Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.12419 - Initial service plans
Rule 419.
(1) The
initial service plan, as required in
R 400.12418(2)(a),
must include all the following information:
(a) Dates, types, and places of agency
contacts and persons contacted.
(b)
Circumstances necessitating placement.
(c) Assessment of the placement selection
criteria as required under
R
400.12404(4).
(d) A social history pertinent to the
circumstances necessitating placement that assesses the child and persons in
the child's family to determine the services best suited to meet the child's
needs.
(e) A plan that has as its
goal reunification of the child with his or her family or another goal of
permanent placement. The plan shall include all the following information:
(i) The permanency goal for the
child.
(ii) The conditions
necessary to achieve the permanency goal identified in paragraph (i) of this
subdivision.
(iii) Action steps and
time frames to achieve the necessary conditions identified in paragraph (ii) of
this subdivision.
(iv) The persons
responsible for implementing the action steps identified in paragraph (iii) of
this subdivision.
(v) Projected
length of placement in foster care.
(f) Specific goals, as appropriate, to meet
the child's needs in the following areas:
(i)
Education.
(ii) Health.
(iii) Vocational training.
(iv) Psychological, psychiatric, and mental
health services.
(g)
Plans for contact between the child, siblings, the child's family, and any
other person.
(h) The child
behavior support plan to be used by the foster parent.
(2) If parental rights have not been
terminated, the service plan must include all the following:
(a) An assessment of the parents' needs as
they relate to the care of the child.
(b) The parents' role while the child is in
placement, including parenting time.
(c) The requirements to be met for the return
of the child.
(d) The time frames
for meeting the stated requirements.
(e) Documentation of how the parents were
informed of their rights and responsibilities in the care of their
child.
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