Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 1610 - CHILD WELFARE CASEWORK SERVICES
Subchapter 5 - CASEWORK SERVICES
Section 17-1610-40 - Family preservation services

(a) If the department assesses the child is safe in the home with the assistance of a service plan, reasonable efforts shall be made to assist the family in maintaining the child in the home with the provision of appropriate and available services in accordance with departmental procedures.

(b) Services provided the child and family shall be in accordance with a case plan pursuant to section 17-1610-26.

(c) Family preservation services shall be provided to meet the child's medical, psychological, social, recreational, educational, and physical needs.

(d) Family preservation services may be provided to the family via referrals, purchase of service contracts, and services provided by departmental staff in accordance with departmental procedures.

(e) If the child and family are determined eligible pursuant to chapter 17-1616, the department may utilize funds authorized to cover the cost of services to maintain the child in the family home or to prevent removal to the extent that funds are available.

(f) Family preservation services shall not be provided to children and families where there has been an assessment by the department that the child cannot safely be maintained in the home, even with the assistance of a service plan, or when there has been a finding by the court of aggravated circumstances or that the child is an abandoned infant.