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IA Code § 234.38 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 234 - CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES|Section 234.38 - Foster care reimbursement rates.

234.38 Foster care reimbursement rates.   The department of human services shall make reimbursement payments directly to foster parents for services provided to children pursuant to section 234.6, subsection 1, paragraph “e”, subparagraph (2), or section 234.35. In any fiscal year, the reimbursement rate shall be based upon sixty-five percent of the United States department of agriculture estimate of the cost to raise a child in the calendar year immediately preceding the fiscal year. The department may pay an additional stipend for a child with special needs.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §234.38]  90 Acts, ch 1270, §44; 92 Acts, ch 1229, §26; 92 Acts, ch 1247, §46  ; 92 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 1004, §4  ; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §190  Referred to in §234.35
IA Code § 234.40 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 234 - CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES|Section 234.40 - Corporal punishment.

234.40 Corporal punishment.   The department of human services shall adopt rules prohibiting corporal punishment of foster children by foster parents licensed by the department. The rules shall allow foster parents to use reasonable physical force to restrain a foster child in order to prevent injury to the foster child, injury to others, the destruction of property, or extremely disruptive behavior. For the purposes of this section, “corporal punishment” means the intentional physical punishment of a foster child. A foster parent’s physical contact with the body of a foster child shall not be considered corporal punishment if the contact is reasonable and necessary under the circumstances and is not designed or intended to cause pain or if the foster parent uses reasonable force, as defined under section 704.1.  [C79, 81, §234.40]  92 Acts, ch 1241, §71  Referred to in §232.71B
IA Code § 234.41 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 234 - CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES|Section 234.41 - Tort actions.

234.41 Tort actions.   A foster parent licensed by the department of human services stands in the same relationship to the foster parent’s minor foster child, for purposes of tort actions by or on behalf of the foster child against the foster parent, as a biological parent to the biological parent’s minor child who resides at home. This section does not apply to a foster parent whose malicious, willful and wanton conduct causes injury or damage to a foster child or exposes the foster child to a danger caused by violation of a statute or the rules of the department of human services.  [C79, 81, §234.41]  94 Acts, ch 1046, §4
IA Code § 234.42 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 234 - CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES|Section 234.42 - Foster care review committees — confidentiality.

234.42 Foster care review committees — confidentiality. Repealed by 93 Acts, ch 172, §48, 56.
IA Code § 234.45 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 234 - CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES|Section 234.45 - Iowa marriage initiative grant fund.

234.45 Iowa marriage initiative grant fund.   1. An Iowa marriage initiative grant fund is established in the state treasury under the authority of the department of human services. The grant fund shall consist of moneys appropriated to the fund and notwithstanding section 8.33 such moneys shall not revert to the fund from which appropriated at the close of the fiscal year but shall remain in the Iowa marriage initiative grant fund. Moneys credited to the fund shall be used as directed in appropriations made by the general assembly for funding of services to support marriage and to encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families that are secure and nurturing.   2. It is the intent of the general assembly to credit to the Iowa marriage initiative grant fund, federal moneys provided to the state for the express purpose of supporting marriage or two-parent families.  2001 Acts, ch 191, §37
IA Code § 234.46 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 234 - CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES|Section 234.46 - Preparation for adult living program.

