Changes for the Child

On the Subsidized Guardianship Agreement, it indicates that you are required to notify the child welfare agency within 10 days of the following:

• The guardian’s address changes
• There is a change in the child’s guardian
• Child enters the military
• Child gets married
• Child is no longer living in the home of the guardian
• Child dies
• Child graduated, completed, or dropped out from a full-time, kindergarten to 12th grade educational program or its equivalent
• Child is covered by the guardian’s health insurance and the guardian’s health insurance benefits changed or if the child was not covered by the guardian’s health insurance and becomes covered
• Guardian is no longer supporting the child
• Guardian’s legal responsiblity for the child ended
• Child has been placed outside the guardian’s home
• Child’s parent is residing with the guardian and child

The child welfare agency may send you a form titled Subsidized Guardianship Request for Information to Determine Continued Eligibility to confirm this change.

• Subsidized Guardianship Request for Information to Determine Continued Eligibility (English)
• Subsidized Guardianship Request for Information to Determine Continued Eligibility (Spanish)

Child Nearing Age 18

As adulthood nears, several circumstances may change and opportunities appear, including to extend the child’s eligibility for subsidized guardianship benefits in the following circumstances:

• The child is 18 years old and is enrolled in and regularly attending a secondary education classroom program leading to a high school diploma or the equivalent.
  • There is not a definition for “regularly attending” but it includes youth who have completed requirements for their diploma or the equivalent and are waiting to graduate at the end of the school year.
• The child is 19 or 20 and all the following apply:
  • The child is enrolled in and regularly attending a secondary education classroom program leading to a high school diploma or the equivalent.
  • The child has a physical, emotional, or behavioral need.
  • The Social Security Administration has determined that the child is ineligible for Social Security disability insurance or Supplemental Security Income for not meeting the disability standard in 42 USC 423 (d) or 42 USC 1382c (a).
  • The child welfare agency determines that the child’s physical, emotional, or behavioral need warrants the continuation of assistance under s. 48.623, Stats.

To determine whether eligibility is expected to continue after the child turns 18, the child welfare agency will send you a form titled Advance Notice of Termination of Subsidized Guardianship at Age 18 to complete.

• Advance Notice of Termination of Subsidized Guardianship at Age 18 (English)
• Advance Notice of Termination of Subsidized Guardianship at Age 18 (Spanish)

If the Advance Notice of Termination of Subsidized Guardianship at Age 18 form is not returned to the child welfare agency 30 days prior to the child’s 18th birthday, then the last payment you will receive will be for the month of the child’s 18th birthday.

The child welfare agency must provide you notice of this decision and your right to appeal it.

• Notice of Decision on Subsidized Guardianship Eligibility Status After Age 18 (English)
• Notice of Decision on Subsidized Guardianship Eligibility Status After Age 18 (Spanish)