Section 7 AAC 53.199 - DefinitionsIn 7 AAC 53.010 - 7 AAC 53.199, unless the context requires otherwise,
(1) "child" has the meaning given in AS 47.10.990; (2) "child's placement plan" means a plan developed to ensure appropriate goals and objectives for a child placed by the department in a foster home, including identification of the person responsible for implementing provisions of the plan; however, a placement plan is not a full case plan for a family with a child in foster care; (3) "custody of a tribal entity" means children under the custody of a tribe through a tribal court; (4) "department" means the Department of Family and Comniunity Services; (5) "difficulty-of-care augmented rates" means higher care and service levels for foster care that are designed to meet the higher difficulty-of-care levels of children and their families; (6) "foster care" means responsibility and care for a child who is placed by the department or through a tribal entity that has a tribal Title IV-E maintenance pass-through agreement approved by the department; (7) "foster home" means a home that (A) is licensed under AS 47.32; (B) is in compliance with the additional applicable standards and requirements of 7 AAC 10 and 7 AAC 67 and (C) provides care for a child who is (i) in the custody of the department; or (ii) in the custody of a tribal entity that has a tribal Title IV-E maintenance pass-through agreement approved by the department; (8) "foster parent" means an individual providing care to a child in foster care; (9) "intensive augmented rates" means advanced care and service levels for foster care that are designed to meet the needs (A) of a child as described in 7 AAC 53.061(d) in the recipient category of children with complex medical conditions or individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities; and (B) not met by another resource or service agency; (10) "placed" means to put a child in a foster home (A) under the authority of the department in accordance with AS 47.14.100-47.14.130; or (B) through a tribal entity that has a tribal Title IV-E maintenance pass through agreement approved by the department; (11) "placement worker" has the meaning given in 7 AAC 50.990; (12) "state" means the State of Alaska; (13) "tribal Title IV-E maintenance pass-through agreement" means an agreement that the department and a tribal entity enter into under 42 U.S.C. 672 (sec. 472, Title IV-E, Social Security Act) and AS 47.14.100(g); (14) "tribe'' means the child's tribe to which the child is either enrolled or eligible for enrollment for purposes of 25 U.S.C. 1903 (sec. 4, Indian Child Welfare Act).Eff. 8/1/2015, Register 215, October 2015; am 7/1/2022, Register 242, July 2022Authority:AS 47.06.010
AS 47.10.080
AS 47.14.010
AS 47.14.100
AS 47.14.120
AS 47.32.030