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G1
- G1.1 Ethical Practice
- G1.2 Reasonable Efforts
- G1.3 Safety and Transportation
- G1.4 Documentation
- G1.5 Supervision and Consultation
- G1.6 Consults for Clinical Services Youth
- G1.7 Quality Engagement for Successful Partnership
- G1.8 Family Team Meetings (FTM)
- G1.9 Working With Service Providers
- G1.10 Targeted Case Management: TCM Contacts with a Family
- G1.11 Onsite Provision of Services
- G1.12 On Call Activities
- G1.13 Debriefing of Protection and Permanency Staff-Reaction and Emotional Responses to Trauma
- G1.14 Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
- G1.15 Access to Interpreters and Effective Communication for Those Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
- G1.16 Working with Families Affected by Substance Misuse
- G1.17 Confidentiality and Safeguards Regarding Client, DPP Office, Program and Facility Information
- G1.18 Informed Consent and Release of Information
- G1.19 HIV/AIDS
- G1.20 CPS Open Records Request and Disclosure of Information
- G1.21 APS Open Records and Confidentiality
- G1.22 Request from the Public for CA/N Checks and Central Registry Checks
- G1.24 Case Transfer
- G1.25 Archiving Closed Case File Records
- G1.26 Expungement of Records or Partial Records
- G1.27 Drug Testing
- G1.29 Medical Support Section
- G1.30 Student Co-op/Interns and Volunteer Programs
- G1.31 Repatriation
- G1.32 Preventive Child Care Assistance
- G1.34 Community Action Agencies
- G1.23 Case File Format
G2
- G2.1 Service Appeals
- G2.2 CAPTA Appeals
- G2.3 Service Complaints
- G2.4 Citizen's Review Panels
- G2.5 Citizen Foster Care Review Board and Interested Party Review
- G2.6 Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) and the Case Review Process
- G2.7 Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
G3
- G3.1 Title IV-E Determination
- G3.2 Title IV-E Eligibility and Reimbursability
- G3.3 In Home and Prevention Service Title IV-E Claiming
- G3.4 Required IV-E Judicial Determination
- G3.5 Reimbursability and Annual Redetermination Under Title IV-E Foster Care
- G3.6 Legal Responsibility
- G3.7 Reasonable Efforts in Determining Title IV-E Eligibility
- G3.8 Best Interest Determination for a Voluntary Commitment Agreement
- G3.9 IV-E Maintenance Payments and Expenditures
- G3.10 Concurrent Receipt of Title IV-E and SSI
- G3.11 Child Support and Title IV-E
- G3.12 Title IV-E Adoption Assistance
- G3.13 SSI Benefits During a Trial Home Visitation
- G3.14 Random Moment Time Study for In Home Service Provision and Title IV-E Administrative Costs
- G3.15 Grant Services and Eligibility-Social Services Block Grant (SSBG)
C1
- C1.1 Overview of Prevention and Wellbeing
- C1.2 Family and Community Wellbeing Through Primary Prevention
- C1.3 Fatherhood Engagement
- C1.4 Community Supporters
- C1.5 Family and Community Wellbeing through Secondary Prevention
- C1.6 Supporting Families and Children to Engage in Education
- C1.7 Family Resource Youth Service Centers
- C1.8 Community Collaboration for Children
- C1.9 Economic Supports and Safety Net
- C1.10 Targeted Assessment Program (TAP)
- C1.11 Regional Interagency Councils (RIAC) and Family Accountability, Intervention, and Response (FAIR) Teams
- C1.12 Supporting Physical Health and Medical Needs
- C1.13 Community Action Agencies
- C1.14 Community Response
- C1.15 Family and Community Wellbeing Through Tertiary Prevention
- C1.16 Family Preservation and Reunification Services (FPRS)
- C1.17 Kentucky Strengthening Ties and Empowering Parents (KSTEP)
- C1.18 Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Teams (START)
- C1.19 Other Family First Evidence-Based Practice Specific Programs
- C1.20 Prevention Finding
C2
- C2.1 Receiving and Assigning the Report
- C2.2 Reports Not Accepted for Assessment/Investigation
- C2.3 Acceptance Criteria
