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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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12.29 Other Expenses
Effective: 5/5/2020
12.29 Other Expenses
Legal Authority
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
Procedure
Procedure
The Billing Specialist authorizes:
A reimbursement amount not to exceed six hundred fifty dollars ($650), without prior approval, for graduation expenses, including senior class ring, cap and gown rental, senior pictures, yearbook, prom ticket, graduation invitations, and name cards;
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Reimbursement to a foster/adoptive home parent sixty dollar ($60) for Christmas gifts for a child;
Reimbursement to a foster/adoptive home parent twenty five dollars ($25) for birthday gifts for a child;
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A reimbursement amount of up to seventy dollars ($70) for Lifebook expenses for the initial six (6) month placement period per child and startup costs; and
An additional reimbursement of up to twenty five dollars ($25) per child every six (6) months for maintenance of the Lifebook, after the initial startup costs.
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The Recruitment and Certification (R&C) Worker:
And/or the SSW require the foster/adoptive home parents to submit receipts for reimbursement of expenses over ten dollars ($10);
Submits a request for childcare to the service region administrator (SRA) that includes documentation from a qualified professional of the therapeutic need for the service for non-working foster/adoptive home parents;
Authorizes reimbursement, to the extent funds are available, to foster home parents for mileage, babysitting of the foster child to assist the foster/adoptive home parents with meeting ongoing training requirements;
Authorizes reimbursement for foster/adoptive home parents' mileage and babysitting of foster children, to facilitate their attendance in local and in-state foster care association meetings, training, or pre-service panel participation;
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and
Authorizes reimbursement to foster/adoptive home parents for tutoring not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25) per hour for no more than two (2) hours per week; provided by personnel other than immediate family, for which qualifications are verified by a social worker; for a child;
Who has an individual education plan (IEP);
Who is two (2) or more grade level years behind chronological age; and
Who has a need and services are unavailable, as documented by the child’s school.
The SSW:
Facilitates Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) payment of childcare services for working foster/adoptive home parents or for foster/adoptive parents pursuing higher education;
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Prepares a special expense request and submits to the FSOS for expenses not specifically addressed, or those that are above and beyond what is allowed by standard of practice (SOP), that support the child's goal towards permanency.
The FSOS:
Approves requests for child care expenses for working foster/adoptive home parents;
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Requests to the director of the Division of Administration and Financial Management (DAFM), or designee, approval for special expenses not specified in SOP and only those that support the child's goal towards permanency; and
Submits the request for approval to the director of DAFM, or designee.
The SRA:
Provides prior approval for all requests for reimbursement to a foster/adoptive home for tuition/fees incurred for non-cabinet sponsored training before payment may be authorized;
Considers the following when approving or disapproving requests for reimbursement for non-cabinet sponsored training:
If the requested training is not otherwise included or provided in any Cabinet sponsored training; and
If the training is specifically related to a medical or behavioral condition of a child placed in the foster/adoptive home. Tuition or fees may be approved up to the amount of:
One hundred dollars ($100) per family per year; or
Two hundred dollars ($200) per year for a medically complex, specialized medically complex, or care plus home.
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Footnotes
The one hundred dollar ($100) school clothing allowance, if unspent, may be applied to the graduation reimbursement, bringing the total graduation allowance to seven hundred fifty dollars ($750).
Receipts are not required.
Receipts are not required.
The Lifebook follows the child throughout their time in OOHC. Receipts are required prior to reimbursement being made in this SOP.
Pre-approval by the R&C worker is required for reimbursement.
These requests for childcare services are reviewed every six (6) months.
Approved childcare per diem rates cannot exceed the per diem rates established by the Division of Child Care.
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E-Mail for the Director of the Division of Administration and Financial Management (DAFM)
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