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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 55 - Adult Services › Article 3 - Services for Pregnant Women › 7 AAC 55.630 - Applications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In a grant application, the applicant
				  shall include
(1) proof that the applicant has
				  all licenses that are necessary to allow the applicant to provide the service
				  it proposes to provide;
(2) a
				  service plan; and
(3) a proposed
				  budget.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 55 - Adult Services › Article 3 - Services for Pregnant Women › 7 AAC 55.640 - Eligible women

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department will assist only those
				  pregnant women who meet both the economic need criteria and the social need
				  criteria described in this section.
(b) A pregnant woman meets the economic need
				  criteria for assistance if she or her family is presently eligible for Adult
				  Public Assistance, AFDC, Food Stamps, General Relief or Medicaid, and if her
				  need was considered in finding her or her family eligible for assistance. A
				  pregnant woman also meets the economic need criteria for assistance if she is
				  currently a participant in the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women,
				  Infants and Children.
(c) A
				  pregnant woman meets the social need criteria for assistance if she
(1) is under 18 years of age;
(2) is the subject of a pending petition for
				  adjudication of child in need of aid under
				  AS
				  47.10.011, or of delinquency under
				  AS
				  47.12.020 and
				  47.12.040,
				  or the subject of a comparable adjudication in another state;
(3) has a history of physically or sexually
				  abusing a child or children;
(4)
				  has been physically or sexually abused as a minor;
(5) has a history of running away from
				  home;
(6) has a history of felony
				  arrests or misdemeanor arrests;
(7)
				  has a history of alcohol or drug abuse; or
(8) has a history of truancy.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 55 - Adult Services › Article 3 - Services for Pregnant Women › 7 AAC 55.650 - Eligible services

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department will purchase or provide
				  the following services for pregnant women:
(1) transportation to and from a maternity
				  home or a foster home;
(2)
				  counseling;
(3) adoption
				  assistance;
(4) maternity
				  care;
(5) foster care;
(6) education in parenting skills;
				  and
(7) other services that are
				  ancillary to any of the services listed in this subsection.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 55 - Adult Services › Article 3 - Services for Pregnant Women › 7 AAC 55.660 - Insufficient appropriations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In its
				  discretion, the department will not offer all of the services described in
				  7 AAC 55.650(a) if it finds that
				  insufficient money was appropriated to provide all services to all eligible
				  women during a fiscal year.
(b) If
				  the department finds that insufficient money was appropriated to serve all
				  eligible women, the department will cease to offer services to women, based
				  upon their classification of social need listed in
				  7 AAC 55.640(c). The department will
				  first cease to offer services to women 18 years of age and older in inverse
				  order of the social need classifications listed in
				  7 AAC 55.640(c). If the department
				  finds that money is insufficient to serve the remaining applicants, the
				  department will then cease to offer services to women under 18 years of age,
				  using the same priority system.
Authority:
AS
						47.40.100
AS
						47.40.120
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 55 - Adult Services › Article 3 - Services for Pregnant Women › 7 AAC 55.670 - Program standards and requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
In the grant application information that it provides to
					 applicants, the department will describe the kinds of services for which it
					 will award grants, and will designate program standards for grantees. In its
					 discretion, the department will set standards in addition to the standards
					 necessary for licensure.
Authority:
AS
						47.40.100
AS
						47.40.120
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 55 - Adult Services › Article 3 - Services for Pregnant Women › 7 AAC 55.680 - Website information related to pregnancy and pregnancy alternatives

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				  department maintains an Internet website as required by
				  AS
				  18.05.032 that provides information relating
				  to pregnancy and pregnancy alternatives, including reproductive options and
				  potential consequences to assist women in making informed reproductive choices.
				  The website is in printable format and contains the information required by
				  AS
				  18.05.032.
(b) The department will review and update, as
				  necessary, the website described in (a) of this section at least annually to
				  ensure that the current and accurate information is available on the
				  website.
(c) The most current
				  information prepared under this section is contained on the Internet website
				  titled
Making a decision about your pregnancy,
dated July 14,
				  2005, and is adopted by reference.
The website information relating to pregnancy and
						pregnancy alternatives may be obtained at the Department of Health and Social
						Service's website at: http://www.hss.state.ak.us/
						dph/wcfh/informedconsent/.
Authority:
AS
						18.05.032
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 55 - Adult Services › Article 3 - Services for Pregnant Women › 7 AAC 55.690 - Definitions for 7 AAC 55.610 - 7 AAC 55.690

