Section 75-03-36-37 - [Effective until 4/1/2024] Child and family plan of care for foster childrenThe child-placing agency shall adopt a written policy that ensures the child-placing agency will develop a written plan of care for each child and family. The policy must require:
1. The child-placing agency develop the care plan in conjunction with the child and family team; 2. The child's care plan be developed or reviewed within thirty days of placement with the child-placing agency; 3. The child's care plan be developed or reviewed with the appropriate participation and informed consent of the child or, when appropriate, the child's guardian or custodian; 4. Documentation that the child and the child-placing agency representative have participated in child and family team meetings on a quarterly basis, and that input has been obtained from the custodian, child, family, foster family, and other pertinent team members; 5. Documentation that the child-placing agency has collaborated and communicated at regular intervals with other agencies that are working with the child to ensure coordination of services and to carry out the child's plan; 6. Documentation of services provided by other agencies, including arrangements that are made in obtaining them; 7. Documentation of the arrangements by which the child's special needs, including prescribed medication, diets, or special medical procedures, are met; 8. The child-placing agency to provide for annual dental examinations including necessary dental treatments such as prophylaxis, repairs, and extractions; 9. The child-placing agency make reasonable efforts to gather information from the custodian, parents, foster parents, courts, schools, and any other appropriate individuals or agencies; 10. Completion of a strengths and needs assessment of the child, biological family, and foster family; 11. Identification of measurable goals, including timeframes for completion; 12. Identification of the measures that will be taken or tasks that will be performed to assist the child and family with meeting the goals; 13. Identification of the individual or entity responsible for providing the service or completing the task; 14. A discharge plan, including a projected discharge date with special attention to discharge planning efforts for a child who is aging out of the foster care system; and 15. The child-placing agency to document in a child's service plan evidence of individualized treatment progress, to review the plan at least every thirty days, or more often if necessary, to determine if services are adequate and still necessary or whether other services are needed. N.D. Admin Code 75-03-36-37
Effective April 1, 2010; amended effective January 1, 2012.General Authority: NDCC 50-12-05
Law Implemented: NDCC 50-12