Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - FOSTER CARE REVIEW OFFICE
Title 162 - Foster Care Review Office
Chapter 3 - Local Boards Organization and Procedures
Section 162-3-005 - Duties

005.01 Case Reviews

Local boards shall review at least once every six months the cases of each child in a foster care placement to determine what efforts have been made to carry out the plan or permanency plan for rehabilitation of the foster child and family or for permanent placement of such child.

The local review boards shall examine the plan as presented by the review specialist based on information he or she obtains from the agency files and/or from interested parties. Such review should also be made from the following information:

005.02 Findings and Recommendations

The review specialist assigned to the local board shall submit to the Office for transmittal to the court having jurisdiction over such child for the purposes of foster care placement, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the legal parties to the case, within 30 days after the review, the local board's findings and recommendations regarding the efforts and progress made to carry out the plan.

These recommendations shall indicate whether a plan currently exists, whether the local board concurs with the existing plans established by the court and agency, what the local board views as the barriers to the plan, whether the current placement is safe and appropriate, whether there is a need for continued out-of-home placement, and other additional observations they determine might be of benefit to the welfare of the foster children. The report shall state specific reasons for findings and recommendations, including factors, opinions and rationale that were considered in its review.