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340:75-7-52.1. Social Security benefits

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Revised 6-1-09

(a) Payee. For a child in Oklahoma Department of Human Services (OKDHS) custody receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Administration (SSA) benefits, SSA, upon application, makes the kinship Bridge resource family the payee to receive these benefits. Upon application, the Bridge resource parent with whom the child has been placed at least nine months may be the payee to receive these benefits. • 1

(b) Kinship Bridge resource family. The kinship Bridge resource family may receive the kinship start up and training stipends during the family assessment process while a child is in the home. • 2

INSTRUCTIONS TO STAFF 340:75-7-52.1

Revised 6-1-09

1. Assistance to the Bridge resource parent. When the child is identified as a recipient of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Administration (SSA) benefits, the resource specialist assists the family with applying with the Social Security Administration local office. The resource specialist enters the amount of the SSI or SSA into the KIDS resource/Other/Soc.Sec.Pmt for each child and the KIDS system automatically adjusts the claim for that child.

2. Assistance to the kinship Bridge resource families. If the child is receiving SSI or SSA, the resource specialist:

(1) creates a paid resource in KIDS; and

(2) has the family sign a Fixed Rate Kinship Foster Care Contract.

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