Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Department of Human Services › Chapter 1610 - CHILD WELFARE CASEWORK SERVICES › Subchapter 5 - CASEWORK SERVICES › Section 17-1610-45 - Termination of child welfare casework services

Current through June, 2024
Notice shall be provided and child welfare casework
					 services shall be terminated when:
(1)
				  The department finds the child is not at risk of harm or threatened
				  harm;
(2) Harm or threatened harm
				  is not confirmed after an assessment is completed;
(3) Harm or threatened harm is confirmed, but
				  child welfare casework services are not determined necessary to ensure the
				  child's safety;
(4) Harm or
				  threatened harm is confirmed, services are successfully completed, and the
				  department finds that the child is no longer at risk of harm or threatened
				  harm;
(5) The family refuses to
				  accept services, the department petitions the family court, but the court
				  decides against assuming jurisdiction over the child;
(6) The department determines the recipient
				  who is participating in services or treatment provided by the department is
				  unwilling or unable to make constructive use of the service;
(7) The maltreater leaves the home
				  permanently and the family is able to protect the child from harm or threatened
				  harm;
(8) The child victim leaves
				  the home permanently with parental consent to live with the non-maltreating
				  parent, other relatives, or friends and there are no other siblings harmed or
				  threatened with harm;
(9) Approval
				  for termination of court jurisdiction by the receiving state's office of the
				  interstate compact on the placement of children has been received and
				  jurisdiction is terminated by the family court;
(10) The child has been returned to a safe
				  family home and services have been successfully completed;
(11) The adoption is finalized and verifying
				  documentation has been received from the family court or other authorized
				  agency;
(12) Sole legal
				  guardianship or permanent custody is awarded to an authorized agency or
				  individual and the department is relieved of any placement
				  responsibility;
(13) The child is
				  placed in a correctional facility and the department is relieved of any
				  placement responsibility;
(14) The
				  child victim reaches the age of eighteen and casework services are no longer
				  being provided;
(15) The child is
				  determined to be a runaway or incorrigible, and the department's responsibility
				  is terminated, by legal custodian(s) or legal guardian(s) in the case of a
				  voluntary placement, or by family court, when the child cannot be found, or
				  refuses to engage in services;
(16)
				  The child or family has been determined ineligible for or no longer requires
				  services under this chapter;
(17)
				  The service is no longer included in the department's scope of
				  services;
(18) The family receiving
				  voluntary child welfare casework services moves and cannot be located after
				  three months despite reasonable efforts to locate the family;
(19) Jurisdiction over the child and family
				  is terminated by the family court, with or without the department's agreement;
				  or (20) The child victim dies and there are no other children in the family
				  home.