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First Caregiver Relationship

Users can subset reports by selecting the First Caregiver Relationship filter and choosing those categories to be included. A child’s relationship with the substitute care provider is drawn from the CWS/CMS variable scp_rltc as listed below:

  1. Nonrelative Guardian (1636)
  2. Nonrelative Nonguardian (1637)
  3. Relative Guardian (1638)
  4. Relative Nonguardian (1639)
  5. Self (6715)*
  6. NREFM Guardian (6990)
  7. NREFM Nonguardian (6991)
* Only applicable for select reports