234.46 Preparation for adult living program.   1. For the purposes of this section, “young adult” means a person who is described by all of the following conditions:   a. The person is a resident of this state.   b. The person is age eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, or twenty-two.   c. At the time the person became age eighteen, the person received foster care services that were paid for by the state under section 234.35, services at a state training school, services at a juvenile shelter care home, services at a juvenile detention home, or court-ordered care in accordance with chapter 232 by a relative or another person with a significant relationship with the person, and the person is no longer receiving such services or care.   d. The person enters into and participates in an individual self-sufficiency plan that complements the person’s own efforts for achieving self-sufficiency and the plan provides for one or more of the following:   (1) The person attends an accredited school full-time pursuing a course of study leading to a high school diploma.   (2) The person attends an instructional program leading to a high school equivalency diploma.   (3) The person is enrolled in or pursuing enrollment in a postsecondary education or training program or work training.   (4) The person is employed or seeking employment.   2. The division shall establish a preparation for adult living program directed to young adults. The purpose of the program is to assist persons who are leaving foster care and other court-ordered services at age eighteen or older in making the transition to self-sufficiency. The department shall adopt rules necessary for administration of the program, including but not limited to eligibility criteria for young adult participation and the services and other support available under the program. The rules shall provide for participation of each person who meets the definition of young adult on the same basis, regardless of whether federal financial participation is provided. The services and other support available under the program may include but are not limited to any of the following:   a. Support for the young adult continuing to reside with the family that provided family foster care to the young adult.   b. Support for a supervised apartment living arrangement.   c. Support for participation in education, training, or employment activities.   d. Other assistance to enhance the young adult’s ability to achieve self-sufficiency.   3. This section shall not be construed as granting an entitlement for any program, services, or other support for the persons described in this section. Any state obligation to provide a program, services, or other support pursuant to this section is limited to the extent of the funds appropriated for the purposes of the program.  2006 Acts, ch 1159, §7; 2014 Acts, ch 1140, §89, 90; 2019 Acts, ch 85, §109; 2020 Acts, ch 1051, §1  Subsection 1, paragraph c amended
IA Code § 234.47 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 234 - CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES|Section 234.47 - State child care assistance and adoption subsidy programs — expenditure projections.

234.47 State child care assistance and adoption subsidy programs — expenditure projections.   The department of human services, the department of management, and the legislative services agency shall utilize a joint process to arrive at consensus projections for expenditures for the state child care assistance program under section 237A.13 and adoption subsidy and other assistance provided under section 600.17.  2008 Acts, ch 1187, §115
IA Code § 235.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 235 - CHILD WELFARE|Section 235.1 - Definitions.

235.1 Definitions.   As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Administrator” means the same as defined in section 234.1.   2. “Child” means the same as defined in section 234.1.   3. “Child welfare services” means social welfare services for the protection and care of children who are homeless, dependent or neglected, or in danger of becoming delinquent, or who have a mental illness or an intellectual disability or other developmental disability, including, when necessary, care and maintenance in a foster care facility. Child welfare services are designed to serve a child in the child’s home whenever possible. If not possible, and the child is placed outside the child’s home, the placement should be in the least restrictive setting available and in close proximity to the child’s home.   4. “State division” means the same as defined in section 234.1.  [C39, §3661.016; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §235.1]  83 Acts, ch 101, §44; 92 Acts, ch 1229, §28; 94 Acts, ch 1023, §88; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §86; 2012 Acts, ch 1019, §93
IA Code § 235.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 235 - CHILD WELFARE|Section 235.2 - Powers and duties of state division.

235.2 Powers and duties of state division.   The state division, in addition to all other powers and duties given it by law, shall:   1. Administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.   2. Join and cooperate with the government of the United States through its appropriate agency or instrumentality or with any other officer or agency of the federal government in planning, establishing, extending and strengthening public and private child welfare services within the state.   3. Make such investigations and to obtain such information as will permit the administrator to determine the need for public child welfare services within the state and within the several county departments thereof.   4. Apply for and receive any funds which are or may be allotted to the state by the United States or any agency thereof for the purpose of developing child welfare services.   5. Make such reports and budget estimates to the governor and to the general assembly as are required by law or such as are necessary and proper to obtain the appropriation of state funds for child welfare services within the state and for all the purposes of this chapter.   6. Cooperate with the several county departments within the state, and all county boards of supervisors and other public or private agencies charged with the protection and care of children, in the development of child welfare services.   7. Aid in the enforcement of all laws of the state for the protection and care of children.   8. Cooperate with the juvenile courts of the state and with the other administrators and divisions of the department of human services regarding the management and control of state institutions and the inmates thereof.  [C39, §3661.017; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §235.2]  83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159
IA Code § 235.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 235 - CHILD WELFARE|Section 235.3 - Powers and duties of administrator.

