Wis. Admin. Code Department of Children and Families DCF 56.19 - Agency contact with foster child
(1) CONTACT
REQUIREMENTS.
(a)
Level of care 1 or
2. A licensing agency, placing agency, or supervising agency shall
have at least one in-person contact with a child each full calendar month that
the child is placed in a foster home with a Level 1 or 2
certification.
(b)
Level of
care 3 or 4.
1. A licensing agency,
placing agency, supervisory agency shall have an in-person contact with a child
placed in a foster home with a Level 3 or 4 certification at least every other
week. At least one contact per month shall be in the child's foster
home.
2. Notwithstanding subd. 1.,
if a child with a level of need below 3 is placed in a foster home with a Level
3 or 4 certification, the licensing agency, placing agency, or supervising
agency shall have at least one in-person contact with the child each full
calendar month that the child is in the foster home.
(c)
Level of care 5.
1. A licensing agency, placing agency,
supervisory agency representative other than a program manager shall have an
in-person contact with a child at least every other week that the child is
placed in a Level 5 foster home.
2.
A program manager shall have an in-person contact with a child who is placed in
a Level 5 foster home at least every week that the child is placed in the
foster home.
(2) MULTIPLE AGENCIES. If the licensing
agency, placing agency, and supervisory agency under sub. (1) are different
agencies, those agencies shall determine a contact plan.
(3) IN FOSTER HOME. More than 50 percent of
the agency in-person contacts with a child between October 1 of one year and
September 30 of the following year shall be in the child's foster
home.
(4) COMBINE WITH FOSTER
PARENT CONTACT. One agency contact with a child per month may be combined with
an agency contact with a foster parent under s.
DCF
56.18.
(5)
PURPOSE OF CONTACT. An agency contact with a child shall do all of the
following:
(a) Focus on the safety,
permanence, and well-being of the child.
(b) Be of sufficient duration and substance
to address the goals of the child's case plan; permanency plan; or treatment
plan, if applicable.
(c) Provide an
opportunity for the child to speak privately with the agency
representative.
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