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3.11 WORKING WITH INCARCERATED PARENTS
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4.37 WORKING WITH INCARCERATED PARENTS
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Quality Assurance Systems
30.1 Service Appeals
30.2 CAPTA Appeals
30.3 Service Complaints
30.4 Citizen's Review Panels
30.5 Citizen Foster Care Review Board and Interested Party Review
30.6 Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) and the Case Review Process
Case Management
30.8 Case File Format
30.9 Case Transfer
30.10 CPS Open Records Request and Disclosure of Information
30.11 APS Open Records and Confidentiality
30.12 Request from the Public for CA/N Checks and Central Registry Checks
30.13 Archiving Closed Case File Records
30.14 Expungement of Records or Partial Records
Services and Supports
30.19 Child Care Assistance-Introduction
30.19.1 Preventive Child Care Assistance
30.19.2 Protective Child Care Assistance
30.19.3 Redetermination of Preventive and Protective Child Care Assistance
30.19.5 Closure of a Child Care Facility or Home that Provides Preventive/Protective Child Care Assistance
30.20 Drug Testing
30.21 KASPER Reports
30.22 Family Preservation
30.23 Grant Services and Eligibility-Social Services Block Grant (SSBG)
30.24 Regional Interagency Council (RIAC)
30.25 Safety Net
30.26 Community Action Agencies
30.27 Medical Support Section
30.28 Commission for Children With Special Health Care Needs
30.29 Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
30.30 Student Interns and Volunteer Programs
Standards of Practice Manual
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30.19.2 Protective Child Care Assistance
Effective: 12/21/2018
30.19.2 Protective Child Care Assistance
Legal Authority
2017 Acts Chapter 10
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922 KAR 2:160. Child Care Assistance Program.
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Introduction
Introduction
Practice Guidance
Practice Guidance
P & P staff are strongly encouraged to request attendance reports and information regarding any concerns the provider may have about a child(ren).
An open child protective services (CPS) case is no longer a requirement for eligibility for relative or fictive kin caregivers.
Child care assistance for relative or fictive kin caregivers can be reauthorized at each 12-month redetermination period for as long as the family needs child care (within the age limits that apply to all children and families)
Kinship/relative or fictive kin caregivers are not required to pay a copay for child care, regardless of income.
Procedure
Procedure
The SSW:
Requests FSOS approval for protective child care assistance when:
Child care is an appropriate service to meet the needs of the child(ren); and
A child protective service case is opened due to a substantiation of abuse, neglect and/or dependency;
Requests FSOS approval for protective child care assistance by providing the FSOS a detailed statement in the “Justification” section of the
DCC-85 Approval for Child Care Assistance
that child care is needed based on an assessed need specifying in detail how child care services will prevent further child abuse, neglect and/or dependency (i.e. how child care will assist in addressing any immediate safety issues);
Refer relative or fictive kin caregivers to the kinship support hotline at (877) 565-5608 or
DCBSChildProtection@ky.gov
for child care services;
Files the request in the family’s case record;
May request child care assistance for other children in the family, not just the alleged victim of abuse, neglect or dependency;
Documents in TWIST all children in the family receiving child care assistance;
Completes the
DCC-85-Approval for Child Care Assistance
(form instructions) in its entirety and submits it for FSOS signature once the FSOS verbally approves the request;
Must check “Protective” as the reason for authorization and
list start date
;
May specify the type of care (licensed center, certified provider, registered provider) and waive the parental co-pay upon approval by the FSOS, when necessary;
Along with the FSOS, uses the
Daily Co-Payment Chart
to determine the appropriate co-pay, listing the co-pay amount on the
DCC-85
below the “Waive Parental Co-pay: Y/N No;”
Relative or fictive kin caregivers are not required to pay a co-pay for child care, regardless of income;
Uses the “Justification” section of the
DCC-85
to record any additional extenuating circumstances such as:
Required notification of absences (if requested by the Protection and Permanency (P&P) worker);
Required use of child care if specified on a case plan;
Restrictions on choice of the child care provider;
Schedules that may require the use of multiple child care providers;
Special needs of the child etc.;
Sends a copy of the
DCC-85
to the Division of Child Care agency for processing;
Provides the family with the
DCC-112 Selecting Quality Child Care for My Child
;
Advises the family that the child care assistance is time limited, subject to redetermination based on the case circumstances and is documented in service recordings;
Files a copy of the
DCC-85
in the family’s case record;
Documents in the case plan the need for child care services to prevent abuse, neglect and/or dependency;
Reports child care changes to the Division of Child Care by sending an email to
DCC85@ky.gov
;
Notifies DCC that the case is closed/closing and that protective child care assistance is to remain intact until the end date as specified on the
DCC-85
, when a CPS case is closed prior to the termination date of the approved protective child care assistance;
Completes the following tasks when protective child care assistance is terminated:
Notifies the family in writing that protective child care assistance is terminated using the
DPP-154A Notice of Intended Action
;
Provides the family a copy of the
DPP-154 Protection and Permanency Service Appeal
; and
Informs the family of their right to make a service appeal following procedures outlined in SOP 30.1 Service Appeals if child care assistance is denied initially or during redetermination.
The FSOS:
States in the “Justification” section of the
DCC-85
reasons for the decision to “Waive Parental Co-Pay (and enrollment fees) Y/N Yes” when this has been approved, Co-payments should NOT be automatically waived.
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Documents
Child Care Assistance Co-Payment Chart
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Child Care Assistance Income Guidelines
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DCC-85 Approval for Child Care Assitance
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DCC-85 Approval for Child Care Assistance PROCEDURAL INSTRUCTIONS
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DCC-112 Selecting Quality Child Care for My Child
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DPP-154 Protection and Permanency Service Appeal
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DPP-154 Protection and Permanency Service Appeal (Spanish)
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DPP-154A Protection and Permanency Notice of Intended Action
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DPP-154A Protection and Permanency Notice of Intended Action (Spanish)
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Protective Child Care Assistance Tip Sheet
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