South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 24 - OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR- DIVISION FOR REVIEW OF THE FOSTER CARE OF CHILDREN
Section 24-15 - Written Information Presented to the Review Board at the Time of the Review
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 3, March 22, 2024
The agency, child-caring facility, or residential group care home which is legally responsible for a child whose case is being reviewed hereunder and/or is responsible for the placement of a child whose case is being reviewed hereunder shall furnish to the review board at the time of review of such child's case the following information and records if in its possession. If such information is not available at the time of the review, it shall be furnished thereafter to the Foster Care Review Board:
A. the name, age, and residence of the child;
B. the names and residences of the child's parents. The foster Care Review Board will notify the responsible agency, child-caring facility, or residential group care home before contacting the natural parents;
C. the names and residence of any siblings currently in foster care placement;
D. the name and address of the child's foster parents or other placement. The Foster Care Review Board will notify the responsible agency, child-caring facility or residential group care home before contacting the child's foster parents;
E. the chronological history of all former foster care placements including the names of former foster families, child-caring facilities, or residential group care homes; the length of stay in each foster care placement. The Foster Care Review Board will notify the responsible agency or facility before contacting the child's former foster parents, child-caring facilities, or residential group care homes;
F. the dates (past and present) that the child has been placed in the custody or control of the agency, child-caring facility, or residential group care home and the agency's, child-caring facility's, or residential group care home's case or file number;
G. the county, court case, or docket number and the date of any order placing custody or control of the child with the agency, child-caring facility, or residential group care home;
H. the facts and circumstances which caused the agency, child-caring facility, or residential group care home to take custody or control of the child;
I. the agency's, child-caring facility's, or residential group care home's effort to contact parents or relatives of the child, the plan and written contracts set up for rehabilitation of said parents or relatives, and the progress of said parents or relatives in following through with the plan and written contracts;
J. the dates and nature of actual contacts between the child and his parents or relatives, between the child and his siblings, between the child and the agency, and between the agency or facility and the parents or relatives. This information may be provided in the form of a list of dates with the nature of each contact (e.g. visit, phone call, letter, etc.);
K. the present status of the child's physical and emotional health;
L. the present recommendations of the agency, child-caring facility, or residential group care home as to the disposition of the child's case, including any progress made toward providing the child with a permanent family home;
M. the reasons for which the agency, child-caring facility, or residential group care home has determined, if at all, that return home or adoption is unfeasible or impossible;
N. the status of the agency's, child-caring facility's, or residential group care home's case referred to counsel for action in the Family Court which affects the child's permanent placement;
O. the names and addresses of all attorneys known by the agency, child-caring facility, or residential group care home to be involved in the case;
P. copies of all filed pleadings, motions, and court orders involving the child, including a copy of the court ordered treatment plan for the review board file;
Q. social histories, social summaries, psychologicals and other relevant documents. Copies may be provided to the review board for its file. For children placed in foster care by public agencies, copies shall be provided if the board has filed a petition or motion to be a party in litigation involving the child or has referred the case to an attorney for legal assessment;
R. any other documentation or information which may be needed by the local boards to fully evaluate the case of each child in regard to permanent placement.
