Can I get stimulus checks for my foster children?
Assuming that the only reason that you don’t claim your child is because the father does then you can file a Head of Household. And if eligible, you can also claim the EIC based upon that child. Foster children are treated exactly as your own children as long as they are placed by the State or a State authorized placement agency. Therefore if they lived in your home for more than half of 2007 you can claim them under the Qualifying Child rule as long as the didn’t provide more than half of their OWN support. The money that you are paid by the State for the foster children does NOT affect your ability to claim them. Under the Qualifying Child rule, the ONLY support test is that the child not provide more than half of their OWN support. The stipend paid by the does NOT count as self-support for the foster children. Dependents are NOT eligible for stimulus plan checks. Your child is ineligible for it since she is claimed as a dependent. The foster children are ineligible if you can claim
