Okla. Admin. Code § 340:75-11-300

Current through Vol. 42, No. 4, November 1, 2024

Section 340:75-11-300 - Family-style living program and non-funded, contracted Level B placements

(a) Family-style living programs, non-funded, Level B placements are provided by residential agencies that provide the equivalent to foster home placements for children requiring a home-like environment with a full-time house parent or parents.

(b) Family-style living programs and non-funded, contracted Level B services include:

(1) group treatment for each child, as needed, focusing on maintenance issues and daily living matters;

(2) individual treatment for each child, as needed;

(3) active teaching and redevelopment of the child's basic living and social skills, both on-site and in the community. At minimum, the focus is on skill restoration for:

(A) personal health and hygiene;

(B) maintaining the living environment, including food preparation;

(C) money management;

(D) job skills readiness, acquisition, and retention;

(E) community awareness and mobility, including the use of community resources; and

(F) socialization skills and techniques, including communication;

(4) developing and implementing policy and procedures for successfully delivering adult skills training to youth, using an approved curriculum for teaching independent living skills;

(5) assisting in the provision of federally-mandated successful adulthood services that include coordinating with the assigned child welfare (CW) specialist to ensure:

(A) the life skills assessment is completed with each youth, 14 years of age and older, and implementing the plan produced by this assessment; and

(B) each youth 14 years of age and older, attends one community contractor seminar each year; and

(6) providing 24-hour on-call and on-site crisis intervention and behavior management services to each child, as needed.

(c) Contracted Level B placements are provided in a setting licensed as a residential child care facility that is not located in a hospital, either medical or psychiatric, or a psychiatric residential treatment center.

(d) The contractor:

(1) does not provide 24-hour awake supervision of children;

(2) may provide clothing for the child in Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS) custody. Emergency clothing authorizations may be accessed per OAC 340:75-13-45;

(3) completes a written incident report describing any extreme behavioral incident or major rule violation, including the contractor's response, submits the original to Child Welfare Services (CWS) Specialized Placements and Partnerships Unit program staff, a copy to the child's assigned CW specialist and CW facility liaison, and files a copy in the child's case record;

(4) meets the staffing guidelines defined in the OKDHS contract;

(5) complies with children's rights, per OAC 340:75-11-237;

(6) complies with all general requirements, per OAC 340:75-11-240; and

(7) provides placements of children at no cost to OKDHS for family-style living programs and non-funded, contracted Level B services.

Okla. Admin. Code § 340:75-11-300

Added at 18 Ok Reg 680, eff 1-10-01 (emergency); Added at 18 Ok Reg 2128, eff 6-11-01; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 1385, eff 5-27-04; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 1270, eff 5-26-05; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 884, eff 5-15-09

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 33, Issue 24, September 1, 2016, eff. 9/15/2016

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 37, Issue 24, September 1, 2020, eff. 9/15/2020

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 39, Issue 24, September 1, 2022, eff. 9/15/2022