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Chapter 3
CHAPTER 3
3.11 WORKING WITH INCARCERATED PARENTS
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4.37 WORKING WITH INCARCERATED PARENTS
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Recruitment and Certification of DCBS Foster and Adoptive Homes
12.2 Diligent Recruitment of Foster and Adoptive Home Parents
12.2.1 Region Budget for Recruitment
12.2.2 Printing of Recruitment Material
12.2.3 Recruitment Bonus
12.3 Foster and Adoptive Home Applicant Assessment
12.3.0 Foster and Adoptive Inquiry
12.3.1 Foster and Respite Home Parent Applicants-Employee
12.4 Background Checks for Foster and Adoptive Parents
12.4.1 Child Abuse/Neglect Central Registry and Fingerprint Checks for Resource Parents
12.4.2 Child Abuse/Neglect Central Registry Requests from Another State
12.5 Pre-Service Training Requirements for Foster and Adoptive Parent Applicants
12.6 Foster and Adoptive Home Parents Approved by Other States or Licensed Child Placing Agencies
12.7 Approval and Denial of Non-Familial Foster and Adoptive Homes
12.8 Approval and Denial of Relative and Fictive Kin Foster and Adoptive Homes
12.9 Foster Adoptive Home Case Management
General Provisions of Foster and Adoptive Homes
12.10 Rights/Responsibilities of DCBS Foster and Adoptive Home Parents
12.11 Number of Children in Foster Homes
12.11.1 Placement Exception Requests
12.12 Respite Care
12.13 Home Environment Prerequisites
12.14 Foster Home Adoption
12.15 Ongoing Training
12.16 Foster or Adoptive Home Re-Evaluation
12.17 Foster and Adoptive Home Reviews
12.18 Specialized Foster Care Services
12.18.1 Advanced Foster Home Approval
12.18.3 Medically Complex Home
12.18.4 Specialized Medically Complex Home
12.18.5 Care Plus Foster or Adoptive Home
12.19 Closure of a Foster or Adoptive Home and Reopening
12.20 111-A Foster Home Contract Supplement
12.21 Emergency Preparedness
12.22 Parenting Youth Supplement
Foster and Adoptive Homes Per Diem, Expenses and Reimbursements
12.24 Per Diem Rates (Including Specialized Foster Care)
12.25 Clothing Expenses
12.26 Medical Expenses
12.27 Transportation Expenses
12.28 Respite Expenses
12.29 Other Expenses
12.30 Supplemental Services Expenses
12.31 Property Damage
12.32 Special Expense Reimbursement for PCC or PCP Agency
12.33 Unpaid Expenses and Debt Collections
Standards of Practice Manual
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12.11 Number of Children in Foster Homes
Effective: 4/1/2019
12.11 Number of Children in Foster Homes
Legal Authority
922 KAR 1:350 Requirements for public child welfare agency foster parents, adoptive parents, and respite care providers922 KAR 1:100 Public agency adoptions.
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922 KAR 1:350 Requirements for public child welfare agency foster parents, adoptive parents, and respite care providers
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Introduction
Introduction
Practice Guidance
Practice Guidance
Unless an exception is approved as specified in SOP 12.11.1 Placement Exception Requests:
No more than six (6) children (including children in the custody of the Cabinet and the foster parent’s own children living at home), are to reside in a foster home;
No more than two (2) children under age two (2) (including children placed in out-of-home care by the Cabinet and the parent's own children), may reside at the same time in a foster home.
A medically complex foster home provides care for:
No more than one (1) medically complex child in a one-parent medically complex foster home;
No more than two (2) medically complex children in a two-parent medically fragile foster home;
No more than four (4) children, including the medically complex foster home’s own children, reside in a medically complex home unless:
An exception is granted as required in SOP 12.11.1 Placement Exception Requests; and
The medically complex foster home has daily support staff to meet the needs of the medically complex child.
A specialized medically complex foster home provides care for:
No more than one (1) specialized medically complex child in a one-parent specialized medically complex foster home;
No more than two (2) specialized medically complex children in a two-parent specialized medically complex foster home;
No more than four (4) children, including the specialized medically complex foster home’s own children, reside in a specialized medically complex home unless:
An exception is granted as required in SOP 12.11.1 Placement Exception Requests; and
The specialized medically complex foster home has daily support staff to meet the needs of the medically complex child.
A care plus foster home provides care for:
No more than one (1) care plus child in a one-parent care plus foster home;
No more than two (2) care plus children in a two-parent care plus foster home;
No more than four (4) children, including the care plus home’s own children, reside in a care plus foster home unless:
An exception is granted as required in SOP 12.11.1 Placement Exception Requests; and
The care plus foster home has daily support staff to meet the needs of the care plus child.
All exceptions follow procedures in SOP 12.11.1 Placement Exception Requests.
When making a placement in an adoptive home, refer to SOP 12.11.1 Footnotes for further guidance. Resources of the adoptive home should be thoroughly considered as well as the ability of the adoptive parent(s) to meet the needs of the child.
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