Foster Care 624-10-01-35

(Revised 10/15/2013 ML #3389)

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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 public agency (County, DJS, Tribe) has custody or placement and care responsibility. (Definition taken from “Making Sense of the ASFA Regulations, American Bar Association, p220).

 

This includes, but is not limited to placement in:

1. Family foster care homes
2. Relative or kinship foster care homes
3. Residential Child Care Facilities (RCCF)
4. Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTF)
5. Emergency shelters
6. Pre-adoptive homes

 

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