Utah Admin. Code R512-100-2 - Definitions
(1) "Child and Family Plan" is defined in
Section 80-1-102.
(2) "Child and Family Services" means the
Division of Child and Family Services.
(3) "Child and Family Team" is the family's
identified informal supports and the service providers working with the family.
(4) "Kinship Caregiver" includes
relatives as defined in Section
80-3-102, and includes individuals
that are unrelated by either birth or marriage but have an emotionally
significant relationship with the child that takes on the characteristics of a
family relationship.
(a) For Indian children,
the definition of extended family member under the Indian Child Welfare Act,
25
U.S.C. Section 1903, applies, which includes
an extended family member as defined by the law or custom of the Indian child's
tribe; in the absence of such a law or custom, a person who has reached the age
of 18 and who is the Indian child's grandparent, aunt or uncle, brother or
sister, brother-in-law or sister-in-law, niece or nephew, first or second
stepparent; or an Indian custodian as defined by the Indian Child Welfare Act
case law.
(b) Children who are
under the placement and care responsibility of the state are, by definition, in
foster care and are not prevention candidates when placed with a kinship
caregiver.
(5)
"Prevention Candidate" is a child under age 18 when at serious risk of entering
or reentering foster care, but able to remain safely in the home or kinship
placement as long as mental health, substance use disorder, or in-home parent
skill-based programs or services for the child, parent, or kinship caregiver
are provided. A child may be at serious risk of entering foster care based on
circumstances and characteristics of the family as a whole or circumstances and
characteristics of individual parents, children, or kinship caregiver that may
affect the parents' ability to safely care for and nurture their
children.
(6) "Utah Family and
Children Engagement Tool (UFACET)" is an assessment tool used to identify child
and family needs and guide addressing those needs with services in the child
and family plan.
Notes
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