Ala. Admin. Code r. 660-5-47-.05

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 8, May 31, 2024

Section 660-5-47-.05 - Developing The Individualized Service Plan

(1) ISPs shall be developed, reviewed, and revised in partnership with the age-appropriate children, their parents, service providers, and other members of the child and family planning team; and be based on underlying conditions related to identified safety threats and risks.

(2) Initial ISPs must be completed within 30 days of when the determination is made that the case will be opened for on-going child welfare services.

(3) When removal occurs prior to the ISP's development, the team must meet within 72 hours of the removal to develop the initial ISP.

(4) Initial ISPs should address, at a minimum, a review of any existing safety plans to determine if they need to be continued or revised to help protect the children in their own home; the desired outcome (permanency goal) for the children, and the anticipated time-frame within which the goal will be achieved; any additional assessments needed to facilitate identification of strengths/needs, and the time-frames for obtaining those assessments; steps to address the children's basic health, mental health, and educational needs; attachment needs, including visiting and phone/mail contact if the decision is made to move the children; steps to promote a timely return home or placement with relatives, if either of these is the child's permanency goal.

(5) Initial ISPs will be reviewed at a meeting of the child and family planning team that is held within thirty (30) days of the date the initial ISP was developed to determine if implementation is occurring as planned, and if not, what revisions need to be made; and to complete an ISP if needed to address additional needs which have been identified and prioritized during the assessment process following the initial ISP.

(a) Thereafter, ISP reviews must occur at least every 180 days from the date of the initial ISP and more frequently as needed. The team will establish an interim schedule for reviewing the ISP's effectiveness and this schedule will vary depending upon the children's and family's individual situation.

(b) ISP meetings shall be held to review ISP and make needed revisions when the following situations, at a minimum, occur: at the request of the parents, the age appropriate child or other team members; when changes in family members' circumstances warrant review and possible revision; prior to the decision to remove a child from home; after an emergency change in a child's out-of-home care placement is anticipated; when the ISP is not adequately managing the risks or new risks are identified; when the children and/or family are making little or no progress toward the established goal; when Medicaid rehabilitation services have been authorized and a treatment plan review is required; after ant review(i.e., judicial, administrative, State or County QA) recommends or directs that changes be made; and within thirty (30) days prior to case closure.

(c) The child and family planning team shall meet and review the ISP within thirty (30) days prior to the anticipated date of closing a family's case. The purpose of this review is to determine if the family is able to provide minimally adequate care for the children and if the parents and/or primary caregiver have sufficient protective capacities to function independently of Departmental intervention.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 660-5-47-.05

New Rule: Filed September 6, 2000; effective October 11, 2000. Repealed and New Rule: Filed August 4, 2006; effective September 8, 2006.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXVI, Issue No. 06, March 30, 2018, eff. 4/22/2018.

Author: Shawanda Harris

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 12-15-311, 12-15-312, 12-15-314, 12-15-315, 41-22-5, 41-22-6; The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980, (PL The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 ( PL 96-272); The Adoption and Safe Families Act (PL 105-89); R.C. v Hornsby, No 88-H-1170-N, Consent Decree (M.D. Ala. Approved December 18, 1991).