Discontinue Foster Care

1. Access the case through Person Search or enter the Case Number in the quick search field from Task Navigation and click Go.  The Case Summary page displays.

2. Select Eligibility from Global Navigation and Customer Information from Local Navigation. The Contact Summary page displays.

3. Enter the child’s new address. See Contact Summary – PPS.  

4. Click the + for Foster Care from Task Navigation. The Foster Care data collection pages expand.

5. Select Custody Authority from Task Navigation. The Custody Authority List page displays.

6. Click the Type hyperlink to review the Foster Care Eligibility Determination page in view mode.

7. Click the Edit button. Enter the final date of foster care in the Custody Authority End Date field using the <mm/dd/yyyy> format or calendar icon.

8. Select Custody Authority Changed from the Closure Reason drop-down menu.

9. Click the Save button. The Foster Care Eligibility Determination page displays in view mode.

10. Click the Close button. The Custody Authority List page displays.

11. Select Child Placement from Task Navigation. The Child Placement List page displays.

12. Click the Name hyperlink for the current placement. The Child Placement Detail page displays in view mode.

13. Click the Edit button. The Child Placement Detail page displays in editable format.

    • Enter the last date of the foster care placement in the End Date field using the <mm/dd/yyyy> format or calendar icon.

    NOTE: If the End Date is manually entered the worker must click on the page to dynamically display the Placement End Reason field. Using the calendar icon automatically displays the Placement End Reason field.

    • Select the appropriate value from the Placement End Reason drop-down menu.

14. Click the Save and Return button. The Child Placement List page displays.

15. Select Case Summary from Local Navigation. The Case Summary page displays.

16. Select Negative Action from Task Navigation. Select the month after foster care ended from the Benefit Month drop-down menu.

    • Select the check box next to the consumer’s name.

    • Select the appropriate Negative Action Reason from the drop-down menu.

    • Click the Run EDBC button. The EDBC List page displays.

17. Click the Foster Care hyperlink with a Run Status of Not Accepted. The Foster Care EDBC page displays.

18. Verify the Status displays as Discontinued and the Status Reason matches the Negative Action Reason selected.

19. Click the Accept button. The EDBC List page displays with a Run Status of Accepted-Not Saved.

20. Click the Save and Continue button. The Distributed Documents Search page displays.

21. Click the Document hyperlink. A new window opens with the Notice of Action.

22. Review the Notice of Action. Click the Save and Print Centrally button. The NOA Action Confirm page displays. Click the x to close the window.

23. Select Case Summary from Local Navigation. Verify the Foster Care program block shows as Discontinued.

24. Complete the PPS 5918 form and send it to the designated mailbox notifying the KDHE Clearinghouse of the CE child. Scan the form to Preceptive Content and make sure the LTC forms are scanned to the correct drawer using the appropriate document type.