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(a) The department may authorize specialized foster care services if
(1) a child's care needs have been assessed by the department to be at a level beyond the basic care provided in a foster home licensed under 7 AAC 50.005 - 7 AAC 50.990; and
(2) the foster parents have completed a specialized training program approved by the department and agree to
(A) provide specialized care to the child;
(B) participate in frequent child placement plan meetings;
(C) attend special training, if asked, to address the specific care needs of a child placed in the home;
(D) work directly with the child's biological parents if specified in the child's placement plan;
(E) keep detailed records or logs on the child in placement that include behavior, education, visits of the family and placement worker, if appropriate, and therapy, either in-house or purchased; and
(F) submit monthly progress reports to the child's placement worker.
(b) The department will authorize an exception to the specialized training requirement of this section in a community in which specialized training programs are not regularly available if the
(1) foster parents have been assessed by the department and determined to have the skills necessary to serve children with needs beyond basic care;
(2) repealed 3/31/2005;
(3) foster parents agree to meet all other criteria of (a)(2) of this section; and
(4) foster parents agree to attend the first available approved specialized training offered in their community, or other location if travel expenses are paid by the department.
(c) The department will determine the specialized foster care services rates based upon an assessment of the child's level-of-care needs. The department will determine the foster parent's role in meeting the child's needs during the assessment process.
(d) The specialized foster care and services rate will range from 150 percent to 500 percent of the standard rate.
(e) The department will approve specialized foster care based on documented assessed need and the availability of appropriations from the legislature.
(f) If appropriate, the department will authorize payment of both ongoing direct costs under 7 AAC 53.050 and specialized foster care under this section for a foster child.
(g) The department will review the assessments required by (a) of this section at least every six months, and will compute any necessary rate change. If a rate reduction is appropriate, the department will provide at least a 30-day notice to the foster parents of the reduction. A child is normally expected to improve under specialized foster care, and rate reductions are to be anticipated as appropriate.
History: Eff. 7/1/90, Register 114; am 11/16/94, Register 132; am 1/1/96, Register 136; am 3/31/2005, Register 173
Authority: AS 47.05.010
Editor's note: The substance of 7 AAC 53.060 was formerly contained in 7 AAC 50.730.
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