Alabama Administrative Code
Title 660 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Chapter 660-5-50 - VISITING
Section 660-5-50-.09 - Visiting Supports And Services
Universal Citation: AL Admin Code R 660-5-50-.09
Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 5, February 29, 2024
(1) The Department of Human Resources will provide services to encourage and support, as needed, the child's visits with the parent(s), other family members and friends. A list of possible services are, but not limited to:
(a) Transportation
or payment of transportation expenses for the child, family or
friends;
(b) Helping to promote
and/or coordinate visits when the family or child needs or requests
assistance;
(c) Assisting with
child or adult care, housing, or meals;
(d) Education of the foster care provider
regarding the needs of the child and family for visiting, the importance of
reunification, feelings provoked by visits, and practices relating to
supervision of visits;
(e)
Supportive involvement of the therapist, social worker, or foster care
provider;
(f) Coaching to enable
the child and family or friends to acknowledge and talk about needs and
feelings;
(g) Using neighbors and
other family members to support visits (e.g.,
providing transportation to the visiting site, providing own home for visiting,
or negotiating or arranging visits convenient to the parent's location and
schedules);
(h) Crisis services to
support visiting such as giving the foster care provider crisis intervention
training or access to crisis intervention services; and
(i) Conflict resolution and mediation
services related to visiting.
(2) Foster care and service providers can be reimbursed for the cost of travel that eliminates the necessity for worker travel. Payment reimbursements for other providers can be made from local or flexible funds.
Author: Jerome Webb
Statutory Authority: R. C. v. Fuller, No. 88-H-1170-N, Consent Decree (M. D. Ala. Approved December 18, 1991).
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