Md. Code Regs. 07.02.25.01

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 26, December 27, 2024

Section 07.02.25.01 - Purpose

A. This chapter establishes the licensing requirements, rights, and responsibilities of resource parents and local departments.

B. The primary purposes of these regulations are to:

(1) Ensure that local departments place children with resource parents who will provide children in out-of-home care with safe, nurturing, and trauma-informed environments where their connections with family are supported and maintained; and

(2) Provide a structured framework for resource parents to collaborate in parenting children in out-of-home care, offer mentorship to the children's parents or guardians, and actively participate in the reunification and permanency planning process.

Md. Code Regs. 07.02.25.01

Regulations .01 adopted effective 51:24 Md. R. 1075-1130, eff. 12/12/2024.