Current through May 31, 2024
As used in
					 7 AAC 55.610 - 7 AAC 55.690
(1) "commissioner" means
(A) the commissioner of health, with respect
				  to maternity homes, and with respect to purchases made by the Department of
				  Health;
(B) the commissioner of
				  family and community services, with respect to foster homes, and with respect
				  to purchases made by the Department of Family and Community Services;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 1 - Licensing Process › 7 AAC 56.010 - Applicability

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The provisions of this chapter apply to
				  child placement agencies licensed or required to be licensed for arranging
				  foster home, residential child care facility, adoptive home, or guardianship
				  placements for a child under
				  AS
				  47.10.310; or
				  AS
				  47.32.010(c). To the extent
				  practicable, the requirements set out in this chapter apply generally to all
				  child placement agencies arranging for four types of child placement. However,
				  when necessary or appropriate, various specific requirements set out in this
				  chapter apply to child placement agencies arranging for less than all four
				  types of child placement.
(b) The
				  provisions of a section apply to all child placement types regulated under this
				  chapter, unless the section or group of sections denotes applicability to a
				  specific child placement type. When less than all child placement types are
				  addressed in a section, the first subsection or paragraph of the section will
				  include the full name of each specific type of placement regulated under the
				  section.
Authority:
AS 44.30.020
AS
						47.32.010
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 1 - Licensing Process › 7 AAC 56.020 - Exemptions from licensure requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The department
				  will consider the following persons as included in exemptions from licensure
				  under
				  AS
				  47.32.030:
(1) a person who arranges boarding care and
				  no other type of child placement;
(2) a person who provides only foster home,
				  adoptive home, or guardianship studies or licensing evaluations;
(3) an out of state Indian organization. as
				  defined in
				  25
				  U.S.C. 1903(7);
				  and
(4) an out of state agency that
				  meets the provisions of
				  7 AAC
				  56.040(a).
(5) a person or entity who does the arranging
				  on an incidental basis without compensation.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 1 - Licensing Process › 7 AAC 56.030 - Voluntary licensure; no license issued for certain exempt agencies

Current through May 31, 2024
The department will not issue a license to agencies that
					 are exempt under
					 7 AAC 56.020(a) (1) and (3).
Authority:
AS 44.30.020
AS
						47.32.010
AS
						47.32.020
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 1 - Licensing Process › 7 AAC 56.040 - Out of state agencies

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An out of state agency that is exempt
				  from licensure as a child placement agency under
				  7 AAC 56.020 is not subject to the provisions of this
				  section.
(b) An out of state agency
				  that places two or fewer children a year into this state or from this state
				  into another state or country may arrange for the placement or removal of a
				  child in this state if the agency
(1) is
				  licensed or otherwise appropriately approved for child placement functions in
				  the state where the agency's principal office is located;
(2) has obtained approval from the
				  coordinator of ICPC in this state; and
(3) has completed a plan of services that
				  defines financial and service responsibilities of the out of state agency
				  before, during, and after the placement of a child
(A) in this state with a licensed agency or a
				  licensed social worker in this state; or
(B) out of state with an agency licensed or
				  otherwise appropriately approved in the state where the child to be sent to
				  this state resides or the child to be received from this state will
				  reside.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 1 - Licensing Process › 7 AAC 56.050 - Implementation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Repealed 7/1/2022.
(b) The licensing representative will not
				  assess compliance with the requirements of this chapter until the agency's
				  license is renewed, converted from provisional to biennial status, or reviewed,
				  or until an investigation of an allegation of noncompliance with a requirement
				  of AS 47.32 or this chapter, whichever occurs first.
Authority:
AS 44.30.020
AS
						47.32.010
AS
						47.32.020
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 1 - Licensing Process › 7 AAC 56.060 - Timeframes

