22VAC40-131-420. Children placed in short-term foster care.

Article 2. Short-Term Foster Care

22VAC40-131-410. Applicability.

Article 2

Short-term Foster Care

In addition to applicability requirements specified by 22VAC40-131-20, programs licensed to provide short-term foster care services shall also comply with the requirements of this article.

Statutory Authority

§§ 63.2-217 and 63.2-1734 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 28, Issue 10, eff. May 1, 2012.

22VAC40-131-420. Children placed in short-term foster care.

A. The licensee shall allow foster parents access to alternate planned and crisis foster care for their foster children.

B. Foster children in need of alternate planned or crisis foster care services shall only be placed in a home that has:

1. Been approved by a Virginia child-placing agency as a provider for the receiving of placed children; and

2. Received training as required by this chapter.

C. The licensee shall inform the provider of the child's treatment and service plan at the time of placement of the child.

D. The licensee shall oversee and provide support and supervision as necessary to the provider in the home provider's implementation of the child's treatment and service plan.

Statutory Authority

§§ 63.2-217 and 63.2-1734 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 28, Issue 10, eff. May 1, 2012.

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