Foster Care 624-10-01-35

(9/15/06 ML 3048)

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For the purposes of this policy, the definition of “foster care” is as follows: 24 hour substitute care for children placed away from their parents or guardians and for whom the state agency has placement and care responsibility. (Definition taken from “Making Sense of the ASFA Regulations, American Bar Association, p220).

 

This includes, but is not limited to:

1. Placement in foster family homes

2. Relative foster care homes

3. Residential Child Care Facilities

4. Emergency shelters

5. Residential Treatment Centers

6. Pre-adoptive homes

 

Detention facilities, training schools, and any other facility operated primarily for the detention of children who have been determined to be delinquent are not considered foster care placements. Thus, these youth are not eligible for Chafee funded programming or flex funds while in that particular placement.