Foster Care 624-10-01-35

(Revised 1/15/2011 ML #3257)

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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 or kinship foster care homes
3. Residential Child Care Facilities
4. Emergency shelters
5. Residential Treatment Centers
6. Pre-adoptive homes

 

Detention facilities, such as the Youth Correctional Center, and any other facility operated primarily for the detention of children who have been determined delinquent are not considered foster care placements. Thus, these youth are not eligible for Chafee programming while in the stated placement.