1. (a)

   1. (1) The Division of Children and Family Services shall pay foster parents a monthly board rate according to the following chart.
   2. (2) These rates are effective for board payments of November 2009 and after:

      Birth through 5 years	$410.00 Monthly
      Board and Care	350.00
      Clothing	45.00
      Personal Needs	15.00
      6 through 11 years	$440.00 Monthly
      Board and Care	365.00
      Clothing	50.00
      School and Personal Needs	25.00
      12 through 14 years	$470.00 Monthly
      Board and Care	380.00
      Clothing	60.00
      School and Personal Needs	30.00
      15 through 17* years	$500.00 Monthly
      Board and Care	395.00
      Clothing	70.00
      School and Personal Needs	35.00

      *Refer to 9 CAR § 40-905 for requirements to continue board payments for youth eighteen to twenty (18-20) years of age (board payments must end the day the youth elects to leave foster care or the end of the month of his or her twenty-first birthday).

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: "11/09"