Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 110 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › Title 110 CMR 7.000 - Services › Substitute Care › Section 7.112 - Department Obligations to Foster/Pre-adoptive Parents

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1)
Pre-placement
.
				Before a child is placed in a foster/pre-adoptive home, the Department shall
				provide the prospective foster/pre-adoptive parent with sufficient information
				about the child to enable the foster/pre-adoptive parent to determine whether
				to accept placement of the child. The foster/pre-adoptive parent will receive
				information about the service plan for the child, behavior management
				guidelines and techniques, the child's medical needs, the child's educational
				needs, current health and education information and/or records available, legal
				status and any other special conditions or requirements.
(2)
Post-placement
.
				During the period of a specified child's placement in a foster/pre-adoptive
				home, the Department shall:
(a) provide the
				foster/pre-adoptive parent with sufficient information about the foster child
				on a continuous basis to enable the foster/pre-adoptive parent to provide
				adequate foster/adoptive care to that child and to meet the individual needs of
				that child;
(b) assign a social
				worker who will be responsible for providing direct service to the foster child
				and support to the foster/pre-adoptive family;
(c) provide the foster/pre-adoptive parent
				with a copy of the Department's service plan for the foster child, and solicit
				the foster/pre-adoptive parent's involvement in the implementation and review
				of the service plan;
(d) provide
				the foster/pre-adoptive parent with a Medical Passport for the foster child,
				and if not contained in the medical passport, a document(s) that contain the
				following information: the name and address of the child's medical provider(s),
				the child's immunization record, the child's known medical problems, the
				child's medications and any other relevant health information needed to care
				for the child;
(e) provide the
				foster/pre-adoptive parent with either a copy of that portion of the child's
				educational records that include the child's current educational provider, the
				child's grade level performance, the child's current school record, and any
				other relevant education information needed to care for the child, or a
				document(s) that contain such information;
(f) notify the foster/pre-adoptive parent of
				all court hearings and case reviews involving the foster child, as far in
				advance of each hearing as possible;
(g) notify the foster/pre-adoptive parent if
				the Department decides to pursue legal guardianship or adoption for a child
				placed in the foster/pre-adoptive home, and afford the foster/pre-adoptive
				parent adequate opportunity to apply to become the legal guardian or adoptive
				parent for that child;
(h) provide
				the foster/pre-adoptive parent and with any subsidy or benefits to which they
				are entitled under the Department's regulations, standards or policies;
				and
(i) provide the
				foster/pre-adoptive parent with notice of a review or hearing held pursuant to
				M.G.L. c. 119, §§ 26 and 29B and M.G.L. c. 210, § 3. The notice
				shall include notice of the time and place of the hearing and notice of the
				foster/pre-adoptive parent's right to be heard at the proceeding.