441—187.2(234) Aftercare services program eligibility requirements. To be eligible for aftercare services, a youth must meet the following requirements:
	187.2(1) Residence. The youth must be a resident of Iowa.
	187.2(2) Age. The youth must be at least 17 years of age but less than 23 years of age. Program supports and services vary by age.
	187.2(3) Out-of-home placement experience.
	a. 	Preservices. The youth must meet eligibility requirements for preservices as described below:
	(1)	The youth is at least 17 years of age; and
	(2)	The youth is placed in foster care, the Iowa state training school, or a court-ordered Iowa juvenile detention center; was adopted from foster care after reaching 16 years of age; or entered a subsidized guardianship arrangement from foster care after reaching 16 years of age; and
	(3)	The youth has access to funding for preservices provided in contract that has not been fully expended for the contract year.
	b. 	Core services. The youth must meet eligibility requirements for core services as described below:
	(1)	The youth is 18, 19, or 20 years of age; and
	(2)	The youth exited foster care, the Iowa state training school, or a court-ordered Iowa juvenile detention center:
	1.	On or after the youth’s eighteenth birthday; or
	2.	Between the ages of 17½ and 18 after having been in any combination of foster care, the Iowa state training school, or a court-ordered Iowa juvenile detention center for at least one day in at least 6 of the 12 calendar months prior to the youth leaving placement; or
	(3)	The youth was adopted from foster care on or after the youth’s sixteenth birthday; or
	(4)	The youth entered a subsidized guardianship arrangement from foster care on or after the youth’s sixteenth birthday.
	c. 	Extended services. The youth must meet eligibility requirements for extended services as described below:
	(1)	The youth resides in Iowa; and
	(2)	The youth is 21 or 22 years of age; and
	(3)	The youth has access to funding for extended services provided in contract that has not been fully expended for the contract year.
	d. 	Definition of foster care. For purposes of this chapter, “foster care” is defined as 24-hour substitute care for a child who is placed away from the child’s parents or guardians and for whom the department or juvenile court services has placement and care responsibility through either a court order or voluntary agreement.
	(1)	A placement may meet the definition of foster care regardless of whether:
	1.	The placement is licensed and the state or a local agency makes payments for the child’s care;
	2.	Adoption subsidy payments are being made before the finalization of adoption; or
	3.	There is federal matching of any payments made.
	(2)	Foster care may include, but is not limited to, placement in:
	1.	A foster family home; or
	2.	A foster care group home; or
	3.	An emergency shelter; or
	4.	Supervised apartment living; or
	5.	A preadoptive home; or
	6.	The home of a relative or suitable person; or
	7.	A psychiatric medical institution for children (PMIC).
	187.2(4) Responsibility. The youth must:
	a. 	Actively take part in developing and participating in an individual self-sufficiency plan; and
	b. 	Indicate recognition and acceptance of personal responsibility in the transition toward self-sufficiency, which includes, but is not limited to, meeting with the self-sufficiency advocate regularly and as described in the youth’s individual self-sufficiency plan, as described in subrule 187.3(2).
[ARC 4485C, IAB 6/5/19, effective 7/10/19; ARC 5420C, IAB 2/10/21, effective 4/1/21; ARC 6505C, IAB 9/7/22, effective 11/1/22]