- C2.4 Non-Investigatory Response
- C2.5 Completing the CPS Intake
- C2.6 Safe Infant Act-Intake
- C2.7 Initiating the Report
- C2.8 Investigation Protocol
- C2.9 Assessments Involving Methamphetamine Labs
- C2.10 Assessments Involving Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Violence
- C2.11 Completing the Assessment and Documentation Tool (ADT)
- C2.12 Structured Decision Making Safety and Risk Assessments
- C2.13 Fatality and Near Fatality Investigations and Fatalities on Active Cases
- C2.13.1 Notification and Funeral Preparation Regarding a Child Fatality
- C2.14 Specialized Investigations
- C2.14.1 Investigations of Foster or Adoptive Homes (DCBS or Private Child Placing (PCP) Agencies)
- C2.14.2 Investigations of Licensed Private Child Caring Facilities
- C2.14.3 Investigations of Licensed Child Care Centers
- C2.14.4 Investigations of Registered (Subsidized) Family Child Care Providers
- C2.14.5 Investigations of School Personnel
- C2.14.6 Investigations of Supports for Community Living (SCL) and Community Mental Health/Intellectual Disability (CMHC)
- C2.14.7 Investigations of Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTF), Crisis Stabilization Units or Psychiatric Hospitals
- C2.14.8 Investigations Involving DCBS Employees
- C2.15 Investigations of Human Trafficking
- C2.16 Investigation of Female Genital Mutilation
- C2.17 Safe Infant Act Assessments
- C2.18 Making a Finding, Notifications, and Court Involvement
- C2.19 Pediatric Forensic Medicine Consultations
- C2.20 Child Emotional Injury Investigations and Evaluations
C3
- C3.1 Introduction to Early Childhood
- C3.2 Child Development, Attachment, and Early Intervention
- C3.3 Early Care and Education
- C3.4 Preventive Child Care Assistance
- C3.5 Home Visiting Services
- C3.6 Early Childhood Mental Health
- C3.7 Early Childhood Services for Parenting Youth and Young Parents Who Experienced Out-of-Home Care
- C3.8 Safe Sleep
- C3.9 Plan of Safe Care and the Impacts of Parental Substance Use in Early Childhood
- C3.10 Strengthening Families, Protective Factors, and Parent Café
C4
- C4.1 CPS Safety Planning
- C4.2 CPS Prevention Planning
- C4.3 CPS Aftercare Planning
C5
C6
C7
- C7.1 Consideration of Race and Ethnicity/Maintaining Cultural Connections
- C7.2 Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)
- C7.3 Relative and Absent Parent Search
- C7.4 Initial Placement Considerations
- C7.5 Designation as Medically Complex
- C7.6 Placement and Caregiving for a Child Designated as Medically Complex
- C7.7 Placement in a Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) Foster or Adoptive Home
- C7.7.1 DCBS Care Plus
- C7.7.2 Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) Medically Complex
- C7.7.3 Relative or Fictive Kin Pursuing Foster Home Approval
- C7.8 Private Child Placing (PCP) or Child Caring (PCC) Agency
- C7.9 Level of Care Assignment
- C7.9.1 Request for Emergency LOC Assignment
- C7.9.2 Reviews of Level of Care (LOC) Assignment
- C7.9.3 Change in Level of Care (LOC) Assignment
- C7.10 Placement in a Congregate Care (Residential Treatment) Setting
- C7.11 Out of State Placement for Treatment
- C7.12 Timeframes for All Out-of-Home Care (OOHC) Cases
- C7.13 Family Attachment and Involvement
- C7.14 Documentation Required Upon Entering Out of Home Care (OOHC)
- C7.15 Participants and Notification for All OOHC Cases
- C7.16 Preparation for and Completion of the Ten (10) Day Conference
- C7.17 Ongoing Case Planning
- C7.18 Visitation Agreement
- C7.19 Assessing and Maintaining Sibling Relationships
- C7.20 Safe Infants Act
- C7.21 SSW's Ongoing Contact with the Child and Family, Including the Medically Complex Child
- C7.22 Meeting Basic Health Care Needs
- C7.22.1 Medical Passport
- C7.22.2 Authorization for Medical Services
- C7.22.3 Standardized Screening and Assessment for Children in Out of Home Care
