Chapter C7 - Out of Home Care Services (OOHC)

C7.1 Consideration of Race and Ethnicity/Maintaining Cultural Connections

Effective Date: 2/28/2022

C7.2 Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)

Effective Date: 12/18/2024

C7.3 Relative and Absent Parent Search

Effective Date: 1/18/2023

C7.4 Initial Placement Considerations

Effective Date: 4/22/2025

C7.5 Designation as Medically Complex

Effective Date: 4/22/2025

C7.6 Placement and Caregiving for a Child Designated as Medically Complex

Effective Date: 4/22/2025

C7.7 Placement in a Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) Foster or Adoptive Home

Effective Date: 4/22/2025

C7.7.1 DCBS Care Plus

Effective Date: 7/29/2022

C7.7.2 Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) Medically Complex

Effective Date: 4/22/2025

C7.7.3 Relative or Fictive Kin Pursuing Foster Home Approval

Effective Date: 3/25/2025

C7.8 Private Child Placing (PCP) or Child Caring (PCC) Agency

Effective Date: 12/4/2024

C7.9 Level of Care Assignment

Effective Date: 8/16/2022

C7.9.1 Request for Emergency LOC Assignment

Effective Date: 9/26/2024

C7.9.2 Reviews of Level of Care (LOC) Assignment

Effective Date: 7/1/2022

C7.9.3 Change in Level of Care (LOC) Assignment

Effective Date: 7/29/2022

C7.10 Placement in a Congregate Care (Residential Treatment) Setting

Effective Date: 7/5/2024

C7.11 Out of State Placement

Effective Date: 12/5/2022

C7.12 Timeframes for All Out-of-Home Care (OOHC) Cases

Effective Date: 3/1/2023

C7.13 Family Attachment and Involvement

Effective Date: 10/6/2020

C7.14 Documentation Required Upon Entering Out of Home Care (OOHC)

Effective Date: 4/16/2021

C7.15 Participants and Notification for All OOHC Cases

Effective Date: 10/6/2020

C7.16 Preparation for and Completion of the Ten (10) Day Conference

Effective Date: 4/22/2025

C7.17 Ongoing Case Planning

Effective Date: 4/30/2025

C7.18 Visitation Agreement

Effective Date: 3/3/2025

C7.19 Assessing and Maintaining Sibling Relationships

Effective Date: 7/25/2022

C7.20 Safe Infants Act

Effective Date: 7/1/2016

C7.21 SSW's Ongoing Contact with the Child and Family, Including the Medically Complex Child

Effective Date: 10/4/2023

C7.22 Meeting Basic Health Care Needs

Effective Date: 4/22/2025

C7.22.1 Medical Passport

Effective Date: 11/18/2015

C7.22.2 Authorization for Medical Services

Effective Date: 6/4/2020

C7.22.3 Standardized Screening and Assessment for Children in Out of Home Care

Effective Date: 1/21/2020

C7.22.4 Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT)

Effective Date: 5/1/2014

C7.23 Individual Health Plan for the Medically Complex Child

Effective Date: 4/22/2025

C7.24 Extraordinary Medical Care/Medical Expenses of a Medically Complex Child

Effective Date: 7/29/2022

C7.25 Serious Injury of a Child in Foster Care

Effective Date: 12/3/2010

C7.26 Life Support Systems

Effective Date: 12/3/2010

C7.26.1 Ending Use of Life Support Systems

Effective Date: 1/30/2018

C7.27 Meeting Educational Needs

Effective Date: 4/22/2025

C7.27.1 Educational Assessment

Effective Date: 1/22/2014

C7.27.2 Providing Early Intervention and Educational Services Under the Individuals with Disabilities EducationAct (IDEA)

Effective Date: 4/22/2025

C7.27.3 Accessing Educational Records for Children and Youth in Foster Care and Guidelines for Educational Passports

Effective Date: 7/1/2017

C7.28 Normalcy for Children and Youth in Out-of-Home Care (OOHC)

Effective Date: 4/22/2025

C7.29 Ongoing Assessment for Out of Home Care Cases

Effective Date: 8/30/2021

C7.30 Reunification, Including Extended Visitation, Case Planning and Transitional Supports to Families and Children

Effective Date: 4/22/2025

C7.31 Case Closure and Aftercare Planning

Effective Date: 8/30/2021

C7.32 Working with Incarcerated Parents

Effective Date: 3/13/2013

C7.33 Movement from a Home Placement

Effective Date: 12/3/2010

C7.34 Movement from a DCBS Foster or Adoptive Home

Effective Date: 11/18/2015

C7.35 Movement from One PCC Placement to Another

Effective Date: 4/20/2021

C7.36 Discharge from a PCP or PCC Placement

Effective Date: 12/28/2020

C7.37 Discharge Planning Prior to Leaving a Hospital or Treatment Facility

Effective Date: 11/18/2015

C7.38 Discharge Planning Prior to Placement Changes Against Medical Advice

Effective Date: 12/3/2010

C7.39 Bed-Hold-Private Child Caring (PCC) / Residential or Private Child Placing (PCP) Foster Care Placement

Effective Date: 4/25/2024

C7.40 Transportation and Out of State Travel with a Child in the Custody of the Cabinet

Effective Date: 9/14/2018

C7.41 Sexuality Education and Prevention of Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Effective Date: 4/22/2025

C7.42 Family Planning and Pregnant Youth

Effective Date: 4/22/2025

C7.43 Survivors and Those at Risk of Human Trafficking

Effective Date: 12/5/2022

C7.44 Use of Tobacco or Vape Products

Effective Date: 4/22/2025

C7.45 Photography, Videotaping or Audio Taping of a Child in OOHC

Effective Date: 9/28/2020

C7.46 Mail to Child in OOHC

Effective Date: 2/9/2022

C7.47 Change of Surname for a Youth in OOHC

Effective Date: 7/29/2022

C7.48 Census Count for a Youth in OOHC

Effective Date: 12/3/2010

C7.49 Critical Situations

Effective Date: 2/15/2012

C7.50 Locating Missing Children-Including Runaways

Effective Date: 06/14/2023

C7.51 Parenting Youth in Foster Care

Effective Date: 7/1/2020

C7.52 Alternative Placements

Effective Date: 5/6/2025

C7.53 Higher Education Assistance

Effective Date: 8/1/2023

C7.54 Educational Training Voucher for Youth Who Have Transitioned Out of Foster Care

Effective Date: 8/16/2021

C7.55 Independent Living Services

Effective Date: 8/16/2021

C7.56 Transition Planning for Youth Aging Out of OOHC or Extending Commitment

Effective Date: 8/1/2023

C7.57 State I.D. and Driver's License for Children in the Custody of the Cabinet

Effective Date: 7/15/2022

C7.58 Credit Reports for Youth in Foster Care

Effective Date: 9/30/2015