131.3
 131.3 (1) A foster care licensee shall ensure that a foster child’s plan of care includes the information described in Column 2 of the Table to this section and shall comply with any requirements set out in that Column in developing the information. O. Reg. 350/22, s. 29. (2) If a plan of care is amended after its initial development, the foster care licensee shall ensure that the plan of care is clearly labelled as being an amended plan of care. O. Reg. 350/22, s. 29. Table Item   Column 1   General description of the section of the plan of care    Column 2   Specific information to be included in the section of the plan of care and related requirements for developing that information. 

  1.   Foster child’s personal strengths   A description of the child’s strengths, including information about their personality, aptitudes and abilities, based on the information collected about the child’s strengths under clause 128 (4) (a), a plan as to how the licensee will promote those strengths and details of how the licensee has promoted those strengths.  

  2.   Child’s identity characteristics     1. A description of the child’s identity characteristics.   2. Details of how the licensee has taken and will continue to take the child’s identity characteristics into account in providing services to the child, including details of supports or activities that take their identity characteristics into account.  

  3.   Needs and behaviours of the child and applicable diagnosis information     1. A complete description of the child’s needs, including any developmental, emotional, social, medical, psychological and educational needs, and any needs related to any behavioural challenges and any trauma experienced by the child.   2. Details of any medical or clinical diagnosis that is relevant to the provision of services, treatment or supports to the child. The licensee shall ensure that the description of the needs of the child is consistent with the following:   1. The content of any current or previous medical, emotional, developmental, psychological, educational and social assessments of the child.   2. Information contained in serious occurrence reports respecting the child or other reports prepared by the licensee or persons providing direct care to the child on behalf of the licensee, including foster parents, respecting incidents involving the child.   3. Information reported by persons responsible for providing direct care to the child on behalf of the licensee, including foster parents. 

  4.   Services, treatment and supports for the child     1. Details of all services, treatment or supports that have been and that will be provided to the child to meet their individual needs and any challenges or concerns specific to those needs, including,   i. a detailed description of all services, treatment or supports the child will receive that are provided by the licensee or by others pursuant to arrangements made by the licensee, as well as those that the child has already received, along with the dates on which they were received,   ii. the names of persons, including medical professionals and clinicians, providing services, treatment or supports to the child and their contact information,   iii. any recommendations from persons providing services, treatment or supports to the child, including as reflected in any assessment reports, and   iv. the reasons that any services, treatment or supports were not provided within the timeframe specified in the plan of care.   2. A complete list of any medications that the child is taking, along with an indication of,   i. any concerns about missed medication known at the time at which the plan was developed or that have arisen since the plan was last reviewed,   ii. the directions to be followed if medication is not administered when it is supposed to be, and   iii. any psychotropic drugs listed in section 91 of Ontario Regulation 155/18 (General Matters under the Authority of the Lieutenant Governor in Council) made under the Act that the child is taking. In determining the services, treatment and supports to be provided to the child, the licensee shall ensure that consideration is given to the need to provide services, treatment and supports that relate to the child’s identity, culture, language or creed. 

  5.   Identification and achievement of child’s goals     1. A description of the child’s immediate and long-term goals and how those goals were determined, as well as a description of any progress made towards achieving those goals at the time the plan was developed or since the plan was last reviewed.   2. A statement setting out how the child was involved in the development or review, as the case may be, of their immediate and long-term goals, with reference to their age and maturity.   3. Activities for supporting the child in achieving their immediate and long-term goals, including the names and, if applicable, job titles of persons responsible for supporting the child in performing these activities. The licensee shall ensure that the child’s needs, behaviours and any diagnoses are considered in the development or review of the child’s immediate and long-term goals.   

  6.   Identification of an adult ally   A statement identifying at least one adult who the child has named as being a positive influence in the child’s life, including the adult’s name, the reasons why the adult is important to the child and the role and responsibilities that the adult has agreed to assume in supporting the child. However, if the child is unable to identify such an adult, the plan of care must instead include identifying an adult who is a positive influence in the child’s life as one of the child’s goals.  

  7.   Involvement of child’s family and placing agency   A statement describing the involvement of any parent or member of the child’s extended family and, if applicable, placing agency, in supporting the child, including any arrangements for contact between the child and the parent, member of the child’s extended family or placing agency, as the case may be. However, if it has been determined that the involvement of parents and extended family is not appropriate in the circumstances, a statement to this effect must be included along with the reasons in support of this determination. 

  8.   Safety planning   If the child has a safety plan, a summary of the review of the child’s safety plan, together with any changes made to the safety plan.   

  9.   Outcomes for the child   A description of the desired outcomes identified for the child, based on the child’s specific strengths, needs and, if applicable, diagnoses.  

  10.   Education      1. A description of the child’s current educational status and an indication of the educational resources that have been made available to the child from among those identified by the licensee through the consultations required under subsection 80.1 (2).   2. An indication of whether there are any concerns about the child’s school attendance or academic performance and, if applicable, any action to be taken to address those concerns.   3. A description of how the licensee has ensured, as required by subsection 80.1 (1), that the foster home includes a space or spaces that constitute a suitable environment for each foster child to undertake their studies, including completing homework and other assignments, that is responsive to each child’s individual need and appropriate given their age and maturity.  

  11.   Activities and supports     1. A description of any cultural, recreational, athletic and creative activities that the child has participated in or will participate in, as well as a description of how those activities are appropriate given the child’s aptitudes, interests, needs and strengths.   2. A plan to enrol the child in such cultural, recreational, athletic or creative activities and to encourage their continued involvement in such activities.  

  12.   Meals and nutrition   A current description of the child’s dietary preference and any dietary restrictions, along with details of how those preferences and restrictions, if applicable, are to be accommodated.  

  13.   Access to electronic devices and the internet     1. A current description of any access to electronic devices or the internet to be accorded to the child and any supervision that the child requires while using the electronic devices or the internet.   2. If the plan of care indicates that no internet access is to be accorded to the child, an explanation of the reasons for this decision and a description of the measures to be implemented to ensure that the child does not access the internet.  

  14.   Child’s preferences and wishes for their care     1. A current description of the child’s views and wishes with respect to the manner in which residential care is provided to them.   2. A current description of any concerns expressed or changes recommended by the child respecting the provision of residential care to them and how the licensee has responded to those concerns or recommendations.  

  15.   Transfer or discharge   A description of any anticipated plans for transfer or discharge of the child, including details of whether it is anticipated that the child will be transferred or discharged from the foster home to another person or agency, including the child’s parent and, if so, details of the person or agency that would be responsible for caring for the child.   

  16.    Revisions to the plan of care   An indication of the following:   1. The date by which the next review of the child’s plan of care must be completed.   2. The dates on which the plan of care was previously revised after its initial development. O. Reg. 350/22, s. 29.