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A self-monitoring report by an facility
				  under
				  7 AAC 56.080 must be submitted not later than the first
				  anniversary date of the child placement agency's biennial license.
(b) The following timeframes apply to review
				  for compliance with AS 47.32 or this chapter or other action by the licensing
				  representative under AS 47.32 or this chapter:
(1) review for completeness of an application
				  for a license or a request for a variance and notification to the applicant of
				  omissions or additional information required - 10 days after the receipt of
				  application or request;
(2)
				  inspection and investigation of an application for an initial license - 90 days
				  after the receipt of a completed application;
(3) inspection and investigation of an
				  application for renewal of a biennial license - 90 days after the receipt of a
				  completed application;
(4) except
				  as provided in (c) of this section, a request for an amended license - within
				  20 days after receipt of a request for an amended license;
(5) repealed 7/1/2022.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 1 - Licensing Process › 7 AAC 56.070 - Application for license

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) If an
				  orientation and pre-service training program is available in the community, the
				  licensing representative may require an applicant for a license to operate an
				  agency under this chapter to attend the program. If the applicant does not
				  complete any required program, the licensing representative shall suspend
				  processing the application, until the requirement is met.
(b) An applicant for a license to operate an
				  agency under this chapter shall
(1) submit
				  the application on forms provided by the department, including the release
				  forms specified in (4) of this subsection;
(2) comply with statutes and regulations
				  setting out department procedures;
(3) initiate the application in the name of
				  the individual or legal entity responsible for the operation of the agency;
				  and
(4) submit release forms
				  completed by the administrator or candidate to be the administrator of the
				  agency; the release forms shall authorize the licensing representative to
(A) review criminal justice
				  information;
(B) review protective
				  service records;
(C) review
				  licensing records;
(D) request a
				  health, probation, or mental health evaluation, if considered necessary by the
				  department to evaluate whether the administrator or candidate to be the
				  administrator of the agency meets the requirements of AS 47.32 and this
				  chapter; and
(E) share this
				  information with the applicant for a license or licensee, to the extent
				  permitted by state or federal law.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 1 - Licensing Process › 7 AAC 56.080 - Self-monitoring reports

Current through May 31, 2024
The annual self-monitoring report provides the licensee's
					 assessment of its compliance with the health, safety, staffing, and program
					 requirements of AS 47.32 and this chapter. The report must be submitted on a
					 form provided by the department.
Authority:
AS 44.30.020
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 2 - Administration › 7 AAC 56.100 - Responsibilities of a governing body

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In an agency
				  that is governed by a board or other body, the board or other body shall
(1) determine policy for the operation and
				  management of the agency that meets the requirements of AS 47.32 and this
				  chapter and provide for implementation of that policy by an
				  administrator;
(2) adopt a job
				  description clearly describing the administrator's role and responsibilities
				  for the agency;
(3) appoint an
				  individual who is qualified under
				  7 AAC 56.200 as administrator, charge the administrator with
				  the active management of the agency, and annually evaluate the administrator's
				  performance;
(4) employ or contract
				  with a sufficient number of administrative and service staff to provide the
				  services the agency is licensed to provide under AS 47.32 and this
				  chapter;
(5) approve the annual
				  budget of anticipated income and expenses to provide the services described in
				  the agency's statement of purpose and approve or take corrective action on
				  financial audit reports of the agency;
(6) conduct at least three meetings each year
				  and maintain minutes of all meetings; and
(7) provide for orientation to new members of
				  the board or other body and biennial training for all members on the role and
				  responsibilities of a member of the board or other body.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 2 - Administration › 7 AAC 56.110 - Fiscal accountability