- C7.22.4 Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT)
- C7.23 Individual Health Plan for the Medically Complex Child
- C7.24 Extraordinary Medical Care/Medical Expenses of a Medically Complex Child
- C7.25 Serious Injury of a Child in Foster Care
- C7.26 Life Support Systems
- C7.26.1 Ending Use of Life Support Systems
- C7.27 Meeting Educational Needs
- C7.27.1 Educational Assessment
- C7.27.2 Providing Early Intervention and Educational Services Under the Individuals with Disabilities EducationAct (IDEA)
- C7.27.3 Accessing Educational Records for Children and Youth in Foster Care and Guidelines for Educational Passports
- C7.28 Normalcy for Children and Youth in Out-of-Home Care (OOHC)
- C7.29 Ongoing Assessment for Out of Home Care Cases
- C7.30 Reunification, Including Extended Visitation, Case Planning and Transitional Supports to Families and Children
- C7.31 Case Closure and Aftercare Planning
- C7.32 Working with Incarcerated Parents
- C7.33 Movement from a Home Placement
- C7.34 Movement from a DCBS Foster or Adoptive Home
- C7.35 Movement from One PCC Placement to Another
- C7.36 Discharge from a PCP or PCC Placement
- C7.37 Discharge Planning Prior to Leaving a Hospital or Treatment Facility
- C7.38 Discharge Planning Prior to Placement Changes Against Medical Advice
- C7.39 Bed-Hold-Private Child Caring (PCC) / Residential or Private Child Placing (PCP) Foster Care Placement
- C7.40 Transportation and Out of State Travel with a Child in the Custody of the Cabinet
- C7.41 Sexuality Education and Prevention of Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- C7.42 Family Planning and Pregnant Youth
- C7.43 Survivors and Those at Risk of Human Trafficking
- C7.44 Use of Tobacco or Vape Products
- C7.45 Photography, Video, or Audio Recording of a Child in Out-of-Home Care (OOHC)
- C7.46 Mail to Child in OOHC
- C7.47 Change of Surname for a Youth in OOHC
- C7.48 Census Count for a Youth in OOHC
- C7.49 Critical Situations
- C7.50 Locating Missing Children-Including Runaways
- C7.53 Higher Education Assistance
- C7.54 Educational Training Voucher for Youth Who Have Transitioned Out of Foster Care
- C7.55 Independent Living Services
- C7.56 Transition Planning for Youth Aging Out of OOHC or Extending Commitment
- C7.57 State I.D. and Driver's License for Children in the Custody of the Cabinet
- C7.58 Credit Reports for Youth in Foster Care
- C7.51 Parenting Youth in Foster Care
- C7.52 Alternative Placements
C8
- C8.2 Background Checks for Kinship Care Providers or Relative Caregivers
- C8.3 Relative and Fictive Kin Placement Foster Care Payments
- C8.4 Ongoing Services and Permanency for the Child Placed through Relative or Fictive Kin Placement
- C8.5 Introduction to Subsidized Permanent Custody
- C8.6 Eligibility Requirements for Subsidized Permanent Custody (SPC)
- C8.7 Relative and Fictive Kin Subsidized Permanent Custody (SPC)
- C8.8 Subsidized Permanent Custody (SPC) Successor
- C8.9 Approval of Subsidized Permanent Custody (SPC) Assistance
- C8.10 Annual Contact with Permanent Caregivers Subsidized Permanent Custody (SPC)
- C8.11 Suspension and Termination of Subsidized Permanent Custody (SPC) Assistance
- C8.12 Continuation of Title IV-E Subsidized Permanent Custody (SPC) Subsidy Assistance After Age Eighteen (18)
- C8.13 Kinship Care and Relative Benefit Regional Logs
- C8.14 Discontinuance of Kinship Care Approved Prior to April 1, 2013
- C8.15 Redetermination and Reapplication for Children Approved for Kinship Care Prior to April 1, 2013
- C8.16 Service Appeals for Kinship Care Providers, Relative, or Fictive Kin Caregivers
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A3
- A3.1 APS Safety Planning
- A3.3 APS Aftercare Planning
- A3.2 APS Prevention Planning
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- 25.7 Interdisciplinary Team (IDT)
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