# COMAR Title 07 — Department of Human Services

## Subtitle 03 — Family Investment Administration

### Chapter 08 — Emergency Assistance to Families with Children (EAFC)

#### Regulation .04 Emergency Services to Families with Children.

*COMAR 07.03.08.04*

A. Assistance may be provided under the category Emergency Services to Families with Children (ESFC) to eligible children in families who have a dire need as a result of:

  (1) Abuse, neglect, or abandonment;

  (2) The need to remove a child from the child's home;

  (3) Imminent threat of abuse, neglect, or abandonment, or the need to remove the child from the child's home; or

  (4) The lack of a proper caretaker.

B. Assistance available under ESFC includes up to 12 months of:

  (1) Foster care at the rates set in COMAR 07.02.11; and

  (2) Additional services as described in Regulation .05 of this chapter.

C. The services case manager in the local department who determines that a child needs emergency foster care or any other service provided under ESFC shall provide sufficient information in the case record to allow a determination of eligibility for ESFC.

D. For recipients or applicants of ESFC, verification may be required only if income statements seem incomplete, inconsistent, or unclear.