Utah Admin. Code R512-100-1 - Purpose and Authority
(1) In-home
services enhance a parent's capacity to safely care for their child in their
home and to safely reduce the need for out-of-home care in Utah. In-home
services include front-end services that help prevent removal and allow a child
to remain at home with their parent or caregiver. It includes cases where a
child is placed with a non-custodial parent or relatives who have custody and
guardianship of the child. It also includes services for when a child returns
home from out-of-home care and there are continuing services with Child and
Family Services and court oversight.
(2) In-home services are a set of
evidence-based services, strategies, and tools that support the safety,
permanency, and well-being of a child and the strengthening of their
family.
(3) The key components of
in-home services interventions include:
(a)
case management based on practice model skills of engaging, teaming, assessing,
planning, and intervening;
(b)
assessing and addressing safety and risk issues to help stabilize the family,
providing purposeful home visits and a private conversation with the
child;
(c) the application of an
evidence-based assessment to identify child and family needs and protective
factors early in the case, guiding caseworkers to better target the individual
needs of the family with services, and informing the development of the child
and family plan; and
(d) direct
services and interventions that help the family make needed changes in addition
to linking the family to evidence-based services and community
resources.
(4) Pursuant
to Sections
62A-4a-105,
62A-4a-201, and
62A-4a-202, Child and Family
Services may provide in-home services.
(5) This rule is authorized by Section
62A-4a-102.
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