Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 922 - CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES - DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES - PROTECTION AND PERMANENCY › Chapter 1 - Child Welfare › Section 922 KAR 1:400 - Supportive services

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				2.015, 45.237-45.241,
				194A.005(1),
				199.011(3),
				(4),
				205.2003(3),
				205.211,
				205.703,
				209.020(2),
				209.130,
				209A.020(1),
				600.020(1),
				(6), (8),
				610.110(6),
				620.020(1),
				620.140(1)(e),
				45 C.F.R. Parts 260-265,
				42
				U.S.C. 601-679b
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				194A.050(1) authorizes the
				Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations
				necessary to operate programs and fulfill responsibilities vested in the
				cabinet.
				KRS
				605.150 authorizes the cabinet to promulgate
				administrative regulations to implement the provisions of KRS Chapter 605,
				including
				KRS
				605.130(7), which authorizes
				the cabinet to perform services necessary for the protection of children. This
				administrative regulation establishes standards for provision of supportive
				services to a family receiving ongoing case management services or to safely
				maintain a child in the child's home through the cabinet, to the extent funds
				are available.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Cabinet" is defined by
			 KRS
			 194A.005(1),
			 199.011(3),
			 600.020(7),
			 209.020(2),
			 and
			 209A.020(1).
(2) "Child" means:
(a) A child defined by
			 KRS
			 199.011(4) and
			 600.020(9);
(b) A person age eighteen (18) or older whose
			 commitment to the cabinet has been extended or reinstated by a court in
			 accordance with
			 KRS
			 610.110(6) or
			 620.140(1)(e);
			 or
(c) A person under age
			 twenty-one (21) who meets the exceptions to the age of majority in accordance
			 with
			 KRS
			 2.015.
(3) "Intensive family-based support services"
			 means the goal of keeping the family united or if removal of a child is
			 necessary, placing the child in the least restrictive setting consistent with
			 his or her individual needs.
(4)
			 "Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program" or "K-TAP" means Kentucky's
			 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, a money payment program for a
			 child who is deprived of parental support or care, as described at
			 921
			 KAR 2:006, Section 1(9).
(5) "Kentucky Works" means a program that
			 assists a:
(a) Recipient of K-TAP in obtaining
			 education, training, experience, and employment necessary to leave public
			 assistance; or
(b) Former K-TAP
			 recipient with job retention service.
(6) "Paraprofessional attendant" means a
			 person with a high school diploma or bachelor's degree and training related to
			 the services he or she provides, under the supervision of a licensed
			 professional.
(7) "Rehabilitative
			 services" means medical or remedial services recommended by a physician or
			 other licensed practitioner of the healing arts, within the scope of his or her
			 practice under state law, for maximum reduction of physical or mental
			 disability and restoration of a recipient to his or her best possible
			 functional level.
(8) "Safety net
			 services" means:
(a) A short-term intervention
			 or maintenance service to help an individual or family develop and maintain
			 skills and abilities to prevent out-of-home placement for a child in that
			 family; or
(b) Monetary benefits to
			 assist in maintaining self-sufficiency.
(9) "Targeted case management" means a set of
			 activities which assist an individual in accessing needed medical, social,
			 educational, and other support services.