4.1 Consideration of Race and Ethnicity/Maintaining Cultural Connections
Effective Date: 2/28/2022
4.2 Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)
Effective Date: 10/22/2019
4.3 Relative and Absent Parent Search
Effective Date: 1/18/2023
4.5.2 Eligibility Criteria for Children Approved for Kinship Care Benefits Prior to April 1, 2013
Effective Date: 1/22/2014
4.5.3 Kinship Care Benefits Approvals-Prior to April 1, 2013
Effective Date: 7/16/2014
4.5.4 Background Checks for Kinship Care Providers or Relative Caregivers
Effective Date: 3/14/2023
4.5.5 Relative and Fictive Kin Placement Foster Care Payments
Effective Date: 5/14/2020
4.5.8 Discontinuance of Kinship Care
Effective Date: 1/22/2014
4.5.10 Service Appeals for Kinship Care Providers, Relative, or Fictive Kin Caregivers
Effective Date: 7/01/2024
4.9 Initial Placement Considerations
Effective Date: 07/25/2022
4.10 Placement in a DCBS Foster or Adoptive Home
Effective Date: 4/20/2021
4.10.1 DCBS Care Plus
Effective Date: 7/20/2022
4.11 Private Child Placing (PCP) or Child Caring (PCC) Agency
Effective Date: 6/14/2023
4.11.1 Level of Care Assignment
Effective Date: 4/20/2021
4.11.2 Request for Emergency LOC Assignment
Effective Date: 4/20/2021
4.11.3 Reviews of LOC Assignment
Effective Date: 7/20/2022
4.11.4 Change in LOC Assignment
Effective Date: 7/20/2022
4.12 Out of State Placement
Effective Date: 12/5/2022
4.14 Timeframes for All Out-of-Home Care (OOHC) Cases
Effective Date: 03/01/2023
4.15 Family Attachment and Involvement
Effective Date: 10/6/2020
4.16 Participants and Notification for All OOHC Cases
Effective Date: 10/6/2020
4.17 Preparation for and Completion of the Ten (10) Day Conference
Effective Date: 7/25/2022
4.18 Ongoing Case Planning
Effective Date: 7/01/2024
4.19 Visitation Agreement
Effective Date: 1/15/2019
4.20 Assessing and Maintaining Sibling Relationships
Effective Date: 7/25/2022
4.24 SSW's Ongoing Contact with the Child and Family, Including the Medically Complex Child
Effective Date: 10/4/2023
4.26 Meeting Basic Health Care Needs
Effective Date: 1/21/2020
4.26.1 Medical Passport
Effective Date: 11/18/2015
4.26.3 Standardized Screening and Assessment for Children in Out of Home Care
Effective Date: 1/21/2020
4.26.4 Passport Health Plan
Effective Date: 12/3/2010
4.27.1 Individual Health Plan for the Medically Complex Child
Effective Date: 11/18/2015
4.27.2 Extraordinary Medical Care/Medical Expenses of a Medically Complex Child
Effective Date: 11/18/2015
4.27.3 Serious Injury of a Child in Foster Care
Effective Date: 12/3/2010
4.27.4 Life Support Systems
Effective Date: 12/3/2010
4.27.5 Ending Use of Life Support Systems
Effective Date: 1/30/2018
4.28 Meeting Educational Needs
Effective Date: 6/14/2023
4.28.1 Educational Assessment
Effective Date: 1/22/2014
4.28.2 Providing Educational Services Under the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA)
Effective Date: 6/14/2023
4.28.5 Educational Training Voucher for Youth Who Have Transitioned Out of Foster Care
Effective Date: 8/16/2021
4.29.1 Independent Living Services
Effective Date: 8/16/2021
4.30 Normalcy for Children and Youth in Out of Home Care
Effective Date: 11/18/2020
4.34 Ongoing Assessment for Out of Home Care Cases
Effective Date: 8/30/2021
4.35 Reunification, Including Extended Visitation, Case Planning and Transitional Supports to Families and Children
Effective Date: 5/26/2020
4.36 Case Closure and Aftercare Planning
Effective Date: 8/30/2021
4.37 Working with Incarcerated Parents
Effective Date: 3/13/2013
4.45 Movement from a Home Placement
Effective Date: 12/3/2010
4.46 Movement from a DCBS Foster or Adoptive Home
Effective Date: 11/18/2015
4.47 Movement from One PCC Placement to Another
Effective Date: 4/20/2021
4.48 Discharge from a PCP or PCC Placement
Effective Date: 12/28/2020
4.49 Discharge Planning Prior to Leaving a Hospital or Treatment Facility
Effective Date: 11/18/2015
4.50 Discharge Planning Prior to Placement Changes Against Medical Advice
Effective Date: 12/3/2010
4.51 Documentation Required Upon Entering Out of Home Care (OOHC)
Effective Date: 4/16/2021
4.51.1 Placement in a Congregate Care (Residential Treatment) Setting
Effective Date: 1/18/2023
4.52 Personal Care Home/Family Care Home
Effective Date: 12/3/2010
4.53 Bed-Hold-Private Child Caring (PCC) / Residential or Private Child Placing (PCP) Foster Care Placement
Effective Date: 4/25/2024
4.54 Transportation and Out of State Travel with a Child in the Custody of the Cabinet
Effective Date: 9/14/2018
4.55 Sex Education
Effective Date: 12/3/2010
4.55.1 Pregnant Youth
Effective Date: 12/22/2020
4.55.2 Family Planning for Pregnant Youth
Effective Date: 12/3/2010
4.55.3 Survivors and Those at Risk of Human Trafficking
Effective Date: 12/5/2022
4.56 Use of Tobacco Products
Effective Date: 12/3/2010
4.61 Employment for a Youth in OOHC
Effective Date: 12/3/2010
4.63 Athletic Program Participation
Effective Date: 12/3/2010
4.64 Census Count for a Youth in OOHC
Effective Date: 12/3/2010
4.65 Credit Reports for Youth in Foster Care
Effective Date: 9/30/2015
4.66 Critical Situations
Effective Date: 2/15/2012
4.67 Locating Missing Children-Including Runaways
Effective Date: 06/14/2023