Authority: IC 31-28-5.8-9

Affected: IC 31-28-5.8

Sec. 11. (a) An older youth is eligible for assistance with the costs of an approved placement or housing arrangement and older youth services, if the older youth on a continuing basis is as follows:

1. (1) A bona fide resident of Indiana.

2. (2) The older youth:

   1. (A) is employed for at least eighty (80) hours per month;
   2. (B) is attending secondary school, post-secondary school, or a vocational or educational certification or degree program;
   3. (C) is participating in a program or activity designed to either promote employment or remove barriers to employment; or
   4. (D) is incapable of performing any of the activities in clauses (A) through (C) due to a medical condition documented by regularly updated information in the older youth's current case plan.

(b) The department may file the petition specified in IC 31-28-5.8-5 when:

1. (1) the older youth has requested the department to seek court approval of a voluntary collaborative care agreement; and
2. (2) the department determines that the older youth is eligible for collaborative care under this rule.

(Department of Child Services; 465 IAC 2-15.1-11; filed Oct 12, 2016, 2:03 p.m.: 20161109-IR-465160055FRA; readopted filed May 6, 2022, 1:07 p.m.: 20220601-IR-465220094RFA)