235.3 Powers and duties of administrator.   The administrator shall:   1. Plan and supervise all public child welfare services and activities within the state as provided by this chapter.   2. Make such reports and obtain and furnish such information from time to time as may be necessary to permit cooperation by the state division with the United States children’s bureau, the social security administration, or any other federal agency which is now or may hereafter be charged with any duty regarding child care or child welfare services.   3. Adopt rules as necessary or advisable for the supervision of the private child-caring agencies or their officers which the administrator is empowered to license and supervise.   4. Supervise private institutions for the care of dependent, neglected, and delinquent children, and make reports regarding the institutions.   5. Designate and approve the private and county institutions within the state to which neglected, dependent, and delinquent children may be legally committed and to have supervision of the care of children committed thereto, and the right of visitation and inspection of said institutions at all times.   6. Receive and keep on file annual reports from all institutions to which children subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court are committed, compile statistics regarding juvenile delinquency, make reports regarding juvenile delinquency, and study prevention and cure of juvenile delinquency.   7. Require and receive from the clerks of the courts of record within the state duplicates of the findings of the courts upon petitions for adoption, and keep records and compile statistics regarding adoptions.   8. License private child-placing agencies, make reports regarding them, and revoke such licenses.   9. Make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the distribution and use of funds appropriated for child welfare services.  [C27, 31, 35, §3661-a1, -a2; C39, §3661.018; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §235.3; 82 Acts, ch 1100, §8]  88 Acts, ch 1158, §52; 89 Acts, ch 19, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1204, §49; 2013 Acts, ch 30, §45  Referred to in §602.8102(43)
IA Code § 235.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 235 - CHILD WELFARE|Section 235.4 - Licenses.

235.4 Licenses.   Licenses issued to private boarding homes for children and private child-placing agencies by the administrator shall remain in effect for the period for which issued, unless sooner revoked according to law. Thereafter each of such agencies shall apply to the administrator for a new license, and shall submit to such rules regarding licensing as the administrator prescribes.  [C39, §3661.020; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §235.5]  90 Acts, ch 1204, §50  C91, §235.4
IA Code § 235.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 235 - CHILD WELFARE|Section 235.5 - Inspections.

235.5 Inspections.   The department of inspections and appeals shall conduct inspections of private institutions for the care of dependent, neglected, and delinquent children in accordance with procedures established pursuant to chapters 10A and 17A.  90 Acts, ch 1204, §51
IA Code § 235.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 235 - CHILD WELFARE|Section 235.6 - Short title.

235.6 Short title. Repealed by 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §389.
IA Code § 235.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 235 - CHILD WELFARE|Section 235.7 - Transition committees.

235.7 Transition committees.   1. Committees established. The department of human services shall establish and maintain local transition committees to address the transition needs of those children receiving child welfare services who are age sixteen or older and have a case permanency plan as defined in section 232.2. The department shall adopt rules establishing criteria for transition committee membership, operating policies, and basic functions. The rules shall provide flexibility for a committee to adopt protocols and other procedures appropriate for the geographic area addressed by the committee.   2. Membership. The department may authorize the governance boards of decategorization of child welfare and juvenile justice funding projects established under section 232.188 to appoint the transition committee membership and may utilize the boundaries of decategorization projects to establish the service areas for transition committees. The committee membership may include but is not limited to department of human services staff involved with foster care, child welfare, and adult services, juvenile court services staff, staff involved with county general relief under chapter 251 or 252, or a regional administrator of the county mental health and disability services region, as defined in section 331.388, in the area, school district and area education agency staff involved with special education, and a child’s court appointed special advocate, guardian ad litem, service providers, and other persons knowledgeable about the child.   3. Duties. A transition committee shall review and approve the written plan of services required for the child’s case permanency plan in accordance with section 232.2, subsection 4, paragraph “g”, which, based upon an assessment of the child’s needs, would assist the child in preparing for the transition from foster care to adulthood. In addition, a transition committee shall identify and act to address any gaps existing in the services or other support available to meet the child and adult needs of individuals for whom service plans are approved.  2003 Acts, ch 117, §10; 2004 Acts, ch 1090, §33; 2005 Acts, ch 95, §3; 2015 Acts, ch 69, §73  Referred to in §232.2
IA Code § 235A.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 235A - CHILD ABUSE|Section 235A.1 - Child abuse prevention program.

