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 1:340 - Standards for independent living programs

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				2.015,
				199.011,
				600.020,
				610.110(6),
				620.140(1)(d),
				42
				U.S.C. 677(a)(1)-(6)
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				194A.050(1) requires the
				Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate,
				administer, and enforce those administrative regulations necessary to implement
				programs mandated by federal law or to qualify for the receipt of federal funds
				and necessary to cooperate with other state and federal agencies for the proper
				administration of the cabinet and its programs.
				KRS
				199.640(5)(a) requires the
				Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate
				administrative regulations establishing basic standards of care and service for
				child-caring facilities and child-placing agencies.
				KRS
				605.150(1) permits the
				cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the provisions of
				KRS Chapter 605. This administrative regulation establishes basic standards of
				care for independent living programs.
Section
			 1. Definitions.
(1) "Aftercare"
			 means services provided to the child after discharge from a child-placing
			 agency.
(2) "Cabinet" is defined by
			 KRS
			 194A.005(1) and
			 600.020(7).
(3) "Child" means:
(a) A child as 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)(d);
			 or
(c) A person under age
			 twenty-one (21) who meets the exceptions to the age of majority in accordance
			 with
			 KRS
			 2.015.
(4) "Child-placing agency" is defined by
			 KRS
			 199.011(6).
(5) "Community resource" means a service or
			 activity available in the community in addition to those provided by the
			 child-placing agency in the care and treatment of a child.
(6) "Independent living program" means a
			 planned program that:
(a) Is licensed by the
			 cabinet and designed to teach a child age eighteen (18) or older life skills
			 that enable a child to become self-sufficient; and
(b) Meets the requirements established in
			 Section 3(1) of this administrative regulation.
(7) "Independent living services" means
			 services provided to an eligible child age fourteen (14) or older, as specified
			 in
			 922 KAR
			 1:310, Section 15, to assist the child in the natural
			 progression from adolescence to adulthood.
(8) "Individual treatment plan" or "ITP"
			 means a plan of action developed and implemented to address the needs of a
			 child.
(9) "Social services" means
			 a planned program of assistance to help an individual move toward a mutual
			 adjustment of the individual and the individual's environment.
(10) "Supervision plan" means a written
			 supplement to a child's ITP, developed in accordance with
			 922 KAR
			 1:310, Section 6, that details a child-placing
			 agency's roles and responsibilities to assure adequate supervision of a child
			 in the agency's care, including those roles and responsibilities delegated to a
			 foster home parent.