Resource parent may become payee of certain benefits provided to the child. The resource parent may opt to receive an Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS) foster care maintenance payment or a Social Security benefit payment for which the child is eligible. Upon application, the resource parent with whom the child in OKDHS custody has lived continuously for at least twelve months may become the payee to receive the child's Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Administration (SSA) benefits.
Okla. Admin. Code § 340:75-7-52.1