N.M. Admin. Code § 8.26.2.17

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 21, November 5, 2024

Section 8.26.2.17 - MONITORING AND SUPPORT

A. PSD monitors resource and adoptive homes licensed by PSD.

B. At a minimum, when a child is placed in the home, PSD placement staff shall:

(1) visit the resource or adoptive parent in the home within five days of each new placement;

(2) conduct a home visit to the resource or adoptive parent once a month for the first three months following placement;

(3) conduct a home visit to the resource or adoptive parent at least every three months, and make phone contact at least every 30 days thereafter.

C. At a minimum, when a child is not placed in the home, PSD placement staff shall conduct a home visit to the resource parent every three months and have monthly phone contact.

D. PSD receives documents and investigates all reported licensing violations and reports of maltreatment in foster care.

E. PSD placement staff may continue to have contact with a resource family it licenses that is under investigation for allegations of child abuse or neglect, but is prohibited from action in such a manner that may interfere with any ongoing civil or criminal investigation.

F. PSD may develop and implement a professional development plan to include training and professional development opportunities to address parenting needs, or licensing and policy infractions. At no time is the safety of a child in foster care compromised to allow for a resource parent to participate in a professional development plan.

G. Relative resource homes receive the same monitoring and support afforded to non-relative resource homes.

H. Additional support services may be available from community service providers or PSD staff.

N.M. Admin. Code § 8.26.2.17

8.26.2.17 NMAC - Rp, 8.26.2.21 NMAC, 5/29/09, Amended and Renumbered from 8.26.2.16 by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVI, Issue 18, September 29, 2015, eff. 9/29/2015, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXII, Issue 10, May 25, 2021, eff. 5/25/2021