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The North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services developed this centralized eligibility and payment unit for foster care and subsidized adoption after the passage Senate Bill 2086 during the 2021 legislative assembly.
Overview of the Unit
- Transition of Human Service Zone employees to the Department.
- Implement standardized procedures which offer consistency and efficiencies for workers, providers, and families, while reducing financial errors and overpayments for the state.
- The unit manages the:
- Eligibility determinations for foster care cases, while authorizing eligible foster care payments.
- Eligibility determinations for children seeking prevention services, also known as candidates for foster care.
- Subsidized-adoption (sub-adopt) negotiation process, while authorizing all eligible subsidy payments.
- Opening and closing of ND Medicaid for all foster and sub-adopt cases.
Contact Information:
Child welfare case managers, foster care providers, facility providers, adoptive families can contact the unit by:
- Email: cfsfcsaunit@nd.gov
- Phone: (701) 328-2076 or toll-free (833) 551-2021
- Fax: 701-328-0962
- ND Relay TTY: 711