235A.1 Child abuse prevention program.   1. a. A program for the prevention of child abuse is established within the state department of human services. Any moneys appropriated by the general assembly for child abuse prevention shall be used by the department of human services solely for the purposes of child abuse prevention and shall not be expended for treatment or other service delivery programs regularly maintained by the department. Moneys appropriated for child abuse prevention shall be used by the department through contract with an agency or organization which shall administer the funds with maximum use of voluntary administrative services for the following:   (1) Matching federal funds to purchase services relating to community-based programs for the prevention of child abuse and neglect.   (2) Funding the establishment or expansion of community-based prevention projects or educational programs for the prevention of child abuse and neglect.   (3) To study and evaluate community-based prevention projects and educational programs for the problems of families and children.   b. Funds for the programs or projects shall be applied for and received by a community-based volunteer coalition or council.   2. The director of human services may accept grants, gifts, and bequests from any source for the purposes designated in subsection 1. The director shall remit funds so received to the treasurer of state who shall deposit them in the general fund of the state for the use of the child abuse prevention program.  [82 Acts, ch 1259, §1]  83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 87 Acts, ch 153, §8; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §392  Referred to in §144.13A, 217.3A, 235A.2
IA Code § 235A.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 235A - CHILD ABUSE|Section 235A.2 - Child abuse prevention program fund.

235A.2 Child abuse prevention program fund.   1. A child abuse prevention program fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the department of human services. The fund is composed of moneys appropriated or available to and obtained or accepted by the treasurer of state for deposit in the fund. The fund shall include moneys transferred to the fund pursuant to an income tax checkoff provided in chapter 422, subchapter II, if applicable. All interest earned on moneys in the fund shall be credited to and remain in the fund. Section 8.33 does not apply to moneys in the fund.   2. Moneys in the fund that are authorized by the department for expenditure are appropriated, and shall be used, for the purposes described in section 235A.1 of preventing child abuse and neglect.  2008 Acts, ch 1129, §4, 8, 9; 2010 Acts, ch 1193, §158, 163; 2012 Acts, ch 1097, §3, 6; 2020 Acts, ch 1062, §94  Referred to in §422.12K  Code editor directive applied
IA Code § 235A.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 235A - CHILD ABUSE|Section 235A.12 - Legislative findings and purposes.

235A.12 Legislative findings and purposes.   1. The general assembly finds and declares that a central registry is required to provide a single source for the statewide collection, maintenance, and dissemination of child abuse information. The existence of the central registry is imperative for increased effectiveness in dealing with the problem of child abuse. The general assembly also finds that vigorous protection of rights of individual privacy is an indispensable element of a fair and effective system of collecting, maintaining, and disseminating child abuse information.   2. The purposes of this section and sections 235A.13 through 235A.24 are to facilitate the identification of victims or potential victims of child abuse by making available a single, statewide source of child abuse data; to facilitate research on child abuse by making available a single, statewide source of child abuse data; and to provide maximum safeguards against the unwarranted invasions of privacy which such a registry might otherwise entail.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §235A.12]  84 Acts, ch 1035, §1; 2004 Acts, ch 1153, §2
IA Code § 235A.14 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 235A - CHILD ABUSE|Section 235A.14 - Creation and maintenance of a central registry.

235A.14 Creation and maintenance of a central registry.   1. There is created within the state department of human services a central registry for certain child abuse information. The department shall organize and staff the registry and adopt rules for its operation.   2. The registry shall collect, maintain and disseminate child abuse information as provided for by this chapter.   3. The department shall maintain a toll-free telephone line, which shall be available on a twenty-four hour a day, seven-day a week basis and which the department of human services and all other persons may use to report cases of suspected child abuse and that all persons authorized by this chapter may use for obtaining child abuse information.   4. An oral report of suspected child abuse initially made to the central registry shall be immediately transmitted by the department to the appropriate county department of social services or law enforcement agency, or both.   5. The registry, upon receipt of a report of suspected child abuse, shall search the records of the registry, and if the records of the registry reveal any previous report of child abuse involving the same child or any other child in the same family, or if the records reveal any other pertinent information with respect to the same child or any other child in the same family, the appropriate office of the department of human services or law enforcement agency shall be immediately notified of that fact.   6. The central registry shall include report data and disposition data which is subject to placement in the central registry under section 232.71D. The central registry shall not include assessment data.  [C75, 77, 79, 81, §235A.14]  83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 97 Acts, ch 176, §8; 2013 Acts, ch 115, §11, 19  Referred to in §232.68, 235A.12, 279.13, 279.69, 321.375