Minnesota Administrative Rules

9560.0580 SERVICE REQUIREMENTS.

A local agency that places a child in foster care must:

A.

provide at least one preplacement visit for the child unless the child is placed because of an emergency or is under six months old;

B.

provide social services to the child as necessary to meet the child's needs;

C.

provide social services to the child's family as necessary to:

(1)

remedy the conditions that caused placement; and

(2)

prepare for the child's return home or, if return home is not possible, involve the family in making an alternative plan;

D.

assist the foster care providers in meeting the needs of the child; and

E.

provide follow-up services to the family and child if the child returns home.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 256.01; 256.82; 256E.05; 257.071; 257.072; 257.175; 260.40; 260C.212; 260C.215; 260C.451; 393.07

History:

17 SR 1279; 20 SR 2778; L 1999 c 139 art 4 s 2

Published Electronically:

October 11, 2007