Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-202.15

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, December 11, 2024

Rule 441-202.15 - Case permanency plan

(1) The department worker shall ensure that a case permanency plan is developed for each child who is placed in foster care if the department has agreed to provide foster care through a voluntary placement agreement, if a court has transferred custody or guardianship to the department for the purpose of foster care, or if a court has placed the child in foster care and ordered the department to supervise the placement.

(2) The department worker shall develop the case permanency plan with the child's parents, unless the child's parents are unwilling to participate in the plan's development, and with the child, unless the child is unable or unwilling to participate. For a child 14 years of age or older in foster care, the case permanency plan must be developed in consultation with the child. The child may choose up to two members of the case planning team who are not the child's foster parent or caseworker. The department may reject an individual selected by a child at any time if the department has good cause to believe the individual would not act in the best interests of the child. One individual selected by the child to be a member of a child's case planning team may be designated to be the child's advisor and, as necessary, advocate with respect to the use of the reasonable and prudent parent standard.

(3) The department shall consider information regarding medical appointments, treatment needs, educational progress, and services from a resource parent when developing or modifying a child's case permanency plan and in the coordination of care and decisions related to services and care necessary for the child. The information the department receives from a resource parent will be reviewed and considered as decisions about the child's progress and needs are made.

(4) The department worker shall be responsible for ensuring the development of the case permanency plan within the time frames specified in rule 441-130.7 (234). In all cases, the case permanency plan shall be completed within 60 days of the date the child entered foster care.

(5) Copies of the initial and subsequent case permanency plans shall be provided to the child, the child's parents, and the foster care provider. Copies shall also be provided to the following, if involved in services to the child: the juvenile court officer, the judge, the child's attorney, the child's guardian ad litem, the child's guardian, the child's custodian, the child's court-appointed special advocate, the parents' attorneys, the county attorney, the state foster care review board, and any other interested parties identified in the plan.

(6) The initial and subsequent case permanency plans shall be completed on the forms specified in rule 441-130.7 (234).

This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 135H.6.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-202.15

Amended by IAB August 5, 2015/Volume XXXVIII, Number 03, effective 10/1/2015

Amended by IAB August 21, 2024/Volume XLVII, Number 5, effective 10/1/2024