N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 18 § 446.7

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 446.7 - Services for children in designated emergency foster family boarding home care

(a) Case planning.

(1) Case planning, as required by Part 428 of this Title, must be provided for all children who enter care in designated emergency foster family boarding homes. Such planning may be provided by a local district or, through a purchase of service contract, by a voluntary authorized agency supervising a designated emergency foster family boarding home. Case planning must include providing or arranging for, and coordinating and evaluating those services needed by a child and his/her family to help a child in the designated emergency foster family boarding home to return to his/her family.

(2) Casework contacts between the case planner and the child and between the case planner and the child's parents or guardians must meet the requirements of section 423.4(h) and section 441.21(a)-(c) of this Title.

(3) The purchase of service contract between a voluntary authorized agency providing designated emergency foster family boarding home care and a social services district must delineate case planning responsibilities, including provisions concerning who has the responsibility for providing or arranging for mandated preventive services during placement and as follow-up services and who has responsibility for timely completion of the family assessment and service plan and other requirements of Part 428 of this Title.

(b) Provision of mandated preventive services. Preventive services must be provided to children placed in designated emergency foster family boarding homes because of a crisis situation which is expected to be resolved within 60 days. Such services must include the services identified in section 423.2(b) of this Title which are aimed at reuniting the child receiving care in a designated emergency foster family boarding home with his or her family.

(c) Provision of mandated preventive services as follow-up service. Preventive services must be provided as a follow-up service for six months, including the time the child was in designated emergency foster family boarding home care, for a child who returns home within 60 days after entering designated emergency foster family boarding home care. These services must include the aftercare requirements identified in section 423.4(h) of this Title.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 18 § 446.7