Section 75-03-36-38 - [Effective until 4/1/2024] Family foster homes - Recruitment - Licensing - Foster parent training - SupportThe child-placing agency shall adopt a written family foster home policy that encompasses the following:
1. The child-placing agency shall recruit family foster homes and evaluate the homes' suitability to meet the individual and specialized needs of children accepted for family foster care, including those with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities; 2. The child-placing agency shall recruit foster parents who have experience or who have the personal characteristics and temperament suited to working with a child placed in their home, who can provide a child with care, protection, and the relationships and experiences that foster normal, healthy childhood development; 3. The child-placing agency shall make efforts to recruit family foster homes which reflect the race of children being served; 4. The child-placing agency shall arrange for licensing family foster care providers as follows: a. Family foster homes must be licensed according to North Dakota Century Code chapter 50-11 and North Dakota Administrative Code chapter 75-03-14; and b. Providers of therapeutic family foster care must meet the requirements of department policy found at manual chapter 624-05; 5. The child-placing agency shall place children only in licensed family foster homes; 6. The child-placing agency shall make available, and shall ensure the foster parents complete, the following training: a. Fire prevention training as specified in North Dakota Century Code section 50-11-01.5; b. Training requirements contained in North Dakota Administrative Code 75-03-14; c. Training requirements contained in department policy found in manual chapter 622-05, foster care for children licensing standards; and d. Training requirements contained in department policy found in manual chapter 624-05, foster care services - permanency planning policies and procedures, required training for foster parents providing specialized care; 7. The child-placing agency shall provide for ongoing supervision of foster parents to ensure foster parents have the training necessary to provide quality care; 8. The child-placing agency shall provide, and ensure that foster parents have the necessary support from the child-placing agency, and the child welfare system and shall provide an orientation to foster parents on the child-placing agency's policies; and 9. The child-placing agency shall ensure staff and foster parents have training in, precautions for severe weather, first aid, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. N.D. Admin Code 75-03-36-38
General Authority: NDCC 50-12-05
Law Implemented: NDCC 50-12