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To meet general fiscal requirements a
				  child placement agency shall
(1) be
				  established and maintained on a sound fiscal basis; the department will
				  consider an agency to meet the requirements of this paragraph if the agency has
				  income adequate to cover its expenses;
(2) maintain complete financial records;
				  and
(3) have a fee policy that
				  clearly describes what fees are charged and what services are covered by the
				  fees; for agencies providing adoption services, the fee policy must be
				  submitted to the department.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 2 - Administration › 7 AAC 56.120 - Administrator

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An agency shall designate an
				  administrator who is qualified under
				  7 AAC 56.200. The administrator may be the same
				  individual who owns or is otherwise legally responsible for operating the
				  agency. An administrator who is qualified under
				  7 AAC 56.220 may also carry out the duties of a Level II
				  child placing worker.
(b) An agency
				  with one or more employees shall designate an associate administrator to act on
				  behalf of the administrator in the absence of the administrator from the
				  agency. If the administrator is absent for a period exceeding three consecutive
				  weeks, the agency shall designate an associate administrator who meets the age
				  and college credit requirements of
				  7 AAC 56.200(a) to act on behalf of the
				  administrator.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS 47.35.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 2 - Administration › 7 AAC 56.130 - Agency operation and management

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An agency shall
				  adopt personnel policies that are given to employees, contractors, and
				  volunteers at the time they start work with children or clients of the agency.
				  The personnel policies must include, as applicable,
(1) personnel qualifications;
(2) the job description applicable to the
				  employee, contractor, or volunteer; and
(3) for employees and contractors
(A) procedures for annual evaluation;
				  and
(B) a performance evaluation
				  within six months of employment.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 2 - Administration › 7 AAC 56.140 - General casework management

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) When an agency
				  places a child into a facility regulated under AS 47.32 and 7 AAC 50, the
				  responsibility for the child's care becomes a joint responsibility between the
				  agency and the facility. The facility must meet the requirements for the type
				  of facility specified in its license issued under 7 AAC 50. The agency is not
				  required to duplicate activities, such as care and treatment planning, being
				  carried out by the facility; however, the agency shall participate in the
				  planning, including providing information about the child required by 7 AAC 50.
				  Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this section regarding time frames
				  and any specifics of care, requirements of 7 AAC 50 for the facility
				  control.
(b) An agency that
				  operates a residential child care facility to serve runaway children under
				  7 AAC 50.615 or that designates shelter homes for
				  runaway children under AS 47.32 and the requirements of
				  7 AAC 50.620 must have a program of care for serving runaway
				  children as described in
				  7 AAC 50.615(c). The agency may provide
				  the program on site at the agency's residential child care facility or in the
				  agency's office.
(c) When an agency
				  is placing a child in state custody under an agreement, child placement
				  responsibilities become a joint responsibility between the agency and the
				  department. The agency is not required to duplicate activities, being carried
				  out by the state placing worker. However, at a minimum the agency shall obtain
				  prior approval from the state placing worker for the initial placement of a
				  child in a placement setting and for any subsequent placement.
(d) If the child placing worker who is
				  assigned to a child is different from the one assigned to the child's parent,
				  the agency shall arrange for at least monthly consultations between the workers
				  regarding progress toward achievement of a permanent placement plan for the
				  child.
(e) A worker who notes
				  concerns or significant changes in the child or placement setting shall
				  promptly inform all workers assigned to the child or the child's family of the
				  concerns.
(f) An agency shall
				  ensure continuity of casework management responsibilities in the absence of the
				  worker for an extended period, such as a vacation or sick leave.
(g) An agency may not place a child in a home
				  of another agency, unless the receiving agency has given prior approval for the
				  placement of the child.
Authority:
AS 44.30.020
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 2 - Administration › 7 AAC 56.150 - Records

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An agency shall
(1) establish written records necessary to
				  demonstrate compliance with the applicable requirements of this
				  chapter;
(2) retain records
				  demonstrating compliance for at least three years from the records creation;
				  and
(3) permit a licensing
				  representative to review records, including personnel and evaluation records
				  and applicable portions of board or other governing body minutes, to determine
				  compliance with this chapter.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 2 - Administration › 7 AAC 56.160 - Reports

