Relative and Other Designated Caregiver (RODC) Program

A. What is the Relative and Other Designated Caregiver Program?

B. Who Qualifies?

C. How Much is the Monthly Payment?

D. How Long Can the Caregiver Receive Payments?

E. Examples of Circumstances that Justify Good Cause for Payments to Go Beyond 12 Months

F. What if the Child Moves?

G. How is the RODC Payment Dispersed?

H. Should Relatives Still Apply for TANF before Receiving the RODC Payment?

I. What if a Caregiver Receives PMC of the Child?

J. What Can Judges Do to Support RODC Payments?

K. DFPS Must Keep Track