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IA Code § 238.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 238 - CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES|Section 238.11 - Written charges — findings — notice.

238.11 Written charges — findings — notice.   Written charges against the licensee shall be served upon the licensee at least ten days before hearing shall be had thereon and a written copy of the findings and decisions of the administrator upon hearing shall be served upon the licensee in the manner prescribed for the service of original notice in civil actions.  [C27, 31, 35, §3661-a68; C39, §3661.082; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.11]  Service of notice,  R.C.P. 1.302 – 1.315
IA Code § 238.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 238 - CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES|Section 238.12 - Appeal — judicial review.

238.12 Appeal — judicial review.   Any licensee feeling aggrieved by any decision of the administrator revoking the licensee’s license may appeal to the council on human services in the manner of form prescribed by such council. The council shall, upon receipt of such an appeal give the licensee reasonable notice and opportunity for a fair hearing before such council or its duly authorized representative or representatives. Following such hearing the council on human services shall take its final action and notify the licensee in writing.   Judicial review of the actions of the council may be sought in accordance with the terms of the Iowa administrative procedure Act, chapter 17A.  [C27, 31, 35, §3661-a69; C39, §3661.083; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.12]  83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 2003 Acts, ch 44, §114
IA Code § 238.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 238 - CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES|Section 238.16 - Rules and regulations.

238.16 Rules and regulations.   It shall be the duty of the administrator to provide such general regulations and rules for the conduct of all such agencies as shall be necessary to effect the purposes of this chapter and of all other laws of the state relating to children so far as the same are applicable, and to safeguard the well-being of children placed or cared for by such agencies.  [C27, 31, 35, §3661-a73; C39, §3661.087; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.16]
IA Code § 238.17 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 238 - CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES|Section 238.17 - Forms for registration and record — preservation.

238.17 Forms for registration and record — preservation.   1. The administrator shall prescribe forms for the registration and record of persons cared for by any child-placing agency licensed under this chapter and for reports required by said administrator from the agencies.   2. If, for any reason, a child-placing agency as defined by section 238.1 shall cease to exist, all records of registration and placement and all other records of any kind and character kept by such child-placing agency shall be turned over to the administrator, for preservation, to be kept by the said administrator as a permanent record.  [C27, 31, 35, §3661-a74; C39, §3661.088; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.17]  2009 Acts, ch 133, §233
IA Code § 238.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 238 - CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES|Section 238.18 - Duty of licensee.

238.18 Duty of licensee.   A child-placing agency licensed under this chapter shall keep a record and make reports in the form to be prescribed by the administrator. For a child being placed by the agency, the agency’s duties shall include compliance with the requirements of section 232.108 relating to visitation or ongoing interaction between the child and the child’s siblings.  [C27, 31, 35, §3661-a75; C39, §3661.089; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.18]  2007 Acts, ch 67, §6
IA Code § 238.19 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 238 - CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES|Section 238.19 - Inspection generally.

238.19 Inspection generally.   Authorized employees of the department of inspections and appeals may inspect the premises and conditions of the agency at any time and examine every part of the agency; and may inquire into all matters concerning the agency and the children in the care of the agency.  [S13, §3260-j; C24, §3669, 3684; C27, 31, 35, §3661-a76; C39, §3661.090; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.19]  90 Acts, ch 1204, §55
IA Code § 238.20 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 238 - CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES|Section 238.20 - Minimum inspection — record.

238.20 Minimum inspection — record.   Authorized employees of the department of inspections and appeals shall visit and inspect the premises of licensed child-placing agencies at least once every twelve months and make and preserve written reports of the conditions found.  [C27, 31, 35, §3661-a77; C39, §3661.091; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.20]  90 Acts, ch 1204, §56; 2007 Acts, ch 172, §11
IA Code § 238.21 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 238 - CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES|Section 238.21 - Other inspecting agencies.

238.21 Other inspecting agencies.   Authorized agents of the local board of health in whose jurisdiction a licensed child-placing agency is located may make inspection of the premises.  [C27, 31, 35, §3661-a78; C39, §3661.092; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.21]  90 Acts, ch 1204, §57
IA Code § 238.22 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 238 - CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES|Section 238.22 - Licensee to aid inspection.

