Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-202.15 - Case permanency plan
(1) The
department worker shall ensure that a case permanency plan is developed for
each child who is placed in foster care if the department has agreed to provide
foster care through a voluntary placement agreement, if a court has transferred
custody or guardianship to the department for the purpose of foster care , or if
a court has placed the child in foster care and ordered the department to
supervise the placement.
(2) The
department worker shall develop the case permanency plan with the child 's
parents, unless the child 's parents are unwilling to participate in the plan's
development, and with the child , unless the child is unable or unwilling to
participate. For a child 14 years of age or older in foster care , the case
permanency plan must be developed in consultation with the child . The child may
choose up to two members of the case planning team who are not the child 's
foster parent or caseworker. The department may reject an individual selected
by a child at any time if the department has good cause to believe the
individual would not act in the best interests of the child . One individual
selected by the child to be a member of a child 's case planning team may be
designated to be the child 's advisor and, as necessary, advocate with respect
to the use of the reasonable and prudent parent standard .
(3) The department shall consider information
regarding medical appointments, treatment needs, educational progress, and
services from a resource parent when developing or modifying a child 's case
permanency plan and in the coordination of care and decisions related to
services and care necessary for the child . The information the department
receives from a resource parent will be reviewed and considered as decisions
about the child 's progress and needs are made.
(4) The department worker shall be
responsible for ensuring the development of the case permanency plan within the
time frames specified in rule
441-130.7 (234). In all cases,
the case permanency plan shall be completed within 60 days of the date the
child entered foster care .
(5)
Copies of the initial and subsequent case permanency plans shall be provided to
the child , the child 's parents, and the foster care provider. Copies shall also
be provided to the following, if involved in services to the child : the
juvenile court officer, the judge, the child 's attorney, the child 's guardian
ad litem, the child 's guardian, the child 's custodian, the child 's
court-appointed special advocate, the parents' attorneys, the county attorney,
the state foster care review board, and any other interested parties identified
in the plan.
(6) The initial and
subsequent case permanency plans shall be completed on the forms specified in
rule 441-130.7 (234).
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 135H.6.
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