Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) The caseworker must analyze the
information gathered during the determination of service needs to develop a
family support services case plan. The family support
services case plan must include all of the following information:
(a) Family composition, which includes
identifying information for:
(A) Each
parent, guardian, or Indian custodian, and the children of the
parent, guardian, or Indian custodian;
(B) The former foster child
who is 18 years or older and their child, if the
former foster child is parenting a child;
or
(C) A young
adult entering into a Voluntary Placement Agreement for a
Young Adult with the Department.
(b) Conditions identified in the screening or
intake referral information.
(c)
Determination of service need.
(d)
Service goals and activities.
(e)
Services, related to a
child,
young adult, or
former foster child in
substitute care, as
applicable
, which include:
(A) Placement information;
(B) Routine and specialized medical, dental,
and mental health services;
(C)
Education services, including the school and any special education needs of the
child, young adult or former
foster
child; and
(D) A plan for visitation and contact between
the child and their parents, guardians or Indian
Custodian.
(f) Services
the Department will provide including:
(A)
Case oversight and routine contact with the parent, guardian, or Indian
custodian and the child, young
adult, or the former foster child.
(B) When the court has ordered the Department
to provide services to a pre-adjudicated delinquent, routine contact with
juvenile department staff, parents or guardians, and the
child.
(C) When
the child is in substitute care, arranging
visitation for the parents or guardians and the
child.
(D) Timely
referral, access to, and use of culturally appropriate services and service
providers to address the identified needs, to the extent that resources are
available.
(E) Timely preparation
of reports to the court or other service providers that may be
required.
(g) A
statement of the conditions for which the Department will close the family
support services case.
(h) Review
date. The family support services case plan is reviewed with
the parent, guardian Indian Custodian,
young
adult, or former foster child every 90 days; however,
the caseworker and the parent, guardian, Indian Custodian, young
adult, or former foster child may agree on a review
date at any time within the 90-day period.
(2) The persons involved with the Department
in the development of the family support services case plan
must include the young adult, former foster child, or the
parent, guardian, or Indian custodian; and may include the
child, other relatives, substitute caregiver,
and other professionals, as appropriate.
(3) The family support services case
plan must include the signature of the caseworker and each
parent, guardian, Indian custodian, young adult, or
former foster child.
(4) Approval and distribution of the family
support services case plan.
(a) The Child
Welfare supervisor must approve and sign the family support services
case plan.
(b) The
caseworker must give a copy of the family support services case
plan to the parent, guardian, Indian
custodian, young adult, or former foster child as
soon as possible but no later than seven days after the family support
services case plan is approved by the supervisor.
(5) Timeline for family support services case
plan development.
(a) Except as provided in
subsection (b) of this section, the caseworker must develop the family
support services case plan within 30 days of the completion of the
determination of service needs.
(b)
The supervisor may authorize an extension of the time for developing the
family support services case plan when information essential
to the development of the family support services case plan is
not yet available due to circumstances beyond the control of the
Department.
