Welcome...
to the website for AAICAMA, the Association of Administrators for the Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance! This site is designed to be a resource for state and local agency staff to work more effectively with families that have an adoption assistance agreement and move from one state to another. It may be of some benefit to adoptive families looking for information on how the ICAMA applies but will not take the place of discussions with the local agency.
ACYF-CB-PI-10-01 supersedes ACYF-CB-PI-08-07
ACYF-CB-PI-10-01 republishes and updates the instructions regarding the program and eligibility criteria; and provides new guidance regarding the payments available for Federal reimbursement pursuant to an amended title IV-E plan.
This instruction allows title IV-E agencies to convert legal guardianships that existed prior to the plan submission, including those that may have been supported through State or Tribal funds, to the title IV-E GAP program provided that those children meet all eligibility criteria.
To download ACYF-CB-PI-10-01 cllick here.
AAICAMA Learning Series
Medicaid Eligibility and Title IV-E Adoption Assistance
All those who participated in the meeting are urged to complete an evaluation form.
Click here for the form. Thank you!
The materials from the February 23 teleconference presentation are available.
For the presentation by:
Chris Gerhardt, Director, Division of Benefits, Eligibility & Managed Care (CMSO)
Mary Corddry, Health Insurance Specialist, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMSO)
click here.
For the presentation:
Overview of title XIX (Medicaid) for title IV-E adoption assistance click here.
To download the slides in 3 per page format click here.
Meet AAICAMA's Executive Committee for 2010
Below is a list of the ICAMA administrators who will serve on AAICAMA's Executive Committee in 2010. The purple indicates administrators seated in the past election.
- Sharen Ford (CO)—President
- BJ Miller (WV)—Vice President
- Sharon Knight (DC)—Treasurer
- Ruth Grosse (NE)—Assistant Treasurer
- Kim Deibler(PA)—Member-at-Large
- Melissa Hansen (WA)—Member-at-Large
- Karen Poteet (OK)—Member-at-Large
- Nancy O'Neill (NV)—Member-at-Large
- Faye Wilson (AL)—Member-at-Large
Please congratulate the election winners when you speak with them.
For contact information please go to the Executive Committee page.
To download an Executive Committee list click here.
AAICAMA Annual Meeting—April 19-20 in Atlanta, Georgia
The agenda will include:
- Training: on Compact Administration and on the Provision of Medicaid in Interstate IV-E Cases
- Training: on the provisions and implementation of Fostering Connections Act
- Training: on provision of Medicaid to state-funded Adoption Assistance recipients in interstate cases
- Discussion: on Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP) and its implementation in interstate cases
To download the draft agenda click here.
The meeting is being held at the Embassy Suites. The Group rate is $140.00. We urge you to make your reservations as soon as possible—this rate will only be honored for the rooms reserved. Any reservations after these rooms are filled will be $240.00 per night.
To make your reservation call 1-800-EMBASSY or 404-223-2300.
Please ask for the AAICPC-APH GROUP RATE.
Georgia revises special needs criteria
Beginning March 1, 2010 Georgia will use revised criteria to determine special needs for their adoption assistance program. Please see the Child Welfare Information Gateway for these new criteria.
