Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Children and Families
DCF 021-99 - Safety and Permanence
Chapter DCF 56 - Foster Home Care For Children
Section DCF 56.16 - Licensing agency responsibilities
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง DCF 56.16
Current through August 26, 2024
(1) A licensing agency shall do all of the following:
(a)
Recruit a pool of foster parents who are interested in and capable of working
with the types of children who are commonly placed by that agency.
(b) Assess and screen families who are
interested in becoming foster parents.
(c) Develop foster homes to meet the needs of
a specifically identified child in need of placement.
(d) Provide, arrange, and approve required
pre-placement, initial, and ongoing training for foster parents under s.
DCF 56.14.
(e)
Consult with supervising agency caseworkers and social workers to match a
child's specific needs with available foster parents.
(f) Provide each licensed or prospective
foster parent with a copy of the agency's foster parent handbook under s.
DCF 56.12.
(g)
Comply with agency responsibilities regarding respite care under s.
DCF 56.21(2).
(h) Provide general support to foster
parents.
(i) Review the foster
parent's fire safety evacuation plan under s.
DCF 56.08(8) and disaster plan under s.
DCF 56.08(10m) with the foster parent to
ensure that the plans provide for adequate safety and communication with the
agency.
(j) Encourage peer support
among foster parents and inform foster parents of available supports,
especially among foster parents who are caring for children with similar
conditions.
(k) Notify the placing
agency of any serious incident reported by a foster parent under s.
DCF 56.06.
(L)
Notify the school district in which a foster home is located when a license to
operate a foster home is issued in that school district, pursuant to s.
48.62(3),
Stats. The notification shall include all of the following:
1. The name of the foster parent.
2. The address and phone number of the foster
parent.
3. The type of children
expected to be placed in the foster home.
4. The name, address, and phone number of a
contact person from the licensing agency.
(m) Ensure that the foster parent is
promoting normalcy for the child by providing opportunities for the child to
participate in age or developmentally appropriate extracurricular, enrichment,
cultural, and social activities under s.
DCF 56.09(2m).
(n) Use all components of a standardized
assessment tool prescribed by the department to conduct the home study required
for approval of a placement for adoption, recognition of a foreign adoption,
and issuance of a license to operate a foster home.
Note: The standardized assessment tool prescribed by the department is the Structured Analysis Family Evaluation (SAFE) tool. Contact the department's Division of Safety and Permanence for further information at P.O. Box 8916, Madison, WI 53708-8916.
(2) In addition to sub. (1), a licensing agency shall do all of the following regarding foster homes with a Level 3 to 5 certification:
(a) Identify foster homes with similar
qualifications as existing foster homes to be used as emergency or alternative
options.
(b) Develop and facilitate
peer support among foster parents, especially among foster parents who are
caring for children with similar conditions.
(c) Participate in the determination of
supplemental payments under s.
DCF 56.23(2) and exceptional payments
under s.
DCF 56.23(3) as follows:
1. Review the payment amount that a placing
agency is proposing for a child's placement and discuss the child's needs with
the placing agency.
2. Inform a
prospective foster parent of the placing agency's proposed payment
amount.
3. Recommend any
modifications to the payment amount that the placing agency has
proposed.
4. Participate with the
placing agency, foster parent, and treatment team members in the
redetermination of the payment amount following a reassessment under s.
DCF 56.22(5)
(b).
5. At a foster parent's request, assist a
foster parent in resolving a disagreement between the foster parent and the
placing agency regarding a payment amount before the foster parent requests a
hearing under s.
DCF 56.10.
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