7 AAC 53.370 - Definitions

In 7 AAC 53.300 - 7 AAC 53.370,

(1) "child's placement plan" includes

(A) the placement plan of care required y a licensed foster home;

(B) the treatment plan required by 7 AAC 50.330 for a child in a licensed residential child care facility; and

(C) the case plan for a child and the child's family prepared by an employee of the department;

(2) "department" means the Department of Family and Community Services;

(3) repealed 7/1/2022;

(4) "out-of-home care setting" and "out-of-home care provider" includes

(A) the home of a relative;

(B) a foster home or licensed under AS 47.32 and in compliance with the additional applicable standards and requirements of 7 AAC 67;

(C) a residential child care facility licensed under AS 47.32 and in compliance with the additional applicable standards and requirements of 7 AAC 50; and

(D) a state-operated facility;

(5) "placed" means put in an out-of-home care setting

(A) under the authority of the department; or

(B) through a tribal entity that has a tribal Title IV-E maintenance pass-through agreement approved by the department or memorandum of agreement approved by the department; in this subparagraph, "tribal Title IV-E maintenance pass-through agreement" has the meaning given in 7 AAC 53.199;

(6) repealed 8/1/2015;

(7) "case plan" means a plan that addresses the activities and services that are needed to implement permanency for a child and to ensure the child's safety and well-being; a subsection of the case plan is the transition plan, which is a plan that is personalized at the direction of the child in foster care and is intended to assist the child in preparing for the time when the child is no longer in department custody; a transition plan is developed before the child attains 18 years of age or, for a child resuming custody under AS 47.10.080(v), before the child attains 21 years of age;

(8) "child" has the meaning given in AS 47.10.990;

(9) "foster home" has the meaning given in 7 AAC 53.199;

(10) repealed 8/1/2015;

Notes

7 AAC 53.370

Eff. 7/1/90, Register 114; am 1/1/96, Register 136; am 3/1/98, Register 145; am 4/13/2011, Register 198; am 12/10/2011, Register 200; am 8/1/2015, Register 215, October 2015; am 7/1/2022, Register 242, July 2022

Authority:AS 47.06.010

AS 47.10.080

AS 47.14.010