The Foster Care Inquiry Tool is used to determine foster care time frames. This is a web-based inquiry tool for the DHS foster care database that is housed on the DHS Finance System. The information can be accessed by child name, date of birth, or case number (KK case, C/H/J case).
A link to the Foster Care Inquiry Tool can be found on the Child Support Services Infonet/Finance & Budget under General Information or via the following link: Foster Care Inquiry Tool.
Note: If you have any problems accessing this tool, you should be able to access it from the Infonet using this path: Support Divisions > Financial Services > Finance Applications Main Menu (located under the Finance Applications section on the right). From there you’ll login using your U# and network password. There are lots of options once you are logged in. The Foster Care Inquiry tool is the left column under the Claims Reports & Inquiries section. (You may find that you will need to use the browser Edge)
When accessing this information, an Excel workbook with two worksheets will display. The worksheets are named 340 PMTS and 320 VCHRS.
The following Payment Types display on the worksheet named “340 PMTS:”
| Payment Type | Current Support |
|---|---|
| Foster Care (pure foster care monies) | Should be retained (E or F) |
| Above Foster Care (includes foster care and other monies | Should be retained (E or F) |
| DDSD Foster Care | Should issue to DDS (P) |
| *Foster Care – Start Up Stipend | Payee unknown – research is needed because it indicates child custody might have changed |
| *Foster Care – Training Stipend | Payee unknown – research is needed because it indicates child custody might have changed |
| *Adoption Subsidy | Current support should not accrue. Worker should complete an A/C to determine if past due balances exist. |
The following Payment Types display on “320 VCCHRS:”
| Payment Type | Current Support |
|---|---|
| *Start-Up Clothing Voucher | Indicates child custody may have changed |
| *Emergency Clothing Voucher | Indicates child custody may have changed |