238.22 Licensee to aid inspection.   The licensees shall give all reasonable information to such inspectors and afford them every reasonable facility for obtaining pertinent information.  [C27, 31, 35, §3661-a79; C39, §3661.093; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.22]
IA Code § 238.24 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 238 - CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES|Section 238.24 - Information confidential — exceptions.

238.24 Information confidential — exceptions.   1. Except as authorized by this section, a person who acquires under this chapter or from the records provided for in this chapter, information relative to any agency or relative to any individual cared for by the agency or relative to any relative of the individual, shall not directly or indirectly disclose the information.   2. Disclosure of information acquired under this chapter or from the records provided for in this chapter is authorized under any of the following circumstances:   a. Disclosure made upon inquiry before a court of law, or before some other tribunal, or for the information of the governor, general assembly, medical examiners, administrator, Iowa department of public health, or the local board of health in the jurisdiction where the agency is located.   b. Disclosure may be made by the administrator to proper persons as may be in the interest of a child cared for by the agency or in the interest of the child’s parents or foster parents and not inimical to the child, or as may be necessary to protect the interests of the child’s prospective foster parents. However, disclosure of termination and adoption records shall be governed by the provisions of sections 600.16 and 600.16A.   c. Disclosure for purposes of statistical analysis performed by duly authorized persons of data collected under this chapter or the publication of the results of such analysis in such manner as will not disclose confidential information.  [C27, 31, 35, §3661-a81; C39, §3661.095; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.24]  92 Acts, ch 1196, §2; 2002 Acts, ch 1102, §7
IA Code § 238.31 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 238 - CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES|Section 238.31 - Inspection of foster homes.

238.31 Inspection of foster homes.   The administrator shall be satisfied that each licensed child-placing agency is maintaining proper standards in its work, and said administrator may at any time cause the child and home in which the child has been placed to be visited by the administrator’s agents for the purpose of ascertaining whether the home is a suitable one for the child, and may continue to visit and inspect the foster home and the conditions therein as they affect said child.  [C27, 31, 35, §3661-a88; C39, §3661.102; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.31]
IA Code § 238.32 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 238 - CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES|Section 238.32 - Authority to agencies.

238.32 Authority to agencies.   Any institution incorporated under the laws of this state or maintained for the purpose of caring for, placing out for adoption, or otherwise improving the condition of unfortunate children may, under the conditions specified in this chapter and when licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter:   1. Receive children in need of assistance, or delinquent children who are under eighteen years of age, under commitment from the juvenile court, and control and dispose of them subject to the provisions of chapter 232 and chapter 600A.   2. Receive, control, and dispose of all minor children voluntarily surrendered to such institutions.  [S13, §254-a22, 3260-b; C24, §3662; C27, 31, 35, §3661-a89; C39, §3661.103; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.32]  Transferring legal custody of a child, §232.102, 232.103
IA Code § 238.42 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 238 - CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES|Section 238.42 - Agreement in child placements.

238.42 Agreement in child placements.   Every agency placing a child in a foster home shall enter into a written agreement with the person taking the child, which agreement shall provide that the agency placing the child shall have access at all reasonable times to such child and to the home in which the child is living, and for the return of the child by the person taking the child whenever, in the opinion of the agency placing such child, or in the opinion of the administrator, the best interests of the child shall require it.  [C27, 31, 35, §3661-a97; C39, §3661.111; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §238.40; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.42]  Referred to in §238.43
IA Code § 238.43 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 238 - CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES|Section 238.43 - Exceptions.

238.43 Exceptions.   The provisions of section 238.42 shall not apply to children who have been legally adopted.  [C27, 31, 35, §3661-a98; C39, §3661.112; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §238.41; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.43]
IA Code § 238.44 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 238 - CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES|Section 238.44 - Contracts for services — liability for costs.

238.44 Contracts for services — liability for costs.   An agency which enters into a contract with a referral agency to provide child placement services is liable for the costs of services which are paid prior to the provision of services, if the services are not subsequently provided.  94 Acts, ch 1174, §5
IA Code § 238.45 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 238 - CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES|Section 238.45 - Penalty.

238.45 Penalty.   Every person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or who intentionally shall make any false statements or reports to the administrator with reference to the matters contained herein, shall be guilty of a fraudulent practice.  [C27, 31, 35, §3661-a100; C39, §3661.114; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, §238.43; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §238.45]
IA Code § 239A.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 239A - PUBLIC WORKS POSITIONS FOR CERTAIN PERSONS|Section 239A.1 - Who may be placed.

