Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 63C-1.003 - Coordinating Children-In-Need-of-Services and Families-In-Need-of-Services Programs

(1) The department shall coordinate its efforts with those of the Federal Government, state agencies, county and municipal government, private agencies and child advocacy groups to ensure service delivery to children and families in need of services in the following ways:

(a) The department shall establish an agreement and work in concert with the Department of Children and Family Services to claim federal Title IV-E maintenance funds for children served in shelters contracted to provide services to children and families in need of services. The department shall also comply with federal and state mandated monitoring of such funds.

(b) The department shall establish programs and services for children in need of services and families in need of services. The department may establish such programs and services by contracting with state and local providers to provide such services.

(c) Programs, whether established by the department or through a contracted provider, shall ensure that direct care staff meet the following minimum training requirements:

1. During their first year of employment, direct care staff must receive 80 hours of training, including a program orientation component, crisis intervention/safety, suicide prevention, CINS/FINS core training, Title IV-E procedures, and an in-service component.

2. Following the first year of employment, direct care staff must receive 24 hours of job-related training annually, which shall include refresher training on the use of available fire safety equipment, and training necessary to maintain current CPR and first aid certification.

(d) The department, with its provider or providers, shall be responsible for ensuring coordinated use of resources at the local, state and federal levels by providing support and oversight through technical assistance, training, interagency agreements, contract management, data collection and advocacy.

(e) The department shall work with the local juvenile justice boards and councils throughout Florida's judicial circuits to compile a list of available resources. These boards and councils shall coordinate local community resources.

(2) The department shall monitor programs for children in need of services and families in need of services under the process established in Rule Chapter 63L-1, F.A.C., and by the standards referenced therein.

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Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 63C-1.003

Rulemaking Authority 20.316, 985.64, 985.601(7), 984.04(3) FS. Law Implemented 984.04(3), 985.601(7)-(8) FS.

New 5-6-07.

New 5-6-07.