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Attachment I

EIGHTEEN ELEMENTS

CASE PLAN

  1. THERE IS A WRITTEN CASE PLAN.

    1. The case plan includes a description of the type of home or institution in which the child is to be placed.

    2. The case plan discusses the appropriateness of the placement.

    3. The case plan is designed to achieve placement in the least restrictive (most family-like) setting available consistent with the best interest and special needs of the child.

    4. The case plan is designed to achieve placement in close proximity to the parents' home consistent with the best interest and special needs of the child.

    5. The case plan discussed how the agency plans to carry out the judicial determination made with respect to the child in accordance with Section 472(a)(1).

    6. The case plan includes a plan for assuring that the child receives proper care.

    7. The case plan includes a plan for assuring that services are provided to the child and parents to improve the conditions in the parents' home and facilitate return of the child to his own home or the permanent placement of the child.

    8. The case plan includes a plan for assuring that services are provided to the child and foster parents to address the needs of the child while in foster care.

    9. The case plan discusses the appropriateness of the services that have been provided to the child under the plan.

PERIODIC REVIEW

  1. THE STATUS OF EACH CHILD IS REVIEWED PERIODICALLY BUT NO LESS FREQUENTLY THAN ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS BY EITHER A COURT OR AN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW.

    1. The periodic reviews have determined the continuing necessity for and appropriateness of the placement.

    2. The periodic reviews have determined the extent of compliance with the case plan.

    3. The periodic reviews have determined the extent of progress which has been made toward alleviating or mitigating the causes necessitating the placement in foster care.

    4. The periodic reviews have projected a likely date by which the child may be returned to the home or placed for adoption or legal guardianship.

    5. If the periodic review was an administrative review, it was open to the participation of the parents of the child.

    6. If the periodic review was an administrative review, it was conducted by a panel of appropriate persons at least one of whom is not responsible for the case management of, or the delivery of services to, either the child or the parents who are the subject of the review.


PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS

  1. TO DETERMINE THE FUTURE STATUS OF THE CHILD THERE WAS A DISPOSITIONAL HEARING HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 475(5)(C) NO LATER THAN 18 MONTHS AFTER ORIGINAL PLACEMENT AND PERIODICALLY THEREAFTER.

    1. Procedural safeguards were applied with respect to parental rights pertaining to the removal of the child from the home of his parents.

    2. Procedural safeguards were applied with respect to parental rights pertaining to a change in the child's placement.

    3. Procedural safeguards were applied with respect to parental rights pertaining to any determination affecting visitation rights.


Attachment II - Instructions for Sec. 427 Triennial Reviews: Case Record Sample Survey and Triennial Review Decision Tables III and IV