Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024
(1) The
Department uses an SOC short-form contract with a traditional contractor for
such services as the following:
(a) Housing
and food services -- including housing deposits, utilities, home repairs, food,
household necessities, cleaning services, supplies, and equipment.
(b) Transportation -- including
transportation for visitation, bus passes, other fares, automobile repair, and
reimbursement when the family is transported by a community or family
member.
(c) Assessment, testing,
and evaluations -- including psychiatric, psychological, psycho-social,
behavioral, developmental, medical, or educational services not available
through other resources such as other programs operated by the Department or
from a school district.
(d)
Therapeutic and rehabilitative services -- including family, group, and
individual therapy (including drug and alcohol treatment services) not
available through other sources, such as from other programs operated by the
Department or from family-based service contracts, including intensive family
services (IFS), and family sex abuse treatment (FSAT), and parent
training.
(e) Skills training and
support -- including parent coaching, mentoring, psycho-social skills training
and support, shadowing or one-on-one supervision, and support of daily
activities, transition support services, sub-care or in-home behavior support
or management, and educational services not available through other programs
operated by the Department or from a school districts.
(f) Support services for care givers --
including time-limited services for parents, foster parents, and relative care
takers not provided by other sources.
(g) Well-being and developmental needs --
including expenses related to school or recreational activities, such as fees
for sports, camps, school trips, music, arts, and other activities, and
activities related to a child's traditional or cultural needs or developmental
milestones.
(2) The
nontraditional contractor is a contractor chosen for his or her unique capacity
to connect with the child based on the specific strengths and needs of the
child as identified in the strengths-and-needs-based service planning process.
The nontraditional contractor focuses on working with the family in addressing
the specific strengths and needs of the child. The nontraditional contractor
gives special care to planning activities that can eventually be maintained
without the contractor's involvement. A short-form contract can be used with a
nontraditional contractor only for the following services:
(a) Individual Mentoring: Social, behavioral,
and recreational skill development. Assisting the child in exploring special
talents or interests, arranging for on-going social or recreational
opportunities, and modeling appropriate interaction with others with special
care given to planning activities that can eventually be maintained without the
mentor.
(b) Family Mentoring:
Engagement of families for parenting skill development, including modeling
appropriate interactions with children in the home, effective problem-solving,
establishment of routines, and assisting with development of natural helping
systems to enable the family to function independently with success.
(c) Individual Tutoring: Educational support
services tailored specifically to the needs of the child. This assistance
should be offered when the child's developmental functioning is significantly
compromised without tutoring and is not obtainable through an Individual
Education Plan (IEP) or any other appropriate resource.
(d) Developmental Support: Chosen activities
requiring adult supervision at all times to meet the child's identified
developmental needs or milestones.
(e) Therapeutic Visitation: Visitation
services to address the child's needs and encompass specific therapeutic goals.
The contractor, if not licensed, must obtain supervision from a licensed
therapist, at his or her own expense, for consultation and feedback on the
therapeutic process and progress of the visitation.
(3) The Department's worker must enter the
System of Care Service Codes, Open Reasons, and Disposition in the Department's
Integrated Information System (IIS), including the person letter for the
parents and children who benefit from or participate in the authorized
service.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
418.005
Stats. Implemented: ORS
279.727 &
279.729