Section 214-RICR-30-00-1.16 - Youth Development and Transition PlanningA. The Department is responsible to assist youth age fourteen (14) and older in out-of-home placements to become self-sufficient as they prepare for adulthood. Youth are strongly encouraged to assume increasing levels of responsibility and join in partnerships with the Department in their preparation towards self-sufficiency.B. Transitioning to successful adulthood is a mutual responsibility of the youth and his/her service team, which includes Department staff, family and/or primary caregivers and other individuals involved in the care and treatment of the youth. Youth are afforded assessment, instruction and preparation for eventual independence in a manner which respects their individual and cultural differences.C. For all youth age fourteen (14) and older who are in out of home placement, the primary service worker completes a youth development/transitional living plan with the youth as a component of the service plan, which is reviewed at the Administrative Review meeting.D. Transition planning occurs during the ongoing assessment process. Service plans are updated to reflect behavior changes and actions steps to achieve permanency for each child. Transition planning occurs and is documented within the service plan at minimum during the following timeframes: 1. Every six (6) months following the youth's fourteenth (14th) birthday or when the youth enters foster care if older than fourteen (14) years old.2. When the youth reaches seventeen and a half (17.5) years of age, and the updated plan is provided to Family Court.E. The youth development/transitional living plan within the service plan addresses: 4. Education/vocation planning;5. Procurement of necessary documents;6. Personal community support systems; and7. Consumer Credit Report.214 R.I. Code R. 214-RICR-30-00-1.16
Adopted effective 12/27/2018