Section He-C 6355.01 - Definitions(a) "Agency" means the board of directors, executive director, employees, foster parents and volunteers of an organization that is incorporated and recognized by the secretary of state and licensed by the department as a child placing agency in accordance with RSA 170-E:24.(b) "Applicant" means the person or entity that is requesting certification of a foster care program.(c) "Case manager" means a staff member employed by the foster care program with a minimum of: (1) A bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, education or a related field with an emphasis in human services; and(2) At least 2 years of experience working with children and families.(d) "Case plan" means the division for children, youth and families (DCYF) written plan for the child and the family which outlines how services will be provided, pursuant to RSA 170-G:4, III and 42 U.S.C. 671, PART E-Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance SEC.471(a) (16), 475(1) and (5) (A and D) State Plan For Foster Care and Adoption Assistance.(e) "Certification for payment" means the process by which DCYF approves the operation of and payment to foster care programs.(f) "Child" means: (1) "Child" as defined in RSA 170-E:25, I. The term includes "youth;" or(2) For the purposes of compliance with RSA 126-U, "child" as defined in RSA 126-U:1, I, namely "a person who has not reached the age of 18 years and who is not under adult criminal prosecution or sentence of actual incarceration resulting therefrom, either due to having reached the age of 17 years or due to the completion of proceedings for transfer to the adult criminal justice under RSA 169-B:24, RSA 169-B:25, or RSA 169-B:26. 'Child' also includes a person in actual attendance at a school who is less than 22 years of age and who has not received a high school diploma."(g) "Child placing agency" means "child placing agency" as defined in RSA 170-E:25, IV.(h) "Child protective services worker (CPSW) " means an employee of DCYF who has expertise in managing cases to ensure families and children achieve safety, permanency and well-being referred to the department pursuant to RSA 169-C, RSA 170-B, RSA 170-C and RSA 463.(i) "Clinician" means an individual who has a master's degree in a clinical field such as social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology, education, counseling, human services, or a degree which would make one eligible for a New Hampshire license or certification in a field related to human services.(j) "Clinical coordinator" means a staff member employed by the foster care program responsible for administrative oversight of the clinical services provided at the program. This term includes treatment coordinator.(k) "Commissioner" means "commissioner" as defined in RSA 170-E:25, V.(l) "Contact" means any communications including face-to-face, via telephone, postal mail, electronic mail, or internet networking.(m) "Corrective action plan" means "corrective action plan" as defined in RSA 170-E:25, VI.(n) "Department" means the New Hampshire department of health and human services.(o) "Division for children, youth, and families (DCYF) " means the organizational unit of the department of health and human services that provides services to children and youth referred by courts pursuant to RSA 169-B, RSA 169-C, RSA 169-D, RSA 170-B, RSA 170-C and RSA 463.(p) "Eligible" means that a provider demonstrates the ability to meet required quality and performance standards of certification for payment.(q) "Eligible youth for adult living preparation" means youth in out-of-home care who are age 14 years or older.(r) "Family" means the individuals to whom the child is related legally or biologically, such as, but not limited to parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, and uncles.(s) "Foster family home" means child care in a family setting as defined in RSA 170-E:25.(t) "Foster care program" means a licensed child placing agency which recruits, trains and licenses and supervises foster family homes and provides parental care in a licensed foster family home on a regular, 24 hour a day, residential basis.(u) "Human services" means helping people in areas, which include: (v) "Incident" means: (1) A child's behavior that is extreme, including, but not limited, to behavior that is assaultive, destructive, self-injurious, or self-destructive;(2) Any behavior leading to physical intervention or seclusion of a child; or(3) An occurrence involving an accident or injury, or requiring involvement of outside agencies.(w) "Juvenile probation and parole officer (JPPO) " means the DCYF representative who has an expertise in managing cases resulting from concerns of delinquency pursuant to RSA 169-B or CHINS pursuant to RSA 169-D, to ensure families and children achieve safety, permanency, and well-being.(x) "License" means "license" as defined in RSA 170-E:25, XI.(y) "NH bridges" means the case management, tracking, and automated billing system used by DCYF for children who are in out-of-home placement and/or for whom the department has a legal responsibility.(z) "Permanency plan" means the set of goal-directed activities designed by DCYF, the parents, and the child that will achieve legal, emotional and physical permanency for children in foster care.(aa) "Physical intervention" means a behavior management technique through which staff or foster parent(s) use the minimum amount of physical contact on a child, which is necessary for the circumstances. This term includes "physical management." Physical intervention might be reportable under RSA 126-U.(ab) "Policies" mean written guidelines, practices and procedures specifying the current and future actions to be taken that direct the operation of the foster care program.(ac) "Prescribing practitioner" means any of the following state licensed healthcare providers, that provide services identified in 42 CFR 440.130 to reduce a physical or mental disability, and aid in the restoration of a recipient to his or her best functioning level: (1) Health care providers licensed in accordance with RSA 326-B;(3) Physician's assistants;(4) Any practitioner licensed by the New Hampshire board of mental health practice; and(5) Any practitioner licensed by the New Hampshire board of psychologists.(ad) "Program" means an identifiable system of social service interventions designed for an individual child or groups of children.(ae) "Program coordinator" means the individual responsible for the daily administration of a foster care program.(af) "Progress reports" means the monthly written notes sent to DCYF and the parent(s) or guardian(s) by the staff of a foster care program which document the services being provided to the child.(ag) "Psycho-social assessment" means a type of professional assessment, which provides a clinical summary derived from a multidimensional evaluation of psychological, sociocultural, and environmental factors that are components of a presenting issue. It includes results of tests and evaluations, brief expressive descriptions of the problem, and an inventory of actual and potential assets and resources, the prognosis, and analysis of what is needed or planned to achieve the desired outcomes. The term psycho-social assessment includes a psychosocial diagnosis.(ah) "Quality assurance" means the process that DCYF staff use to monitor, support, and provide technical assistance to foster care programs to assist in their ability to comply with He-C 6335.(ai) "Residential treatment program" means the model and implementation of services to meet the treatment and supervision needs of the children pursuant to RSA 170-G:4, XVIII, and provide 24 hour care of children 365 days a year including all of the employees therein.(aj) "Respite care" means "respite care" as defined in RSA 170-E:25, XV.(ak) "Restraint" means "restraint" as defined in RSA 126-U:1, IV.(al) "Runaway" means a child who has failed to return to his or her placement, has hid, or concealed him or herself without permission of his or her legal custodian, foster care provider, or supervising authority.(am) "Seclusion means "seclusion" as defined in RSA 126-U:1, V-a.(an) "Supervision" means an administrative, supportive, and educational process used extensively in foster care programs to help case managers and clinical staff develop and refine their skills, so they are able to provide quality care and treatment to the child and his or her family.(ao) "Transitional plan" means an agreement made between a foster care program and the residential treatment team to set responsibilities, roles, and timeframes for the completion of tasks to complete the transition of a child from a residential treatment program to a foster care program.(ap) "Transitional visit" means a visit which is part of the child's community re-integration and transition process approved in the transitional plan that will support the matching and temporary overnight visitation of a child into a licensed foster family home towards the goal of achieving a successful permanent placement.(aq) "Treatment plan" means the written, time-limited, goal-oriented, therapeutic plan developed by the treatment team for the child and family, which includes the strategies to address the issues that brought the child into placement, and which is consistent with rehabilitative and restorative services.(ar) "Treatment team" means the individuals including, at a minimum, the child, if developmentally appropriate, his or her parent(s) and guardian(s), foster parent, foster care program clinical staff, prescribing practitioner, and DCYF staff.N.H. 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