Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.12504 - Eligibility requirements
Rule 504.
(1) An
agency shall document the rationale for selection of independent living as the
most appropriate placement for the youth.
(2) All the following must be in the case
record before a youth is placed in independent living:
(a) How the youth meets the eligibility
requirements for the specific program the youth is being placed into.
(b) The basis for concluding that a youth
exhibits self-care potential.
(c)
That the youth's social service worker has personally observed and determined
that the living situation is safe, and that the youth has a bed and has access
to cooking and bathing facilities.
(d) The availability of specific and relevant
resources that provide for suitable social, physical, educational, vocational,
and emotional needs of a youth.
(e)
An evaluation of a youth's need for supervision and a plan for providing the
level of supervision determined necessary.
(f) Proof that financial support to meet the
youth's housing, clothing, food, and miscellaneous expenses is
available.
(3) An
independent living home, staffed and operated by the child placing agency, must
be clean, safe, and appropriate to the needs of the youth it serves.
Notes
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