New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
He - Department of Health and Human Services
Subtitle He-C - Commissioner, Department of Health and Human Services
Chapter He-C 6400 - PROGRAM AND SERVICE INFORMATION
Part He-C 6448 - CHILD-PLACING AGENCY LICENSING REQUIREMENTS
Section He-C 6448.12 - Services to Foster Family Providers
Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
(a) The child-placing agency caseworker may perform announced or unannounced meetings with the foster family in the foster home.
(b) The child-placing agency shall monitor and ensure that foster parents obtain at least the minimum amount of training required pursuant to He-C 6446.21 or He-C 6355.16.
(c) The child-placing agency shall assign licensing staff to each permitted or licensed foster family to monitor licensing requirements.
(d) The child-placing agency shall notify foster parent(s) that the foster parent stipend is a reimbursement for the care of the child and not a payment to the foster parent(s) .
(e) Within 7 working days of the termination of a placement, the child-placing agency shall contact the foster parents to provide support and resolve any remaining issues relative to the child leaving the home.
(f) The child-placing agency shall provide foster family care providers with an agency-specific foster parent handbook in an electronic or paper format informing them of policies, procedures, and forms which are relevant to its specific agency.
(g) The child-placing agency shall ensure the foster family provider complies with the record keeping and confidentiality requirements of He-C 6446.25.
(h) The child-placing agency may recommend, in writing, to DCYF that a foster family license be revoked, pursuant to He-C 6446.29.
#7866, eff 4-2-03; ss by #9895, eff 4-2-11 (from He-C 6448.11)