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An agency shall report the following
				  planned changes to the licensing representative as soon as possible, but not
				  later than 30 days before they are expected to occur:
(1) change in the individual operating the
				  agency;
(2) change in the name of
				  the individual operating the agency;
(3) change in the name of the
				  agency;
(4) change of
				  administrator; or
(5) deletion or
				  addition of a type of placement, such as foster home, residential child care
				  facility, adoptive home, or guardianship placements for a child.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 3 - Personnel › 7 AAC 56.200 - Qualifications of administrator

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The
				  administrator of an agency must be an individual who is at least 21 years of
				  age.
(b) An administrator must be
				  of good character and reputation, have an understanding of child placement
				  issues, positive experience with working with individuals of different
				  cultures, and the skills to work with children, parents, family members,
				  department personnel, community agencies, and as applicable, staff of the
				  agency and residential facilities, foster, adoptive, or guardianship parents,
				  and applicants for a placement setting.
(c) The administrator of an agency must have
				  management and supervisory skills necessary to plan and evaluate programs,
				  select and supervise personnel, and handle finances. In this subsection,
				  "select and supervise personnel" includes the delegation of responsibility and
				  motivation of staff.
(d) The
				  administrator of an agency must have at least 60 semester hours of college
				  credit or an associate degree in a human services field. In addition, an
				  administrator of an agency must have a minimum of two years of increasingly
				  responsible supervisory and administrative experience in a child welfare agency
				  or other setting that serves families or children, with at least one year of
				  experience in a child placement agency.
(e) In addition to the requirements of this
				  section, an administrator must meet the personnel qualifications set out in
				  7 AAC 56.210.
(f) The designated administrator shall submit
				  to the licensing representative the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of
				  four individuals, at least three of whom are unrelated by blood or marriage to
				  the designated administrator, who can provide references attesting to the
				  designated administrator's good character, reputation, interpersonal, and
				  professional skills.
(g) The
				  licensing representative will assess the qualifications of the designated
				  administrator. If the review shows that the person is not qualified under this
				  section and
				  7 AAC 56.210, the licensing representative will inform
				  the agency that the individual may not serve as an administrator and that the
				  agency's license is subject to denial or revocation unless a qualified
				  administrator is designated within 30 days of receipt of notice by the
				  agency.
Authority:
AS 44.30.020
AS
						47.32.030
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 3 - Personnel › 7 AAC 56.210 - Qualifications and responsibilities of individuals having regular contact with children and clients in an agency

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An individual
				  having regular contact with children and clients in an agency must be a
				  responsible individual of reputable character who exercises sound
				  judgment.
(b) An individual
				  associated with an agency in a manner described in 7 AAC 10.900(b) is subject
				  to the applicable requirements of AS 47.05.300 - 47.05.390 and 7 AAC 10.990 - 7 AAC 10.990 (barrier crimes and conditions; background checks). In addition, an
				  individual may not work or volunteer in an agency if
(1) under 7 AAC 10.915 (background check) the
				  department determines that a barrier crime or condition described in 7 AAC 10.905 exists with respect to the individual;
(2) the individual is out of compliance with
				  the association requirements described in 7 AAC 10.915(g) and 7 AAC 10.935(m);
(3) a variance for the
				  individual has been denied under 7 AAC 10.930 and 7 AAC 10.935;
(4) a variance for the individual has been
				  revoked under 7 AAC 10.945;
(5) the
				  individual has a physical health problem or behavioral health problem that
				  poses a significant risk to the health, safety, or well-being of children or
				  clients; or
(6) the individual was
				  the subject of prior adverse licensing action of the kind described in
				  AS
				  47.32.140(d)(5) -
				  (7).
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 3 - Personnel › 7 AAC 56.220 - Level II child placing worker qualifications and responsibilities

