MI SR0027

Urges Congress to revise federal guardianship assistance funding requirements to allow the six-month residency requirement to begin before a prospective guardian's home is licensed, provided licensing and residency are both completed before federal funding begins.

References Michigan's 2008 PA 260 (Subsidized Guardianship Assistance Act) and federal Public Law 110-351 (Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act) as establishing state and federal guardianship assistance programs for foster parents.

Identifies that current federal requirements mandate children reside with a licensed relative foster care provider for six consecutive months before guardianship assistance funding becomes available, which delays permanent placements and increases county costs.

Directs transmission of the resolution to the President of the United States Senate, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and Michigan's congressional delegation.