State-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program; created.

State-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistanceprogram. Creates the State-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistanceprogram (the program) to facilitate child placements with relatives,including fictive kin, and ensure permanency for children in fostercare. The bill sets forth eligibility criteria for the program, paymentallowances to kinship guardians, and requirements for kinship guardianshipassistance agreements. The bill also expands eligibility for theFederal-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program by allowingpayments to be made to fictive kin who receive custody of a childof whom they have been the foster parent.