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An
				  agency shall employ at least one person who at a minimum meets one of the
				  following qualifications:
(1) a bachelor's
				  degree in social work from an accredited college or university and at least two
				  years of supervised child-placing experience; or
(2) a bachelor's degree in a human services
				  field from an accredited college or university and at least three years of
				  supervised child-placing experience.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 3 - Personnel › 7 AAC 56.230 - Level I child placing worker qualifications

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An agency shall
				  ensure level I child placing workers at least meet one of the following
				  qualifications:
(1) a bachelor's degree in a
				  human services field from an accredited college or university;
(2) 60 semester hours of college credit or an
				  associate degree in a human services field from an accredited college or
				  university and one year of supervised child placing experience;
(3) a high school diploma or general
				  educational development diploma and three years of supervised child placing
				  experience;
(4) a high school
				  diploma or general equivalency degree and direct supervision from a person
				  meeting one of the above qualifications.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 3 - Personnel › 7 AAC 56.240 - Supervision of workers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An agency with one or more employees or
				  contractors shall ensure that an experienced worker monitors an inexperienced
				  worker until the inexperienced worker is able to safeguard the best interests
				  of children in care, to carry out agency policy, and to comply with state and
				  federal law concerning the care of children in placement.
(b) An agency with one or more employees or
				  contractors shall establish and maintain the following conferences, as
				  applicable, at least monthly between a supervisor and
(1) worker assigned to children and families
				  to review cases of specific children and families and techniques or procedures
				  to implement plan goals; and
(2)
				  worker for evaluating placement settings to review
(A) problems or strengths in specific
				  placement settings; and
(B)
				  techniques or procedures to address issues concerning resources for
				  placement.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 3 - Personnel › 7 AAC 56.250 - Orientation and training

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An agency with
				  one or more employees, contractors, or regular volunteers shall provide an
				  orientation to each employee, contractor, or regular volunteer. The orientation
				  must include the agency's policies and procedures, including responsibilities
				  of the employee, contractor, or regular volunteer and procedures in an
				  emergency.
(b) The orientation
				  required in (a) of this section must begin at the time of employment, or
				  contract or becoming a regular volunteer and be completed within the succeeding
				  eight weeks.
(c) An agency shall
				  ensure that each worker. other than a volunteer, receives a minimum of 15 hours
				  of job related training a year. The 15 hours must be in addition to orientation
				  required by (a) of this section. For child placing workers 10 of the 15
				  training hours must relate directly to child placing activity including
(1) children's emotional needs and problems
				  that affect and inhibit their growth;
(2) family relationships and the impact of
				  separation;
(3) permanency
				  planning;
(4) serving a child who
				  has been abused or neglected, is delinquent, or has special needs;
(5) cross-cultural placement
				  issues;
(6) recognition,
				  prevention, and treatment of substance abuse;
(7) principles and practices of supervision
				  of a placement, including treatment planning and behavior management;
(8) principles and practices of recruitment,
				  evaluation, and retention of placement settings; and
(9) specific statutes and regulations that
				  affect the performance of the worker's duties.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 4 - Services Related to the Decision to Place a Child › 7 AAC 56.300 - Rights and responsibilities of clients and agency

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) At the time of
				  or before receiving agency services, an agency shall supply a client with a
				  written statement or pamphlet indicating client and agency rights and
				  responsibilities as specified in (b) of this section.
(b) The written statement or pamphlet must
(1) describe agency services and policy,
				  including the types of child and family needs best addressed by the agency,
				  intake requirements and procedures, services the agency provides, and fee and
				  payment requirements under
				  7 AAC 56.070(a) (3);
(2) inform clients that a copy of this
				  chapter, compliance reports, and the agency's policies are available for review
				  upon request;
(3) have a written
				  appeal process for agency clients in regard to all actions and decisions taken
				  by the agency affecting those clients;
(4) inform clients of the right to appeal
				  agency actions and decisions that affect them and of the procedures for making
				  an appeal; and
(5) inform clients
				  of the procedures for making a complaint to the department.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 4 - Services Related to the Decision to Place a Child › 7 AAC 56.310 - Rights and responsibilities of children receiving agency services

