Ohio Administrative Code
Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services
Chapter 5101:2-38 - Case Planning and Reviews
Section 5101:2-38-06 - Required contents of a PCPA case plan document
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 5101:2-38-06
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) The private child placing agency (PCPA) shall select one or more of the following case plan goals as applicable:
(1) Maintain a child safely in the child's
own home.
(2) Reunify a child with
the child's parent, guardian, or custodian.
(3) Place a child in a safe, planned
permanent living arrangement excluding adoption.
(4) Prepare a child for independent living
and emancipation.
(5) Place a child
for adoption.
(B) The case plan shall include, but not be limited to, the following elements:
(1) Parties involved in the case plan and
their individual responsibilities.
(2) Statement of goals and objectives to be
achieved and conditions in the home that are to be
improved to ensure the child will be safe and will receive proper
care.
(3) Anticipated timeframes
for attainment of goals and objectives.
(4) Identification of services requested by
or provided to the child or the child's parent, guardian, or custodian to
achieve the goals identified in paragraph (B)(2) of this rule.
(5) The appropriateness of supportive
services offered or provided under the court order for protective supervision
to prevent removal of the child from the child's parent, guardian, or
custodian.
(6) Specification of
case management, casework services, and/or if appropriate, therapeutic
counseling.
(C) For each child placed in a substitute care setting, the case plan shall also include, but not be limited to, the following elements:
(1) The type of substitute care
placement.
(2) The appropriateness
and safety of the placement in accordance with rule
5101:2-42-05 of the
Administrative Code.
(3) The
reasonable efforts made or will be made to make it possible for the child to
return to the child's home or identify that reasonable efforts are not required
pursuant to rule
5101:2-39-01 of the
Administrative Code.
(4) The steps
to be taken to assure services are provided to the child and the child's
parent, guardian, or custodian to do one of the following:
(a) Facilitate the reunification of the child
to the child's parent, guardian, or custodian.
(b) Locate a safe, planned permanent living
arrangement for the child.
(5) The steps to be taken to assure services
are provided to the child and substitute caregiver to address the needs of the
child while the child is in the substitute care placement.
(6) A schedule for regular and frequent
visitation, including an explanation of the reason for any restrictions on
location of visits or the need for supervision of visits, between the child and
the child's parent, guardian, or custodian for children in temporary custody as
specified in rule
5101:2-42-92 of the
Administrative Code.
(7) The reason
why parental rights shall not be terminated pursuant to the requirements
contained in rule
5101:2-42-95 of the
Administrative Code.
(8) Programs
and services to assist the child to prepare for transition to independent
living and emancipation, for a child sixteen years of age or older if
appropriate.
(D) If the case plan goal is adoption or another planned permanent living arrangement, the case plan shall include the steps the PCPA is taking to do one of the following:
(1) Place the child with an adult
relative expressing an interest in adopting the child and meeting all relevant
state child protection standards, a guardian, or an adoptive family.
(2) Find an adoptive family, through child
specific recruitment efforts, for the child.
(3) Identify a planned permanent living
arrangement for the child.
(4)
Finalize the adoption or guardianship.
(E) When a child is placed in substitute care, the case plan shall indicate that the substitute care setting is:
(1) Safe and consistent with the best
interest and special needs of the child.
(2) The least-restrictive, most family-like
setting available.
(3) In close
proximity to the home from which the child was removed or the home in which the
child will be permanently placed.
(4) In close proximity to the school in which
the child was enrolled prior to the placement.
(5) Designed to enhance reunification, if
appropriate, in accordance with rule
5101:2-42-05 of the
Administrative Code.
(F) The PCPA shall document in the case record the reason why certain elements were not contained in the case plan document due to the permanent custody status of a child.
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