Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 16 - Health and Welfare, Department of
Rule 16.06.01 - CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES
LICENSURE AND REIMBURSEMENT OF ALTERNATE CARE PROVIDERS
Section 16.06.01.485 - TREATMENT FOSTER CARE

Universal Citation: ID Admin Code 16.06.01.485

Current through September 2, 2024

A family home setting in which treatment foster parents provide twenty-four (24) hour room and board as well as therapeutic services and a high level of supervision. Services provided in treatment foster care are at a more intense level than provided in foster care and at a lower level than provided in residential care. Services may include the following: participation in the development and implementation of the child's treatment plan, behavior modification, community supports, crisis intervention, documentation of services and the child's behavior, participation as a member of a multi-disciplinary team, and transportation. Placement into a treatment foster home for children in the custody of the Department under the purview of the Child Protective Act, is based on the documented needs of the child, the inability of less restrictive settings to meet the child's needs, and the clinical judgement of the Department.

01. Qualifications. Prior to being considered for designation and reimbursement as a treatment foster parent, each prospective treatment foster parent must accomplish the following:

a. Meet all foster family licensure requirements as set forth in IDAPA 16.06.02, "Child Care Licensing";

b. Complete Department-approved treatment foster care initial training; and

c. Provide a minimum of two (2) references in addition to those provided to be licensed to provide foster care. The additional references must be from individuals who have worked with the prospective treatment foster parent. The additional references must verify that the prospective treatment foster parent has:
i. Training related to, or experience working with, children or youth with mental illness or behavior disorders; and

ii. Demonstrated cooperation and a positive working relationship with families and providers of child welfare or mental health services.

02. Continuing Education. Following designation as a treatment foster home, each treatment foster home parent must complete fourteen (14) hours of additional training per year as specified in an agreement developed between the treatment foster parents and the Department.

03. Availability. At least one (1) treatment foster parent, in each treatment family home, must be available twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week to respond to the needs of the foster child.

04. Payment. The Department will pay treatment foster parents up to one thousand eight hundred ($1,800) dollars per month, per child, which includes the monthly payment rate specified in Sections 483 and 484 of these rules. The payment will be made to treatment foster parents in accordance with a contract with the Department. The purpose of the contract is to make clear that the treatment foster parents must fulfill the requirements for treatment foster parents under the child's treatment plan referenced in Subsection 485.06 of this rule.

05. Payment to Contractors. The Department may also provide treatment foster care through a contract with an agency that is a private provider of treatment foster care. The Department will specify the rate of payment in the contract with the agency.

06. Treatment Plan. The treatment foster parent(s) must implement the portions of the Department-approved treatment plan for which they are designated as responsible, for each child in their care. This plan is incorporated as part of the family services plan identified in Section 011.05 of these rules.

Effective March 15, 2022

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