Substitute Care

  1. § 7.100 - Eligibility and Recruitment of Foster/Pre-adoptive Parent Applicants
  2. § 7.101 - Out-of-home Placements
  3. § 7.102 - Applicability of 110 CMR 7.100 through 7.303
  4. § 7.103 - Application to Become a Foster Parent/Pre-adoptive Parent
  5. § 7.104 - Standards for Licensure as a Foster/Pre-adoptive Parent
  6. § 7.105 - Standards for Licensure of Foster/Pre-adoptive Homes
  7. § 7.105A - Waiver of Standards for Approval of Foster/Pre-adoptive Parents or Homes
  8. § 7.106A - Non-department State Employees as Foster/Pre-adoptive Parents
  9. § 7.106B - Department Employees as Foster/Pre-adoptive Parents
  10. § 7.106C - Department Employees as Mentor, Visiting Resource or Other Significant Adult to Child in Department Care or Custody
  11. § 7.106D - Employees of Department Contracted Agencies as Foster/Pre-adoptive Parents
  12. § 7.106E - Department Contracted Foster/Pre-adoptive Parents
  13. § 7.107 - Assessment and Licensing of Foster/Pre-adoptive Parent Applicants
  14. § 7.108 - Kinship or Child-specific Placements
  15. § 7.109 - TAFDC Grantee Relative vs. Department Foster Care Payments
  16. § 7.111 - Written Agreement Between Department and Foster/Pre-adoptive Parents
  17. § 7.112 - Department Obligations to Foster/Pre-adoptive Parents
  18. § 7.113 - Reassessment and License Renewal of Foster/Pre-adoptive Parents and Foster/Pre-adoptive Homes
  19. § 7.113A - Limited Reassessments
  20. § 7.113B - License Revocation
  21. § 7.113C - Closing a Foster/Pre-adoptive Home
  22. § 7.113D - Reopening of Former Foster/Pre-adoptive Home
  23. § 7.114 - Temporary Placement of Foster Children in Care of Persons Other than Foster/Pre-adoptive Parents
  24. § 7.115 - Runaway Foster Children
  25. § 7.116 - Removal of Foster Children from Foster/Pre-adoptive Homes
  26. § 7.118 - Foster/Pre-adoptive Parent Appeals
  27. § 7.119 - Access to Foster/Pre-adoptive Parent File
  28. § 7.120 - Community Residential Care
  29. § 7.121 - Periodic Health Care - Generally
  30. § 7.122 - Periodic Health Care - Training
  31. § 7.123 - Periodic Health Care - Project Good Health
  32. § 7.124 - Periodic Health Care - Medical Passport
  33. § 7.125 - Periodic Health Care - Emergency Treatment at Time of Placement
  34. § 7.126 - Periodic Health Care - Routine Treatment After Placement
  35. § 7.127 - Periodic Health Care - Responsibilities of Substitute Care Providers
  36. § 7.128 - Visitation
  37. § 7.129 - Legal Representation for Injured Children in Substitute Care
  38. § 7.130 - Reimbursement/Stipend to Foster/Pre-adoptive Parents
  39. § 7.131 - Department Certification

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