A child-placing agency providing
an independent living program shall be in compliance with
(a) Conduct and document an assessment of the
child's skills and knowledge:
1. Within
fourteen (14) days of a child's placement with the child-placing agency and
provision of services by the agency's independent living program; and
2. Using a tool to assess:
a. Money management and consumer
awareness;
b. Job search
skills;
c. Job retention
skills;
d. Use of and access to:
(i) Community resources;
(ii) Housing; and
(iii) Transportation;
e. Educational planning;
f. Emergency and safety skills;
g. Legal knowledge;
h. Interpersonal skills, including
communication skills;
i. Health
care knowledge, including knowledge of nutrition;
j. Human development knowledge, including
sexuality;
k. Management of food,
including food preparation;
l.
Ability to maintain personal appearance;
m. Housekeeping; and
n. Leisure activities;
(b) Develop and update quarterly a
written ITP within thirty (30) calendar days of a child's placement in an
independent living program, to include:
1.
Educational, job training, housing, and independent living goals;
2. Objectives to accomplish a goal;
3. Methods of service delivery necessary to
achieve a goal and an objective;
4.
Person responsible for each activity;
5. Specific timeframes to achieve a goal and
an objective;
6. Identification of
a discharge plan;
7. Plan for
aftercare services; and
8. Plan for
services from community resources;
(d) Train and document the training provided
to designated independent living staff within thirty (30) days of employment
on:
1. Content of the independent living
curriculum;
2. Use of the
independent living materials;
3.
Application of the assessment tool;
4. Documentation methods used by the
child-placing agency;
5. State and
federal benefits available to current and former foster children;
6. State information web portals for foster
children; and
7. Social media
resources and regional independent living specialists available to foster
children; and
(e)
Maintain, teach, and support independent living in accordance with
42
U.S.C.
677(a), including:
1. Obtaining a high school diploma or
equivalency and post-secondary education;
2. Obtaining vocational training;
3. Financial literacy, money management, and
consumer awareness;
4. Career
exploration and job search skills;
5. Job placement and retention
skills;
6. Community
resources;
7. Securing stable
housing;
8. Transportation,
including driving instruction;
9.
Emergency and safety skills;
10.
Legal skills;
11. Interpersonal
skills, including communication skills;
12. Health care, including nutrition, smoking
avoidance, and preventive health activities;
13. Human development, including sexuality
and pregnancy prevention;
14. Food
management, including food preparation;
15. Maintaining personal
appearance;
16.
Housekeeping;
17. Leisure
activities;
18. Voting rights and
registration;
19. Registration for
selective service, if applicable;
20. Self-esteem;
21. Anger and stress management;
22. Problem-solving skills;
23. Training and the opportunity to practice
daily living skills;
24. Substance
abuse prevention;
25. Developing
and maintaining mental, emotional, and physical health;
26. Developing meaningful, permanent
connections;
27. Educational
planning;
28. Planning for the
successful transition to adulthood, including obtaining necessary
documentation; and
29.
Decision-making and planning skills.