to an agency to receive benefits under the kinship care or long-term kinship care program for the child for whom that relative is providing or will provide care in the relative's home.

(3)  "Child" means any of the following:

(a) A person under 18 years of age.

(b) A person 18 years of age or over, but under 19 years of age, who is a full-time student in good academic standing at a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent and who is reasonably expected to complete his or her program of study and be granted a high school or high school equivalency diploma.

(c) The person meets all of the following conditions:

1. The person is 18 years of age or over, but under 21 years of age.

2. The person is a full-time student at a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent.

3. There is an individualized education program under s. 115.787 , Stats., in effect for the person.

(4)  "Child support agency" has the meaning given in ch. DCF 102 .

(5)  "Completed application" means a document that includes all of the information, required by an agency under s. 48.57 , Stats., and this chapter, that an agency requires to make a decision as to whether or not the criteria for eligibility are met and whether or not a payment may be made. A "completed application" does not include the information obtained in response to a criminal background check.

(6)  "Criminal background check" means the background check under s. 48.57 (3p) , Stats.

(7)  "Department" means the Wisconsin department of children and families.

(8)  "Employee" means an individual retained by a kinship care or long-term kinship care relative on a regular basis who has regular contact with a child for whom kinship care benefits are paid to the kinship care relative or long-term kinship care benefits are paid to the long-term kinship care relative.

(9)  "Good academic standing" means that the child is achieving a level of success, as determined by the local school, that will allow the child to graduate.

(10)  "Kinship care" means the program described under s. 48.57 (3m) , Stats., which provides specific assistance to children and families through the provision of a monthly payment to a relative.

(11)  "Kinship care agency" or "agency" means a county department of social services under s. 46.22 , Stats., a county department of human services under s. 46.23 , Stats., the department for a county having a population of 500,000 or more, a tribal agency appointed by the tribal governing body, or a public or private agency under contract with a county department, the department or a tribal agency for the purpose of administering all or part of the kinship care program or the long-term kinship care program.

(12)  "Kinship care payment" or "kinship care benefit" means a monthly payment of $232 beginning January 1, 2015, to a relative who is providing care and maintenance for a child.

(13)  "Kinship care relative" means a relative who is receiving a kinship care payment.

(14)  "Long-term kinship care" means the program described under s. 48.57 (3n) , Stats., which provides specific assistance to children and families through the provision of a monthly payment to a relative.

(15)  "Long-term kinship care payment" or "long-term kinship care benefit" means a monthly payment of $232 beginning January 1, 2015, to a relative who is providing care and maintenance for a child.

(16)  "Long-term kinship care relative" means a relative who has been appointed as the child's guardian under s. 48.977 , Stats., and who has applied for and is receiving a long-term kinship care payment under s. 48.57 (3n) , Stats.

(17)  "Medical assistance" means the assistance program under 42 USC 1396 and ss. 49.43 to 49.499 , Stats.

(18)  "Relative" means an adult who is the child's stepparent, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, brother-in- law, sister-in-law, first cousin, 2 nd cousin, nephew, niece, aunt, uncle, stepuncle, stepaunt, or any person of a preceding generation as denoted by the prefix of grand, great or great-great, whether by blood, marriage or legal adoption, or the spouse of any person named in this subsection, even if the marriage is terminated by death or divorce.

(19)  "Session" means a regular academic term of schooling that includes a semester and a quarter.

(20)  "Voluntary transition-to-independent-living agreement" means a voluntary agreement under s. 48.366 (3) or 938.366 (3) , Stats.

CR 99-071 : cr. Register January 2002 No. 553 , eff. 2-1-02; corrections in (4) and (7) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6. and 7. , Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635 ; EmR0937 : emerg. am. (18) eff. 1-1-10; CR 10-021 : am. (12), (15) and (18) Register September 2010 No. 657 , eff. 10-1-10; EmR1414 : emerg. r. and recr. (3), am. (12), (15), cr. (20), eff. 8-1-14; CR 14-054 : r. and recr. (3), am. (12), (15), cr. (20), Register April 2015 No. 712 , eff. 5-1-15.