239A.1 Who may be placed.   Any person who is receiving or has obtained approval of an application to receive assistance under chapter 239B, and who is eligible under the promoting independence and self-sufficiency through employment job opportunities and basic skills program, may be referred to the department of workforce development for placement in public works positions available pursuant to this chapter or to such other authority as may be applicable.  [C77, 79, 81, §239A.1]  96 Acts, ch 1186, §23; 97 Acts, ch 41, §32  Referred to in §239A.2, 239A.3
IA Code § 239A.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 239A - PUBLIC WORKS POSITIONS FOR CERTAIN PERSONS|Section 239A.2 - Projects determined.

239A.2 Projects determined.   The department of workforce development, in consultation with the director of human services, shall establish a procedure for assignment of persons referred under section 239A.1 to positions available in public works projects. The department of workforce development shall arrange with units of local government for establishment of such projects, which may include any type of work or endeavor that is within the scope of authority of the unit of local government involved so long as the project meets the following requirements:   1. The project must create new employment opportunities and not fund existing employment of persons working for the local government unit or resume funding of projects for which the local government unit has, without fault, terminated employees within the previous six months and has not recalled those employees.   2. The benefits of the project result must inure primarily to the community or public at large.   3. The following conditions of employment must be satisfied:   a. The unit of local government with which the project is arranged must be the employer of the persons hired under the project.   b. The employees under the project must be paid at the same rate as other employees doing similar work for that unit of local government.   c. The employees must be considered regular employees of the unit of local government involved and must be entitled to participate in benefit programs of that unit of local government, including but not limited to workers’ compensation, but shall not be entitled to qualify for unemployment compensation benefits on the basis of employment under the project.  [C77, 79, 81, §239A.2; 82 Acts, ch 1161, §27]  83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 96 Acts, ch 1186, §23  Referred to in §239A.3
IA Code § 239A.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 239A - PUBLIC WORKS POSITIONS FOR CERTAIN PERSONS|Section 239A.3 - Target areas selected.

239A.3 Target areas selected.   The department of workforce development shall select not to exceed two target counties for implementation of sections 239A.1 and 239A.2. In selecting the target county or counties in which this chapter is to be implemented, the department of workforce development shall be guided by the following criteria:   1. The total number of unemployed persons in the county.   2. The number of unemployed persons in the county as a percentage of the available workforce there.   3. The total number of persons receiving assistance under chapter 239B in that county.   4. The number of persons receiving assistance under chapter 239B in that county as a percentage of the total population of the county.   5. The number of unemployed heads of households receiving assistance under chapter 239B in that county.   6. The number of unemployed heads of households receiving assistance under chapter 239B in that county as a percentage of all recipients of such assistance in that county.  [C77, 79, 81, §239A.3]  96 Acts, ch 1186, §23; 97 Acts, ch 41, §32
IA Code § 239B.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 239B - FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM|Section 239B.1 - Definitions.

239B.1 Definitions.   As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Applicant” means a person who files an application for participation in the family investment program under this chapter.   2. “Assistance” means a family investment program payment.   3. “Child” means an unmarried person who is less than eighteen years of age or an unmarried person who is eighteen years of age and is engaged full-time in completing high school graduation or equivalency requirements in a manner which is reasonably expected to result in completion of the requirements prior to the person reaching nineteen years of age.   4. “Department” means the department of human services.   5. “Family” means a family unit that includes at least one child and at least one parent or other specified relative of the child.   6. “Family investment agreement” means the agreement developed with a participant in accordance with section 239B.8.   7. “Family investment program” means the family investment program under this chapter.   8. “Limited benefit plan” means a period of time in which a participant or member of a participant’s family is either eligible for reduced assistance only or ineligible for any assistance under the family investment program, in accordance with section 239B.9.   9. “Minor parent” means an applicant or participant parent who is less than eighteen years of age and has never been married.   10. “Participant” means a person who is receiving full or partial family investment program assistance. For the purposes of sections 239B.8 and 239B.9, “participant” also includes each individual who does not directly receive assistance but who is required to be engaged in work or training options specified in the participant’s family investment agreement entered into under section 239B.8.   11. “PROMISE JOBS program” or “JOBS program” means the promoting independence and self-sufficiency through employment job opportunities and basic skills program created in section 239B.17.   12. “Specified relative” means a person who is, or was at any time, one of the following relatives of an applicant or participant child, by means of blood relationship, marriage, or adoption, or is a spouse of one of the following relatives:   a. Parent.   b. Grandparent.   c. Great-grandparent.   d. Great-great-grandparent.   e. Stepparent of the child, but not the parent of the stepparent.   f. Sibling.   g. Stepsibling.   h. Sibling by at least the half blood.   i. Uncle or aunt by at least the half blood.   j. Great-uncle or great-aunt.   k. Great-great-uncle or great-great-aunt.   l. First cousin.   m. Nephew or niece.   n. Second cousin.  97 Acts, ch 41, §2, 34; 2007 Acts, ch 124, §1  Referred to in §252B.1
IA Code § 239B.2A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 239B - FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM|Section 239B.2A - School attendance.

