A child specific foster home is an approved DCBS family foster home that provides placement for children related to them by blood, marriage, adoption, or fictive kin. Child specific foster homes go through the same approval process as regular DCBS foster homes, including Pre-Service training, home assessments/visits, safety and background checks, and the SAFE Home Study. A child specific foster parent receives child specific foster care per diem reimbursement for the care of a child in the legal custody of DCBS. In order to support the approval of relative and fictive kin caregivers, non-safety waivers may be applied in the approval of child specific foster homes. Child specific foster homes should be encouraged to meet all standards for foster home approval. However, approvals shall be assessed on a case by case basis to determine waivers that may be necessary for approval.