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C7.34 Movement from a DCBS Foster or Adoptive Home

Legal Authority

Introduction

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Practice Guidance

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  • ​The foster or adoptive parent may file a complaint within thirty (30) calendar days of receiving the written notice regarding a child being removed from their home, as outlined in SOP G2.3 Service Complaints​.​

Procedure

The SSW:
  1. Follows guidelines found on the Placement Change Tip Sheet in addition to the following procedures when it is determined that movement of a child from a Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) foster or adoptive home is necessary in order to accomplish timely legal permanence; 
  2. Sends the foster or adoptive parent written notice​​​ ten (10) calendar days prior to the move; 
  3. Scans a copy of the written notice in the foster or adoptive parent’s record;​
  4. Includes the following in the notice: 
    1. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Cabinet/CHFS) intends to remove the child from the foster or adoptive home; 
    2. The reason for the intended removal; and 
    3. The actual or estimated date when the child will be removed from the foster or adoptive home; 
  5. Documents the reasons for the child’s immediate removal in TWIST enter/exit screens in the child’s case and the foster or adoptive parent’s record in the provide case; 
  6. Completes the following task when it is determined that movement of a child from a DCBS foster or adoptive home is necessary because of risk of harm to the child: 
    1. Discusses the situation with the foster or adoptive parent to determine if the risk of danger to the child can be removed, unless the Cabinet determines that such discussion would endanger the child’s physical, mental, or emotional well-being;

Footnotes

  1. A copy of the written notice is also placed in the foster or adoptive parent’s record.
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Documents

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