239B.2A School attendance. Repealed by  2004 Acts, ch 1043, §11  .
IA Code § 239B.2B (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 239B - FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM|Section 239B.2B - Eligibility of noncitizens.

239B.2B Eligibility of noncitizens.   A person who meets the conditions of eligibility under section 239B.2 and who meets either of the following requirements shall be eligible for participation in the family investment program:   1. The person is a conditional resident alien who was battered or subjected to extreme cruelty, or whose child was battered or subjected to extreme cruelty, perpetrated by the person’s spouse who is a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident as described in  8 C.F.R. §216.5(a)(3)  .   2. The person was battered or subjected to extreme cruelty, or the person’s child was battered or subjected to extreme cruelty, perpetrated by the person’s spouse who is a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident and the person’s petition has been approved or a petition is pending that sets forth a prima facie case that the person has noncitizen status under any of the following categories:   a. Status as a spouse or child of a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, §204(a)(1), as codified in 8 U.S.C. §1154(a)(1)(A).   b. Status as a spouse or child who was battered or subjected to extreme cruelty by a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident, under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, §204(a)(iii), as codified in 8 U.S.C. §1154(a)(1)(A)(iii).   c. Classification as a person lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act.   d. Suspension of deportation and adjustment of status under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, §244(a), as in effect before the date of enactment of the federal Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.   e. Cancellation of removal or adjustment of status under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, §240A, as codified in 8 U.S.C. §1229b.   f. Status as an asylee, if asylum is pending, under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, §208, as codified in 8 U.S.C. §1158.  2002 Acts, ch 1175, §27
IA Code § 239B.2C (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 239B - FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM|Section 239B.2C - Absence from home — incarceration.

239B.2C Absence from home — incarceration.   An individual family member who is absent from the home for more than three months because the individual is incarcerated in jail or a correctional facility shall not be included in the family unit for purposes of assistance.  2012 Acts, ch 1133, §98
IA Code § 239B.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 239B - FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM|Section 239B.3 - Cash assistance.

239B.3 Cash assistance.   1. a. Within available funding, the department shall provide an ongoing cash assistance grant under the family investment program to a family eligible under section 239B.2.   b. For an eligibility decision involving an applicant family with a specified relative, within thirty days of the date of an application, the department shall authorize issuance of notice of the department’s decision to the specified relative.   2. For an applicant or participant family, the department shall calculate and pay the cash assistance grant on a monthly basis, taking into consideration all of the following:   a. The income and resources of the family.   b. Whether the family has entered into a limited benefit plan.   c. The size of the family.   d. Available funding.   3. The department may pay cash assistance and other cash benefits paid under this chapter by warrant, through a direct deposit to a financial institution of a participant, or through an electronic benefits transfer.   4. The department may pay, from funds appropriated for this purpose, a maximum of four hundred dollars toward funeral expenses on the death of a child who is a participant or has been authorized to participate in the family investment program, provided both of the following conditions apply:   a. The decedent does not leave an estate which may be probated with sufficient proceeds to allow for payment of the funeral expenses.   b. Payments which are due the decedent’s estate or beneficiary by reason of the liability of a life insurance, death or funeral benefit company, association, or society, or in the form of United States social security, railroad retirement, or veterans’ benefits upon the death of the decedent, are deducted from the department’s payment under this section.  97 Acts, ch 41, §4, 34; 99 Acts, ch 100, §2