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An
				  agency shall ensure children receiving agency services receive the following
				  general rights:
(1) a child's legal rights
				  are protected while a child is in foster or residential care and in adoptive or
				  guardianship placement before finalization of the adoption or
				  guardianship;
(2) a child who is
				  able to read is provided a copy of the agency's written statement or pamphlet
				  as specified in
				  7 AAC 56.300(b);
(3) a child is not abused or
				  neglected;
(4) a child is placed
				  and supervised appropriately in the least restrictive setting capable of
				  meeting the child's needs, including the child's physical, emotional,
				  religious, and cultural needs, and considering siblings, extended family, and
				  other relationships;
(5) a child
				  receives an appropriate education;
(6) a child receives appropriate health
				  care;
(7) a child has an
				  opportunity to participate in community functions and recreational activities
				  and to have the child's social needs met.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 4 - Services Related to the Decision to Place a Child › 7 AAC 56.320 - Intake evaluation and preplacement counseling

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Intake
				  information must be gathered and an intake evaluation and decision to place
				  approved by a level II child placing worker before placement or accepting a
				  parent's surrender of the parent's child for adoption. If possible, the
				  licensee shall involve both parents of a child referred and the child, taking
				  into account the child's age and capacity to understand, in the intake
				  evaluation.
(b) The intake
				  evaluation in (a) of this section is not required before placement
(1) if an intake evaluation and a level II
				  approval to place has been documented in a referral or application for
				  services;
(2) in accepting a
				  referral from a state placing worker to place a child in state
				  custody;
(3) in an emergency
				  placement, including placement of a runaway child; or
(4) in a placement for respite for the
				  child's primary caregiver when the placement will not exceed two
				  weeks.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 4 - Services Related to the Decision to Place a Child › 7 AAC 56.330 - Counseling before accepting relinquishment of parental rights or consent to adoption or guardianship

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An agency shall
				  encourage a birth mother to identify the father of the child. An agency shall
				  give a father the opportunity to sign a voluntary relinquishment, a waiver of
				  notification of the adoption under
				  AS
				  25.23.050, a denial of paternity, or
				  otherwise exercise parental rights.
(b) In addition to the intake evaluation that
				  must be offered under
				  7 AAC 56.320, an agency shall offer a minimum of two
				  counseling sessions to a parent who is considering relinquishment of parental
				  rights to a child, including
(1) a
				  comprehensible explanation of the alternatives to adoption or guardianship in a
				  language that the parent can understand, and with due regard to any special
				  needs the parent may have;
(2) an
				  explanation of the meaning and consequences of relinquishment, of consent to
				  adoption procedures, of the right to revoke consent, and of procedures for
				  withdrawal or revocation of consent or relinquishment; and
(3) a discussion of possible placement
				  alternatives, including placement with family members.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 4 - Services Related to the Decision to Place a Child › 7 AAC 56.340 - Service planning requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) The agency
				  shall develop a service plan upon completion of the intake evaluation and
				  before to placement. The service plan must include
(1) the services to be provided for each
				  child or sibling, if siblings will be placed into the same placement setting,
				  and the child's family to achieve reunification or an alternative permanent
				  plan within the shortest possible period of time including information on
				  alternatives to placement or types of placement, supportive family services,
				  psychological and psychiatric services, medical, dental and ancillary services,
				  educational and vocational services, and postplacement services;
(2) persons responsible to arrange the
				  services identified; and
(3) the
				  child's need for services, both services in a placement setting and specialized
				  services, and how the services are to be provided by the agency.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 4 - Services Related to the Decision to Place a Child › 7 AAC 56.350 - Emergency and respite placement

