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Chapter 4-Out of Home Care Services (OOHC)
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Opening a Foster Care Case and Developing an Initial Case Plan
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Initial Considerations Prior to Removal
Overview
4.1 Consideration of Race and Ethnicity/Maintaining Cultural Connections
4.2 Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)
4.3 Relative and Absent Parent Search
4.5.1 Kinship Care and Relative Benefit Regional Logs
4.5.2 Eligibility Criteria for Children Approved for Kinship Care Benefits Prior to April 1, 2013
4.5.3 Kinship Care Benefits Approvals-Prior to April 1, 2013
4.5.4 Background Checks for Kinship Care Providers or Relative Caregivers
4.5.5 Relative and Fictive Kin Placement Foster Care Payments
4.5.6 Ongoing Services and Permanency for the Child Placed through Kinship Care
4.5.7 Start-Up Costs for Children Approved for Kinship Care Prior to April 1, 2013
4.5.8 Discontinuance of Kinship Care
4.5.9 Redetermination and Reapplication for Children Approved for Kinship Care Prior to April 1, 2013
4.5.10 Service Appeals for Kinship Care Providers, Relative, or Fictive Kin Caregivers
4.6 Parenting Youth in Foster Care
Foster Care Placement Administrative Section
Overview
4.9 Initial Placement Considerations
4.10 Placement in a DCBS Foster or Adoptive Home
4.10.1 DCBS Care Plus
4.10.2 DCBS Medically Complex Placement
4.10.4 Relative or Fictive Kin Pursuing Foster Home Approval
4.11 Private Child Placing (PCP) or Child Caring (PCC) Agency
4.11.1 Level of Care Assignment
4.11.2 Request for Emergency LOC Assignment
4.11.3 Reviews of LOC Assignment
4.11.4 Change in LOC Assignment
4.12 Out of State Placement
4.13 Alternative Placements
Opening a Foster Care Case and Developing an Initial Case Plan
Overview
4.14 Timeframes for All OOHC Cases
4.15 Family Attachment and Involvement
4.16 Participants and Notification for All OOHC Cases
4.17 Preparation for and Completion of the Ten (10) Day Conference
4.18 Ongoing Case Planning
4.19 Visitation Agreement
4.20 Not Yet Utilized
4.21 Safe Infants Act
4.22 through 4.23-Not Yet Utilized
Ongoing OOHC Service Provision
Overview
4.24 SSW's Ongoing Contact with the Child and Family, Including the Medically Complex Child
4.25 Ongoing Contact Between Parents and Children in Out of Home Care
4.26 Meeting Basic Health Care Needs
4.26.1 Medical Passport
4.26.2 Authorization for Medical Services
4.26.3 Standardized Screening and Assessment for Children in Out of Home Care
4.26.4 Passport Health Plan
4.26.5 Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT)
4.27 Save for future use
4.27.1 Individual Health Plan for the Medically Complex Child
4.27.2 Extraordinary Medical Care/Medical Expenses of a Medically Complex Child
4.27.3 Serious Injury of a Child in Foster Care
4.27.4 Life Support Systems
4.27.5 Ending Use of Life Support Systems
4.28 Meeting Educational Needs
4.28.1 Educational Assessment
4.28.2 Providing Educational Services Under the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA)
4.28.3 Accessing Educational Records for Children and Youth in Foster Care and Guidelines for Educational Passports
4.28.4 Higher Education Assistance
4.28.5 Educational Training Voucher for Youth Who Have Transitioned Out of Foster Care
4.29 Independent Living
4.29.1 Independent Living Services
4.29.2 Transition Planning for Youth Aging Out of OOHC or Extending Commitment
4.30 Normalcy for Children and Youth in Out of Home Care
4.30 through 4.33-Not Yet Utilized
Ongoing Assessment, Case Planning and Case Closure
Overview
4.34 Ongoing Assessment for Out of Home Care Cases
4.35 Reunification, Including Extended Visitation, Case Planning and Transitional Supports to Families and Children
4.36 Case Closure and Aftercare Planning
4.37 Working with Incarcerated Parents
4.38 through 4.44-Not Yet Utilized
OOHC Administrative Standards of Practice
Overview
4.45 Movement from a Home Placement
4.46 Movement from a DCBS Foster or Adoptive Home
4.47 Movement from One PCC Placement to Another
4.48 Discharge from a PCP or PCC Placement
4.49 Discharge Planning Prior to Leaving a Hospital or Treatment Facility
4.50 Discharge Planning Prior to Placement Changes Against Medical Advice
4.51 Documentation Required Upon Entering Out of Home Care (OOHC)
4.51.1 Placement in a Congregate Care (Residential Treatment) Setting
4.52 Personal Care Home/Family Care Home
4.53 Bed Hold-Private Child Caring (PCC) / Residential or Private Child Placing (PCP) Foster Care Placement
4.54 Transportation and Out of State Travel with a Child in the Custody of the Cabinet
4.55 Sex Education
4.55.1 Pregnant Youth
4.55.2 Family Planning for Pregnant Youth
4.56 Use of Tobacco Products
4.57 Photography, Videotaping or Audio Taping of a Child in OOHC
4.58 Mail to Child in OOHC
4.59 Change of Surname for a Youth in OOHC
4.60 State I.D. and Driver's License for Children in the Custody of the Cabinet
4.61 Employment for a Youth in OOHC
4.62 Household Work and Operation of Machinery
4.63 Athletic Program Participation
4.64 Census Count for a Youth in OOHC
4.65 Credit Reports for Youth in Foster Care
4.66 Critical Situations
4.67 Locating Missing Children-Including Runaways
4.55.3 Survivors and Those at Risk of Human Trafficking
Opening a Foster Care Case and Developing the Case Plan
Cabinet for Health and Family Services
Department for Community Based Services
Division of Protection and Permanency
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4.14 Timeframes for All OOHC Cases
10/6/2020
8.00
4.15 Family Attachment and Involvement
10/6/2020
3.00
4.16 Participants and Notification for All OOHC Cases
10/6/2020
6.00
4.17 Preparation for and Completion of the Ten (10) Day Conference
10/6/2020
19.00
4.18 Ongoing Case Planning
10/6/2020
19.00
4.19 Visitation Agreement
1/15/2019
5.00
4.20 Not Yet Utilized
4/11/2012
3.00
4.21 Safe Infants Act
7/1/2016
4.00
4.22 through 4.23-Not Yet Utilized
12/3/2010
1.00
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