PAP.15.1.060 Interpretation

The provisions of this policy and procedural manual:

(a) Shall be interpreted and applied as the requirements for the Kinship Care and Long-Term Kinship Care Program;

(b) Shall be liberally construed in favor of the Indian Child Welfare Department which has been granted the authority to manage Kinship Care and Long-Term Care Program by the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Governing Board;

(c) Shall not be deemed a limitation or repeal of any other tribal power or authority, except to the extent that this ordinance pertains to Cross-Governmental Contract Agreement by and between Wisconsin Department of Children and Families and Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, and as such, ICW may not create additional criteria for kinship/long-term kinship care eligibility that conflict with Wisconsin's DCF 58 and Wis. Stat. §48.57.