Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 13 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES › Division 40 - Family Support Division › Chapter 30 - Permanency Planning for Children › Section 13 CSR 40-30.010 - Case Plan

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule requires the establishment of a
				  case plan for every child in the custody of Division of Family Services or
				  receiving social services from the Division of Family Services. It also
				  provides a definition of a case plan as well as describing the required content
				  and time periods for development and review of the case plan.
(1) Every child in the care and custody of,
				or receiving social services from, the division shall have a case plan
				developed for the purpose of preventing removal of the child from the care of
				the parents, reunifying a child separated from parent(s) or securing a
				permanent placement for a child if it is determined the child cannot be
				reunified with his/her parents.
(2)
				Every case plan must be developed within thirty (30) days from the date if has
				been determined a child should receive protective services or from the date
				that a judicial determination has been made that the child should be placed in
				the care and custody of the division. Thereafter, each case plan shall be
				reviewed and modified, as necessary, every six (6) months. The purpose of the
				review is to determine the extent of compliance with the case plan and
				determine what changes, if any, should be made.
(3) The term case plan means a written
				document which describes social and child welfare services and activities to be
				provided by the division and other local community agencies for the purpose of
				achieving a permanent familial relationship for the child as described in
				13 CSR
				40-30.010(1).
(4) This case plan shall include, at a
				minimum, the following information:
(A)
				Identifying information about the child and his/her immediate and extended
				family;
(B) A description of the
				factors and conditions, including the psychological needs of the child, which
				caused the division to determine that protective or alternative care services
				were needed or a copy of the judicial determinations made regarding the child's
				placement in the custody of the division;
(C) A description of what efforts were made
				to prevent removal from the custody of the parent(s), to reunify the family or
				to achieve a permanent placement for the child;
(D) A statement of the intended plan for
				permanency for the child which shall consist of one (1) of the following:
1. Maintain the child with the biological
				parents;
2. Reunify child with
				his/her biological family if a judicial determination has been made for the
				child to be removed from the custody of the parent(s) and placed in an
				alternate care facility;
3. Place
				the child for the purpose of adoption; or
4. Maintain child in a long-term separation
				from his/her biological parents with an agreed upon plan with the care
				provider. This provision applies only if a child is over sixteen (16) years of
				age;
(E) A description
				of how the plan is designed to maintain or reunify the child with his/her
				biological parent(s) or achieve a permanent substitute placement for the child
				including:
1. A description of the social
				services to be provided and a description of the services needed to carry out
				any requirements of a judicial determination proceeding or order with a
				designation of the responsible parties for the provision of any
				services:
2. A description of the
				responsibilities of the parent(s); and
3. A description of parental behaviors which
				determine that services are no longer necessary or that alternative care is no
				longer needed;
(F) A
				description of the appropriateness and necessity for placement away from the
				biological parents if the court has ordered placement, including at a minimum,
				the following:
1. The least restrictive
				characteristics of the alternate care placement facility correlated to the
				condition and best interests of the child;
2. The degree of proximity of the alternate
				care placement facility to the location of the biological parent(s)'
				residence(s);
3. A description of
				how the needs of the child will be met while in placement; and
4. A parental visitation schedule including
				frequency, location, arrangements and a method of documentation for actual
				visits; and
(G) An
				evaluation of case plan achievement by all parties including a time period for
				case plan achievement.