Louisiana § RS 46:288.3 - Eligibility; notice
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§ RS 46:288.3. Eligibility; notice
A. The department may provide extended foster care services for a youth who satisfies one of the following conditions for eligibility:
(1) Completing secondary education or a program leading to an equivalent credential.
(2) Enrolled in an institution that provides postsecondary or vocational education.
(3) Participating in a program or activity designed to promote employment or remove barriers to employment.
(4) Employed for at least eighty hours per month.
(5) Is incapable of doing any part of the activities in Paragraphs (1) through (4) of this Subsection due to a medical condition. A medical condition invoked pursuant to this Paragraph shall be documented and supported by regularly updated information in the youth's case plan.
B. The department shall notify all foster children and their foster parents or other custodians in writing of the availability of these benefits and services upon the foster child's seventeenth birthday, and every ninety days thereafter until the child's eighteenth birthday, unless the foster child and foster parents or other custodians have already consented in writing to participation in this program.
Acts 2019, No. 400, §2, eff. June 19, 2019.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 46:288.3 ("Eligibility; notice") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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