13 CSR 35-35.050 - Case Plan
PURPOSE: This amendment will change language to reflect the proper division, and move the regulation into the correct chapter.
PURPOSE: This rule requires the establishment of a case plan for every child in the custody of Children's Division or receiving social services from the Children's Division. It also provides a definition of a case plan as well as describing the required content and time periods for development and review of the case plan.
(1) Every child in the care and custody of,
or receiving social services from, the division shall have a case plan
developed for the purpose of preventing removal of the child from the care of
the parents, reunifying a child separated from parent(s) or securing a
permanent placement for a child if it is determined the child cannot be
reunified with his/her parents.
(2)
Every case plan must be developed with- in thirty (30) days from the date if
has been determined a child should receive protective services or from the date
that a judicial determination has been made that the child should be placed in
the care and custody of the division. Thereafter, each case plan shall be
reviewed and modified, as necessary, every six (6) months. The purpose of the
review is to determine the extent of compliance with the case plan and
determine what changes, if any, should be made.
(3) The term case plan means a written
document which describes social and child welfare services and activities to be
provided by the division and other local community agencies for the purpose of
achieving a permanent familial relationship for the child.
(4) This case plan shall include, at a
minimum, the following information:
(A)
Identifying information about the child and his/her immediate and extended
family;
(B) A description of the
factors and conditions, including the psychological needs of the child, which
caused the division to determine that protective or alternative care services
were needed or a copy of the judicial determinations made regarding the child
is placement in the custody of the division;
(C) A description of what efforts were made
to prevent removal from the custody of
(D) A statement of the intended plan for
permanency for the child which shall consist of one (1) of the following:
1. Maintain the child with the biological
parents;
2. Reunify the child with
his/her biological family if a judicial determination has been made for the
child to be removed from the custody of the parent(s) and placed in alternate
care;
3. Place the child for the
purpose of guardianship or adoption; or
4. Maintain the child in a long-term
separation from his/her biological parents with an agreed upon plan with the
care provider. This provision applies only if a child is over sixteen (16)
years of age;
(E) A
description of how the plan is designed to maintain or reunify the child with
his/her biological parent(s) or achieve a permanent substitute placement for
the child including:
1. A description of the
social services to be provided and a description of the services needed to
carry out any requirements of a judicial determination proceeding or order with
a designation of the responsible parties for the provision of any
services:
2. A description of the
responsibilities of the parent(s); and
3. A description of parental behaviors which
determine that services are no longer necessary or that alternative care is no
longer needed;
(F) A
description of the appropriateness and necessity for placement away from the
biological parents if the court has ordered placement, including at a minimum,
the following:
1. The least restrictive
characteristics of the alternate care placement facility correlated to the
condition and best interests of the child;
2. The degree of proximity of the alternate
care placement facility to the location of the biological parent(s)
residence(s);
3. A description of
how the needs of the child will be met while in placement; and 4. A parental
visitation schedule including frequency, location, arrangements and a method of
documentation for actual visits; and
(G) An evaluation of case plan achievement by
all parties including a time period for case plan
achievement.
Notes
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