(1) CONTACT
REQUIREMENTS.
(a)
Level of care 1 or
2. A licensing agency, supervising agency, or placing agency shall
have at least one contact per month with a foster parent who operates a foster
home with a Level 1 or 2 certification if a child is placed in the foster home.
The contact may be in person, by phone, or by an interactive electronic
format.
(b)
Level of care 3
to 5.
1. A licensing agency,
supervising agency, or placing agency shall have at least 2 in-person contacts
per month with a foster parent who operates a foster home with a Level 3 to 5
certification if a child is placed in the foster home. At least one of these
contacts shall be in the foster home.
2. Notwithstanding subd. 1., if a child with
a level of need below 3 is placed in a foster home with a Level 3 or 4
certification, the licensing agency, placing agency, or supervising agency
shall have at least one in-person contact per month with the foster parent each
full calendar month that the child is in the foster home.
3. If a foster home with a Level 3 to 5
certification has not had placement of a child for 3 or more months and the
licensing agency, supervising agency, or placing agency has not seen the foster
parent in the foster home during that time, the licensing agency, supervising
agency, or placing agency shall have an in-person contact with the foster
parent in the foster home before a child is placed in the foster home or within
24 hours of the child's placement in the foster home.
(c)
Multiple foster parents.
If there is more than one foster parent on the license to operate the foster
home, the agency may have contact with only one of the foster
parents.
(2) MULTIPLE
AGENCIES. If the licensing agency, supervising agency, and the placing agency
under sub. (1) are different agencies, those agencies shall determine a contact
plan.
(3) PURPOSES OF CONTACT. The
agency contact with the foster parent shall focus on the safety, permanence,
and well-being of the child to evaluate the compatibility of the child with the
foster parent and other household members and the ability of the foster parent
to meet the needs of the child in a safe manner. The contacts shall include
discussion of any additional support needed by the foster parent to safely
maintain any child in foster care living in the foster
home.