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In emergency
				  situations necessitating immediate foster or residential care, the agency shall
(1) give first consideration to placing a
				  non-Indian child with an extended family member;
(2) in the case of an Indian child, follow
				  the placement preference requirements of
				  25 U.S.C.
				  1915, and
(3) initiate the intake evaluation required
				  by 7 AAC 56.320 and development of the
				  service plan required by
				  7 AAC 56.340 within one week of placement.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 4 - Services Related to the Decision to Place a Child › 7 AAC 56.360 - Selection of placement setting requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An agency may
				  not place a child in an unlicensed setting if that setting is required to be
				  licensed under AS 47.32. An agency may not place a child in a licensed
				  facility, if the placement would result in the facility being not in compliance
				  with the conditions on the facility's license. Before placing a child in a
				  foster home, a child placing worker shall check the conditions on the foster
				  home license and the number of children currently in the home to ensure
				  placement of a child does not cause the home to be in violation of the
				  conditions on the foster home's license.
(b) An agency may place a child only in a
				  care setting that either
(1) meets the
				  requirements of (a) of this section; or
(2) has been evaluated under
				  7 AAC 56.660 and that the agency has found the care setting
				  to be capable of meeting the particular child's needs.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 4 - Services Related to the Decision to Place a Child › 7 AAC 56.370 - Authorization to place a child

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An agency may
				  not place a child in foster or residential care unless the agency has a copy of
				  the following authorities, as appropriate, to place the child:
(1) a written agreement with the parent of
				  the child;
(2) a contract with
				  agency, including a state agency, legally authorized to provide foster care or
				  residential care;
(3) a request for
				  foster care or residential care by the child, with any legally required
				  parental consent;
(4) verification
				  of compliance with ICPC or ICJ;
(5)
				  verification of compliance with ICWA, including a copy of the notice to the
				  tribe; and
(6) verification of
				  compliance with 42 U.S.C.
				  1996 b.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 4 - Services Related to the Decision to Place a Child › 7 AAC 56.380 - Interstate and intercountry placements

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An agency that
				  accepts children from other states or places children in other states shall
				  obtain approval from the coordinator of ICPC.
(b) When placing children from other
				  countries, other than for purposes of adoption, who have been placed in another
				  state before placement in this state, the agency shall obtain approval from the
				  coordinator of ICPC.
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS 47.35.010
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 5 - Services Related to Placement and Supervision of a Placement › 7 AAC 56.400 - Preplacement services for a child

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A worker for a
				  child shall become acquainted with the child and the child's family before
				  placement, except when a child is placed on an emergency basis.
(b) A worker shall help a child one year of
				  age or older to understand the reasons for placement and prepare the child for
				  the new placement. A worker must have at least one talk with a child in the
				  case of foster or residential placement and two talks with a child in the case
				  of adoption or guardianship. The talks shall be of sufficient time to cover
(1) why the child is being removed from the
				  child's home, if applicable;
(2)
				  where the child is going to live;
(3) how the child feels about these
				  events;
(4) as applicable, the
				  arrangements for visits with the child's birth parent, siblings and extended
				  family that have been made; and
(5)
				  other issues significant for the child.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice › Chapter 56 - Child Placement Agencies › Article 5 - Services Related to Placement and Supervision of a Placement › 7 AAC 56.410 - Services to parents

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An agency shall make services accessible
				  and available to each parent requesting them.
(b) An agency shall make every reasonable
				  effort to help a parent to assume or to prepare a parent to resume parental
				  roles and responsibilities toward the child.
(c) An agency shall help the family gain
				  access to services necessary to preserve and strengthen the family and to
				  accomplish service plan goals established in
				  7 AAC 56.340(a). While the child is in
				  care, the agency shall offer assistance to a parent with the problems and needs
				  that brought about the need for placement.
(d) An agency shall make counseling
				  available, according to
				  7 AAC 56.330, to each expectant parent considering
				  placement before the child is born and immediately thereafter.
(e) An agency shall explain the extent to
				  which a parent is involved in planning for and placing their child and shall
				  allow a parent to state the parent's preferences affecting the selection of the
				  placement setting. An agency shall also explain that the agency makes the final
				  placement decision based on the child's best interests and applicable state and
				  federal law.
(f) The agency shall
				  encourage contacts between a parent and a child after placement, in accordance
				  with the service plan in
				  7 AAC 56.340(b) (2) and (3).
Authority:
AS
						44.29.020
AS 47.35.010