N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 18 § 451.5 - Services
(a) Diagnostic
evaluation.
(1) A group emergency foster care
program shall have the ability to conduct diagnostic evaluations on children
placed on an emergency basis. Such evaluation shall be conducted by a certified
social worker, or a social worker under the supervision of a certified social
worker, and a licensed psychiatrist or psychologist for the purpose of planning
services for a child who is in a group emergency foster care program.
(2) The purpose of a diagnostic evaluation is
to assess each child's and family's service needs and to make recommendation(s)
regarding the most appropriate service(s) plan for a child and
family.
(3) A district shall
provide all appropriate information on the child and family to program
personnel of an emergency foster care program within three business days of the
initial placement.
(4) A group
emergency foster care program shall determine the child's diagnostic needs on
the basis of such information provided by the district. If the child has
received a diagnostic evaluation within the previous year, the emergency
program is not required to perform a diagnostic evaluation but is required to
comply with all other provisions of Part 428 of this Title.
(5) Except as provided in paragraph (4) of
this subdivision, a diagnostic evaluation shall be initiated on a child within
30 days of placement in a group emergency foster care program.
(6) A diagnostic evaluation completed on a
child in emergency foster care shall include the following components:
(i) a child and family assessment;
(ii) psychological or psychiatric and medical
evaluations; and
(iii) an
assessment of the educational placement needs of the child based on the child's
school or vocational performance and interest(s).
(b) A medical examination shall be
provided to each child within 72 hours of admission into emergency foster
care.
(c) Case planning.
(1) Case planning is required for all
children who enter group emergency foster care. Such planning may be provided
by the local district or through purchase of service with a voluntary child
care agency designated to provide group emergency foster care services. Case
planning shall include assessing the need for, providing or arranging for,
coordinating and evaluating those services needed by a child and his family to
help a child in group emergency foster care to return home or to be placed in
an appropriate setting, in addition to, providing discharge services for a
child returned to parent or relative.
(2) Casework contacts between the case
planner and the child, and the child's parents or guardians shall meet the
requirements set forth in sections
430.12
and 431.16(a)-(c) of this Title.
(3) The purchase of service contract between
a voluntary child care agency providing group emergency care and a local
district shall provide for a delineation of case planning responsibilities,
including provisions concerning who has the responsibility for the timely
completion of the initial 30-day assessment and service plan and other
requirements set forth in Part 428 of this Title. A group emergency foster care
program which has case planning responsibility for a child shall be responsible
for providing after-care services to that child.
Notes
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