LINKED HERE is a refresher video of SCCS’ Policy & Procedure Training.
NOTE: All prospective foster parents are REQUIRED to attend the virtual policy & Procedure Training. To register, email Sandy DeLuca.
IMPORTANT: Viewing this video DOES NOT and WILL NOT meet this requirement; you MUST ATTEND the virtual training.
SUMMIT COUNTY CHILDREN SERVICES CAREGIVER POLICY AND PROCEDURES DECEMBER 2019
Combined Policies & Procedures
Administrative:
- Administrative Accessibility
- Client/Consumer Grievances
- Complaints Involving Race, Color, National Origin in the Foster Care/Adoption Process
- Confidentiality of Foster Caregiver Identity
- Geographic Region Served
- ICWA: The Indian Child Welfare Act
- Legal Representation of Children in Custody
- Legal Representation of Licensed Foster Caregivers
- Multi-Ethnic Placement Act (MEPA), Nondiscrimination Requirements, Individualized Child Assessment, and Home Study Procedures
- SCCS Standards of Conduct-MEPA and Civil Rights Act
Licensing Rules/Home Study/Assessment:
- Adoption & Foster Care Inquiries
- Adoption Homestudy Amendments
- Adoption Homestudy Updates
- Application/Homestudy Falsification
- Approval of a Foster Home for Adoptive Placement
- Conflict of Interest for Foster Care, Kinship Care and Adoption
- Foster Care and Adoption Home Study Initial Application
- Kinship Permanency Incentive
- Shared Foster Homes
- Transfer of a Foster Home from SCCS
- Transfer of a Foster Home to SCCS
Financial Reimbursement:
Care of Children:
- Discipline and Care
- Education and Socialization of Children in the Custody of SCCS
- Educational Needs of Children in Care
- Meals for Children in the Custody of SCCS
- Religious & Spiritual Beliefs
- Rights of Children Served
- Sleeping Arrangements for Children in Foster Care
- Travel Authorization for Children in the Custody of SCCS
SUMMIT COUNTY CHILDREN SERVICES CAREGIVER POLICY AND PROCEDURES (Cont.) FEBRUARY 2020
Role for the Caregiver:
- Adoptive Home Study - Sharing and Release
- AWOL Youth: Violation of Curfew, Unauthorized Absence, Missing from Care and Return to Care
- Caregiver Maintenance of Records for Children in the Custody
- Normalcy/Caregiver Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard
- Contact with Children in Substitute Care and Their Caregivers
- Foster Caregiver Adoptions
- Social Media & Electronic Device Use for Children in Substitute Care
- Social Security Number Release to Caregivers
- Transportation of Children in Custody by Caregivers
Coordinator Responsibilities:
- Foster/Adoptive Families Exit Survey
- Termination, Revocation or Denial of Foster Home Certificate
- Hold Status for SCCS Foster and Adoptive Caregivers
- Occupancy Change in a Caregiver Home
- Parental Notification of Significant Incidents Involving Children in SCCS Custody
- Recertification of Foster Homes
- Relocation of a Caregiver
- Rule Violations for SCCS Family Foster Care
