Md. Code Regs. 07.02.25.11

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

Section 07.02.25.11 - Local Department Responsibility to Resource Parents

A local department shall:

(1) Provide pre-service and continuing training opportunities;

(2) Help resource parents understand their rights and responsibilities;

(3) Consistent with regulation .12A of this chapter, provide the resource parents with all known information that is available about the child in care and the reason the child in care entered out-of-home care;

(4) Advise the resource parents about medical requirements regarding children in care;

(5) Provide resource parents with a health passport for each child in care placed in the resource home;

(6) Maintain regular contact with the resource parent and the child in care in the resource home;

(7) Provide appropriate supportive services that will enable the resource parents to meet the unique needs of the child in care;

(8) Respond as soon as possible or provide appropriate crisis response contacts for crisis situations that may arise from the child in care's placement in the resource home;

(9) Upon placement, initiate a monthly care stipend for the resource parents and explain the initial clothing allowance and how to obtain payment or reimbursement for allowable expenditures made to meet the child in care's needs, including child care;

(10) Inform the resource parents of any requirements in the service plan that would directly affect a child in care;

(11) Inform the resource parents of the child in care's permanency plan, including family finding efforts, and keep the resource parents updated as to the progress of that plan and give the resource parents the ability to provide input as to the plan;

(12) Obtain the agreement of resource parents to any visitation plan that involves the use of the resource parents' home or requires the resource parents to transport the child in care, with attempts made to balance the resource parents' right to privacy with the right of the parents to visit the child in care; and

(13) Assist the resource parents in preparation for the separation of the child in care from out-of-home care.

Md. Code Regs. 07.02.25.11

Regulations .11 adopted effective 51:24 Md. R. 1075-1130, eff. 12/12/2024.