NRS 432B.645 – Individual development account: Establishment by relative or fictive kin for child placed in protective custody upon receipt of approval of agency which provides child welfare services; access to and use of deposited money. [Effective January 1, 2022.]
1. Upon receiving approval pursuant to subsection 2, a relative or a fictive kin with whom a child is placed pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 6 of NRS 432B.390 may establish an individual development account for the child. The relative or fictive kin may deposit into the individual development account money received by the […]
NRS 432B.650 – Individual development account: Provision of instruction in financial literacy to child for whom account is established. [Effective January 1, 2022.]
1. An agency which provides child welfare services shall, to the extent that money is provided by the State Treasurer pursuant to NRS 422A.492 for that purpose, ensure that instruction in financial literacy is provided to a child for whom an individual development account is established pursuant to NRS 432B.645. 2. An agency which provides […]
NRS 432B.630 – Delivery of newborn child to provider of emergency services. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] Delivery of newborn child to provider of emergency services. [Effective January 1, 2022.]
1. A provider of emergency services shall take immediate possession of a child who is or appears to be not more than 30 days old: (a) When: (1) The child is voluntarily delivered to the provider by a parent of the child; and (2) The parent does not express an intent to return for the […]
NRS 432B.635 – Immunity from liability for allowing child to participate in extracurricular, cultural or personal enrichment activities.
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a person with whom a child has been placed pursuant to this chapter is immune from civil or criminal liability for approving or allowing the child to participate in extracurricular, cultural or personal enrichment activities if, in approving or allowing the child to participate in such activities, […]
NRS 432B.640 – Assessment of child who may need counseling as result of battery that constitutes domestic violence; provision of evaluation or counseling.
1. Upon receiving a referral from a court pursuant to subsection 9 of NRS 200.485, an agency which provides child welfare services may, as appropriate, conduct an assessment to determine whether a psychological evaluation or counseling is needed by a child. 2. If an agency which provides child welfare services conducts an assessment pursuant to […]
NRS 432B.621 – “Program” defined.
“Program” means the Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program established and administered by the Department pursuant to NRS 432B.622. (Added to NRS by 2011, 538; A 2019, 2435)
NRS 432B.6213 – “Relative” defined.
“Relative” includes, without limitation, a fictive kin, if the Federal Government approves a state plan for the administration of the Program which is adopted pursuant to subsection 2 of NRS 432B.622 and which provides for the provision of assistance to a fictive kin of a child pursuant to the Program. (Added to NRS by 2019, […]
NRS 432B.622 – Department to establish and administer Program; adoption of state plan; agency which provides child welfare services authorized to enter into agreement to provide assistance to relative of child pursuant to Program.
1. The Department, through a division of the Department designated by the Director, shall establish and administer the Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program to provide assistance pursuant to the provisions of NRS 432B.6201 to 432B.626, inclusive, and 42 U.S.C. §§ 671 and 673. 2. The Department shall adopt a state plan for the administration of the […]
NRS 432B.623 – Qualifications for assistance pursuant to Program; placement of sibling of child who is eligible for assistance.
1. As a condition to the provision of assistance pursuant to the Program: (a) A child must: (1) Have been removed from his or her home: (I) Pursuant to a written agreement voluntarily entered by the parent or guardian of the child and an agency which provides child welfare services; or (II) By a court […]
NRS 432B.624 – Required provisions in agreement for assistance entered into pursuant to Program; eligibility for federal assistance for adoption not affected by such agreement.
1. An agreement for assistance entered into pursuant to the Program must include, without limitation: (a) The amount of assistance provided under the agreement for each eligible child, which must not exceed the amount that the agency which provides child welfare services would provide to a foster parent if the child had been placed in […]