New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 10 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Part 8 - PERMANENCY PLANNING
Section 8.10.8.8 - PURPOSE OF PERMANENCY PLANNING SERVICES
Universal Citation: 8 NM Admin Code 8.10.8.8
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. The purpose of permanency planning services is to systematically carry out, within a time-limited period, a set of goal-directed activities designed to help children live in families that offer the continuity of relationships with nurturing parents or guardians and the opportunity to establish healthy and positive lifetime relationships.
B. PSD provides permanency planning services to children or youth who come into PSD custody:
(1) through an abuse or neglect petition,
voluntary placement outside of the home, or a family in need of court ordered
services (FINCOS) case;
(2) as an
undocumented immigrant child or youth through an abuse or neglect
petition;
(3) as an unaccompanied
alien child or youth as provided for and defined by the department of health
and human services, administration for children and families, office of refugee
resettlement, or division of unaccompanied children services;
(4) as an infant left at a hospital as
outlined in the Safe Haven for Infants Act, 24-22-1 NMSA 1978; and
(5) as children returned to the custody of
the parent, guardian or custodian subject to any condition or limitations as
the court may prescribe including protective supervision of the child by
PSD.
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