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C9.19 Specialized Foster Care Services

Legal Authority

Introduction

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Practice Guidance

  • Specialized foster care services include:
    • Medically fragile; or
    • Care plus.
  • A foster/adoptive home parent does not have an entitlement to provide specialized foster care services.
  • A foster/adoptive home parent requests the recommendation of the R&C worker prior to enrolling in specialized training per 922 KAR 1:350, 11(a).
  • A resource home may receive a specialized foster care per diem reimbursement rate only if:
    • The needs of the individual child warrant the rate; and
    • The foster/adoptive home has successfully completed the required specialized training for the type of services to meet the needs of the child.


Procedure

​The R&C Worker:

  1. Provides to the FSOS the recommendation for a foster/adoptive home parent, if deemed appropriate, to receive specialized foster care training.

The FSOS:

  1. Determines if the foster/adoptive home parent possesses the aptitude for fostering a child in a specialized placement; 
  2. Approves the resource home parent to attend training for the types of care listed below if it is determined that the parent possesses the aptitude for fostering a child needing specialized foster care services:
    1. Medically complex child; or​
    2. Care plus child;
  3. Provides written notification of a decision to the foster/adoptive home parent(s) who are requesting specialized training within thirty (30) calendar days of the request.


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