This section describes the eligibility requirements for the Adoption Subsidy Group.
The child must meet the general eligibility requirements described in Section 14000.
Age: The child must be under age 21.
Adoption Agreement: There must be an adoption assistance agreement (other than an agreement under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act) in effect for a child with special needs for medical or rehabilitative care. Children moving into Delaware from another state must have a signed adoption assistance agreement with the former state. The child must have been Medicaid eligible prior to the adoption assistance agreement.
Subsidy: The child must receive a medical/psychological subsidy from Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families (DSCYF).
There is no income or resource test.
16 Del. Admin. Code § 15000-15530