Section 359.2  Definitions

            "Auxiliary services" means those services provided by the Department to children in their own homes as well as to children in placement which supplement or complement the primary service.  For example, when advocacy services are provided to children in substitute care, this is an auxiliary service.

            "Children for whom the Department has legal responsibility" means children for whom the Department has temporary protective custody, custody or guardianship via court order, or whose parents has signed an adoptive surrender or voluntary placement agreement with the Department.

            "Child only standard of need" means the assistance standard for cases in which no adult member is included, as determined by the Illinois Department of Human Services.

            "Family preservation services" means those services provided to children and families who require social services to maintain the family unit intact.

            "Foster care payment" means the amount paid by the Department for a child's room, board, clothing, and personal allowance in a licensed foster family home.

            "Godparent" is a person who sponsors a child at baptism or one in whom the parents have entrusted a special duty that includes assisting in raising the child if the parent cannot raise the child.  The worker shall verify the godparent/godchild relationship by contacting the parents to confirm the fact that they did, in fact, designate the person as the godparent. If the parents are unavailable, the worker should contact other close members to verify the relationship.  If the person is considered to be the child's godparent, in order for placement to occur, the same placement selection criteria as contained in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 302.60 (Placement Selection) must be met. If the godparent is not a licensed foster parent, all the conditions currently in effect for placement with relatives in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 301.80 must be met.

            "Overpayment" means an amount paid for a service in excess of the actual incurred expenses or rate for that service or a payment for a service that is not rendered.  This includes board payments for a child that continue after the child is no longer in the placement for which the payment is made.

            "Relative", for purposes of placement of a child for whom the Department is legally responsible, means any person, 21 years of age or over, other than the parent, who:

•           is currently related to the child in any of the following ways by blood or adoption:  grandparent, sibling, great-grandparent, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, first cousin, first cousin once removed (children of one's first cousin to oneself), second cousin (children of first cousins are second cousins to each other), godparent (as defined in this Section), great-uncle or great-aunt, or

•           is the spouse of such a relative, or

•           is the child's step-father, step-mother, or adult step-brother or step-sister.

            Relative also includes a person related in any of the foregoing ways to a sibling of a child, even though the person is not related to the child, when the child and its sibling are placed together with that person.  [20 ILCS 505/7(b)]

            "Substitute care services" means those services provided to children who require placement away from their families.

(Source:  Amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 11791, effective August 1, 2002)