Authority: IC 31-25-2-18; IC 31-25-2-21

Affected: IC 31-28-5.8; IC 31-34; IC 31-37

Sec. 4. (a) "Eligible youth" means an individual who:

1. (1) while receiving foster care, has become or will become:

   1. (A) eighteen (18) years of age; or

   2. (B) emancipated by order of a juvenile court:

      1. (i) under IC 31-34-20-1(a)(5), IC 31-37-19-1(a)(5), or IC 31-37-19-5(b)(5); and
      2. (ii) based on findings and terms in accordance with IC 31-34-20-6 or IC 31-37-19-27; or
2. (2) is receiving collaborative care for older youth under IC 31-28-5.8.

(b) The term includes an individual who:

1. (1) is more than sixteen (16) and less than twenty-one (21) years of age;
2. (2) has received foster care after attaining sixteen (16) years of age; and
3. (3) is the subject of a juvenile court case under IC 31-34 or IC 31-37 that is open within ninety (90) days before the youth will become eighteen (18) years of age.

(Department of Child Services; 465 IAC 2-14-4; filed Dec 10, 2010, 10:21 a.m.: 20110105-IR-465090167FRA; filed Oct 12, 2016, 2:03 p.m.: 20161109-IR-465160055FRA; readopted filed May 6, 2022, 1:07 p.m.: 20220601-IR-465220094RFA)