Authority: IC 12-13-2-3; IC 12-13-5-3

Affected: IC 31-3-1

Sec. 2. (a) Federal legislation requires each state to establish foster care goals for each fiscal year. These goals pertain to the number of children receiving Title IV(E)-Foster Care Assistance who will remain in foster care for more than two (2) years as compared to the total number of children receiving Title IV(E)-Foster Care. This relationship is a percentage.

(b) The percentage of children receiving Title IV(E)-Foster Care Assistance, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 670, et seq., who will remain in foster care in excess of twenty-four (24) months commencing with the federal fiscal year beginning October 1, 1988, shall be twenty-two percent (22%). For each subsequent federal fiscal year until September 30, 1993, this percentage shall be further reduced annually by three-tenths of one percent (.3%).

(Department of Child Services; 465 IAC 2-6-2; filed Jul 27, 1982, 3:43 p.m.: 5 IR 1826; filed Aug 26, 1983, 2:30 p.m.: 6 IR 1904; filed Sep 15, 1986, 9:45 a.m.: 10 IR 222; filed Dec 15, 1989, 11:45 a.m.: 13 IR 878; readopted filed Jul 12, 2001, 1:40 p.m.: 24 IR 4235; readopted filed Nov 27, 2007, 6:52 a.m.: 20071226-IR-465070551RFA; readopted filed Nov 26, 2013, 4:02 p.m.: 20131225-IR-465130459RFA; readopted filed Oct 10, 2019, 10:42 a.m.: 20191106-IR-465190320RFA; readopted filed Oct 15, 2025, 10:46 a.m.: 20251112-IR-465250623RFA) NOTE: Transferred from the Division of Family Resources (470 IAC 3-9-2) to the Department of Child Services (465 IAC 2-6-2) by P.L.234-2005, SECTION 195, effective July 1, 2005.