North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT
Subchapter L - MATERNITY HOME FUND
Section 71L .0106 - DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICE PLAN
Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) The Pregnancy Services caseworker shall complete a needs assessment. If during the process of assessing the needs of a pregnant minor, abuse or neglect is suspected, the Pregnancy Services caseworker shall notify the agency's Child Protective Services Unit. After the assessment is completed, the caseworker and the client shall jointly finalize a specific plan for services, building in time frames for action and identifying channels for accessing resources to be provided by outside agencies.
(b) The service agency's plan for providing services to the client and her child shall be transmitted to the North Carolina Division of Social Services as part of the "Application for State Maternity Fund" Form DSS-6187, which may be accessed at https://policies.ncdhhs.gov/divisional/social-services.
(c) As needed and appropriate, the plan shall address the following:
(d) While the client is in residential care, the supervising agency shall maintain contact with the client.
Authority
G.S.
143B-153;
Eff. September 1,
2021.