Proposed bill would pay child support to relatives raising kids of opioid-addicted parents

By WBIR staff – wbir.com 02/19/2020

“… This bill would require the Department of Children’s Services (DCS) to establish a three-year pilot program to compensate a relative caregiver at half the full foster care rate, even if the child has not been placed in state custody. The bill does not limit the benefit to grandparents, but any relative that is caring for the children. …”

Read the entire article: https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/od-epidemic/proposed-bill-would-pay-child-support-to-relatives-raising-kids-of-opioid-addicted-parents/51-271a556c-adb6-4c03-a86e-8d37f2817de9