N.M. Code R. § 8.10.8.30

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 11, June 11, 2024

Section 8.10.8.30 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES CHILD CARE

A. PSD provides child protective services childcare as one part of a case for children and families receiving services to address child maltreatment safety and risk factors.

B. The purpose of protective services childcare is:

(1) to enable parents, guardians or custodians to participate in activities which are part of the comprehensive treatment plan;

(2) to enable resource parents to maintain employment, obtain job training and attend educational programs while children are in placement in the home; and

(3) to provide childcare as crisis intervention for those families who lack other resources, are at risk of child maltreatment, and unable to provide adequate care for their child.

C. PSD provides childcare:

(1) without regard to income eligibility;

(2) depending on the assessment of need for the child and family or resource family; and

(3) as appropriate and to maintain stability of a placement.

D. PSD arranges for childcare by providers who meet the requirements established by and who are licensed or certified by the New Mexico early childhood education and care department.

E. The child's worker determines an appropriate childcare provider in cooperation with the child's family or resource family.

F. PSD follows the service standards and payment rates for childcare that are established by the New Mexico early childhood education and care department.

G. PSD arranges child protective services childcare from any of the following approved provider types:

(1) licensed family child care;

(2) certified family child care; and

(3) licensed childcare center.

N.M. Code R. § 8.10.8.30

8.10.8.30 NMAC - Rp, 8.10.8.30 NMAC, 11/15/05, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVI, Issue 18, September 29, 2015, eff. 9/29/2015, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXII, Issue 09, May 4, 2021, eff. 5/4/2021