Sec. 17.8. "Child services", for purposes of this title, means the following: (1) Services, other than services that are costs of secure detention, specifically provided by or on behalf of the department for or on behalf of children who are: (A) adjudicated to be: (i) children in need of services under IC 31-34 ; or (ii) delinquent children under IC 31-37 ; (B) parties in a child in need of services case filed under IC 31-34 or in a delinquency case filed under IC 31-37 before adjudication or entry of a dispositional decree; (C) subject to temporary care or supervision by the department under any applicable provision of IC 31-33 , IC 31-34 , or IC 31-37 ; (D) recipients or beneficiaries of a program of informal adjustment approved under IC 31-34-8 or IC 31-37-9 ; or (E) recipients or beneficiaries of: (i) adoption assistance or kinship guardianship assistance under Title IV-E of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673), as amended; (ii) adoption subsidies or assistance under IC 31-19-26.5 ; (iii) assistance, including emergency assistance or assisted guardianships, provided under Title IV-A of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), as amended; or (iv) other financial assistance provided to or for the benefit of a child who was previously adjudicated as a child in need of services or delinquent child, including a legal guardianship established to implement a permanency plan under IC 31-34-21-7.5 (c)(1)(E) if IC 29-3-8-9 applies and the assistance is approved under a rule or published policy of the department. (2) Costs of using an institution or facility for providing educational services to children described in subdivision (1)(A), under either IC 20-33-2-29 (if applicable) or IC 20-26-11-13 (if applicable).
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