Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.9201 - Foster home applicant /licensee qualifications; central registry check
Rule 201.
(1) A
foster home applicant or licensee must meet all the following qualifications:
(a) Be 18 years of age or older.
(b) Be willing and can demonstrate the
ability to meet the following requirements for children who are served by the
agency:
(i) How to provide care.
(ii) Understanding the care needed and the
ability to meet those care needs.
(iii) Has adequate time to provide care and
supervision.
(iv) Work with a
foster child's current and future family.
(v) Willingness to accept a child's
spirituality, or religious beliefs or practices, even if they are different
from the foster parent.
(vi)
Willingness to accept and support a child's SOGIE.
(c) Have a source of income or resources to
meet the needs of the foster family.
(d) Have the physical, mental, and emotional
health to ensure appropriate care of children.
(e) Be of responsible character and be
suitable and able to meet the needs of children and provide for their care,
supervision, and protection.
(f) Be
residing in the United States legally.
(2) In addition to the qualifications in
subrule (1), an applicant may also live on a reservation or may be a confirmed
member of a federally recognized Indian tribe.
(3) If an applicant is identified on the
state central registry as a perpetrator of child abuse or neglect in this
state, any other state, a Canadian province, or as part of a tribe, the
applicant may not be licensed.
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