Joseph Ayotte v. Department of Health and Human Services

*485 Defendant, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, appeals by leave granted an order reversing defendant's determination to cancel the Title IV-E 1 foster-care funding of plaintiff, Joseph Ayotte. We conclude that because the temporary detention order issued against plaintiff was not an order removing him from his home and into foster care , the fact that this order did not include a "contrary *732 to the welfare" finding, see 42 USC 672(a)(2)(A)(ii), does not preclude plaintiff's eligibility for Title IV-E foster-care funding. We affirm the decision of the circuit court. *486…