This rule describes specific eligibility requirements for the Former Foster Care Youth Program (FFCYM).

1. (1) There is no income test for the FFCYM Program.

2. (2) An individual is eligible for the FFCYM Program if the individual meets the requirements of all of the following:

   1. (a) Is at least age 18 and under age 26;

   2. (b) Was in foster care under the responsibility of any state or a Tribe within that state and was enrolled in Medicaid under the State's Medicaid State plan or under a section 1115 demonstration project upon attaining:

      1. (A) Age 18; or
      2. (B) If over 18, the age at which that state’s or Tribe within that state’s foster care assistance ended under Title IV-E of the Act.
   3. (c) Is not receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI);
   4. (d) Is not receiving adoption assistance or foster care maintenance payments.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 411.402, 411.404, 413.042 & 414.534

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 411.060, 411.095, 411.400, 411.402, 411.404, 411.406, 411.439, 411.443, 411.447, 413.032, 413.038, 414.025, 414.231, 414.534, 414.536 & 414.706

History

DMAP 63-2025, amend filed 08/28/2025, effective 09/01/2025
DMAP 23-2020, amend filed 05/07/2020, effective 05/08/2020
DMAP 23-2016, f. & cert. ef. 6-2-16
DMAP 73-2015(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 12-18-15 thru 6-14-16