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a) Aid in the form of state-funded Kin-GAP shall be provided under this

article on behalf of any child under years of age and to any eligible youth under years of age, as provided in

Section 11403, who satisfies all of the following conditions:

(1) Has been adjudged a dependent child of the juvenile court pursuant to

Section 300, or, effective October 1, 2006, a ward of the juvenile court pursuant to

Section or 602.

(2) Has been residing for at least six consecutive months in the approved home of the prospective relative guardian, as defined in subdivision (

d) of

Section 11362, while under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court or a voluntary placement agreement.

(3) Has had a kinship guardianship established pursuant to

Section or 366.26.

(4) Has had their dependency jurisdiction terminated after January 1, 2000, pursuant to

Section 366.3, or their wardship terminated pursuant to subdivision (

e) of

Section 728, concurrently or subsequently to the establishment of the kinship guardianship. (

b) If the conditions specified in subdivision (

a) are met and, subsequent to the termination of dependency jurisdiction, any parent or person having an interest files with the juvenile court a petition pursuant to

Section to change, modify, or set aside an order of the court, Kin-GAP payments shall continue unless and until the juvenile court, after holding a hearing, orders the child removed from the home of the guardian, terminates the guardianship, or resumes dependency jurisdiction after the court concludes the hearing on the petition filed under

Section 388. (

c) A child or nonminor former dependent or ward shall be eligible for Kin-GAP payments if the child or nonminor former dependent meets one of the following age criteria:

(1) The person is under years of age.

(2) The person is under years of age and has a physical or mental disability that warrants the continuation of assistance.

(3) Through December 31, 2011, the person satisfies the conditions of

Section 11403, and on and after January 1, 2012, the person satisfies the conditions of

Section 11403.01.

(4) The person satisfies the conditions as described in subdivision (d). (

d) Commencing January 1, 2012, state-funded Kin-GAP payments shall continue for youths who have attained years of age and who are under years of age, if they reached years of age before the Kin-GAP negotiated agreement payments commenced, and as described in

Section 10103.5. Effective January 1, 2013, Kin-GAP payments shall continue for youths who have attained years of age and are under years of age, if they reached years of age before the Kin-GAP negotiated agreement payments commenced, and as described in

Section 10103.5. Effective January 1, 2014, Kin-GAP payments shall continue for youths who have attained years of age and are under years of age, if they reached years of age before the Kin-GAP negotiated agreement payments commenced. To be eligible for continued payments, the youth shall satisfy one or more of the conditions specified in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (

b) of

Section 11403. (e)

(1) Termination of the guardianship with a kinship guardian shall terminate eligibility for Kin-GAP unless the conditions in

Section apply. However, an alternate guardian or coguardian is appointed pursuant to

Section 366.3 who is also a kinship guardian, the alternate or coguardian shall be entitled to receive Kin-GAP on behalf of the child pursuant to this article. A new period of six months of placement with the alternate guardian or coguardian shall not be required if that alternate guardian or coguardian has been assessed pursuant to

Section 361.3, subdivision (

a) of

Section 361.4, and paragraph (2), and the court terminates dependency jurisdiction. If a nonminor former dependent is receiving Kin-GAP after years of age and the nonminor former dependent’s former guardian dies, the nonminor former dependent may petition the court for a hearing pursuant to

Section 388.1. (2) (

A) In addition to the state-level criminal records check described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (

a) of

Section 361.4, the county welfare department shall require each prospective alternate guardian or coguardian, and any other person over years of age living in the home, to be fingerprinted, and shall secure from an appropriate law enforcement agency any criminal record of that person to determine whether the person has ever been convicted of a crime other than a minor traffic violation. (

B) If the criminal records check indicates that the prospective alternate guardian or coguardian has been convicted of an offense described in subparagraph (

A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (

g) of

Section of the Health and Safety Code, the case shall not be eligible for Kin-GAP funding. (

C) If the prospective alternate guardian or coguardian has been convicted of a crime other than a minor traffic violation or arrested for an offense specified in subdivision (

e) of

Section of the Health and Safety Code, except for the civil penalty language, the criminal background check provisions specified in subdivisions (

d) to (g), inclusive, of

Section of the Health and Safety Code shall apply, and an exemption shall be issued prior to issuance of any Kin-GAP funding. Exemptions from the criminal records clearance requirements set forth in this

section may be granted by the county using the exemption criteria specified in subdivision (

g) of

Section of the Health and Safety Code and any applicable written directives or regulations adopted by the department.

(3) A prospective alternate guardian or coguardian shall not be required to be approved as a resource family pursuant to

Section 16519.5 for the sole purpose of receiving Kin-GAP funding on behalf of an eligible child in the care of the prospective alternate guardian or coguardian.