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North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter R - SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT › Section .0900 - SERVICE DEFINITIONS › Section 71R .0901 - ADOPTION SERVICES

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(a) Primary
				  Service. Adoption services are: the recruitment, study and selection of
				  adoptive homes; social casework and other diagnostic and treatment services to
				  prepare the child and prospective parents for placement; casework services to
				  the child and adoptive parents to support and maintain the placement and to
				  facilitate legal consummation of the adoption including supervision and reports
				  to the court; casework counseling and court related services in independent
				  placements and in adoptions by stepparents and relatives as required by
				  statute; and casework services to facilitate interstate and intercountry
				  adoptions including those activities required to bring such interstate planning
				  and placements into compliance with the interstate compact on the placement of
				  children; and the provision of post-adoption services including, but not
				  limited to, casework services designed to support the achievement of long range
				  adjustment between the child and members of the adoptive family, and to assist
				  the adoptee to gain understanding of his biological heritage to the extent
				  allowed by law. At its option, the county may provide payment of costs
				  incidental to preplacement and placement visits as a resource to facilitate the
				  provision of adoption services, and payment of the cost of legal services to
				  facilitate legal adoption of a child.
(b) Components. None.
(c) Resource Items. None.
(d) Target Population. Children for whom
				  legal adoption is planned or in process.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143B-153;
Eff. February 8,
					 1977;
Amended Eff. October 1, 1981; October 1, 1979; July 1, 1979;
					 October 1, 1977;
Transferred from T10.43D .0201 Eff. July 1,
					 1983;
Amended Eff. July 1, 1984;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. May 20,
					 2017.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter R - SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT › Section .0900 - SERVICE DEFINITIONS › Section 71R .0902 - COMMUNITY LIVING SERVICES

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(a) Primary
				  Service. Community living services are provided to support continuation of the
				  individual's family or community-based situation, or to prepare him for leaving
				  institutional care and facilitate his transition to living in the community.
				  Such services include training in community living skills and work activity
				  training commensurate with the individual's age and developmental level;
				  recreational and other activities which promote normalization outside an
				  institutional setting; and assistance in arranging for and utilizing community
				  services and resources which support this regimen of services. On an optional
				  basis, services may also include remedial and treatment services necessary to
				  ameliorate the handicapping effects of the disability which prevent or
				  constrain personal, social, and work adjustment (e.g., physical therapy, speech
				  therapy), and food and food services to provide a nutritious meal and snacks
				  during the time clients participate in on-site services; and transportation
				  when needed and not otherwise available to access community living services
				  programs.
(b) Components.
				  None.
(c) Resource Items.
				  None.
(d) Target Population:
(1) individuals who are mentally
				  retarded;
(2) individuals who are
				  severely physically disabled.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter R - SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT › Section .0900 - SERVICE DEFINITIONS › Section 71R .0903 - DAY CARE SERVICES FOR ADULTS

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(a) Primary
				  Service. Day care services for adults is the provision of an organized program
				  of services during the day in a community group setting for the purpose of
				  supporting adults' personal independence, and promoting their social, physical,
				  and emotional well-being. Services must include a variety of program activities
				  designed to meet the individual needs and interests of the participants, and
				  referral to and assistance in using appropriate community resources. Also
				  included are medical examinations required for individual participants for
				  admission to day care and periodically thereafter when not otherwise available
				  without cost, and food and food services to provide a nutritional meal and
				  snacks as appropriate to the program. Services must be provided in a home or
				  center certified to meet state standards for such programs. Services include
				  recruitment, study and development of adult day care programs, evaluation and
				  periodic re-evaluation to determine if the programs meet the needs of the
				  individuals they serve, and consultation and technical assistance to help day
				  care programs expand and improve the quality of care provided. Transportation
				  to and from the service facility is an optional service that may be provided by
				  adult day care programs.
(b) Target
				  Population. Adults who because of age, disability or handicap need the service
				  to enable them to remain in or return to their own homes. Within the target
				  population, eligible clients shall be provided day care services for adults in
				  the following order of priority:
(1) adults
				  who require complete, full-time daytime supervision in order to live in their
				  own home or prevent impending placement in substitute care (e.g. nursing home,
				  domiciliary home), and adults who need the service as part of a protective
				  services plan;
(2) adults who need
				  help for themselves with activities of daily living or support for their
				  caregivers in order to maintain themselves in their own homes or
				  both;
(3) adults who need
				  intervention in the form of enrichment and opportunities for social activities
				  in order to prevent deterioration that would lead to placement in group
				  care;
(4) individuals who need
				  time-limited support in making the transition from independent living to group
				  care, or individuals who need time-limited support in making the transition
				  from group care to independent living.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter R - SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT › Section .0900 - SERVICE DEFINITIONS › Section 71R .0904 - DELINQUENCY PREVENTION SERVICES

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(a) Primary
				  Service. Delinquency prevention services are services to youths who are in
				  danger of being confined to a correctional facility, including counseling and
				  other treatment services to provide guidance and direction to youths who are
				  having behavior problems which, if not corrected, may result in their being
				  brought before the court and committed or recommitted to a correctional
				  facility. Also included are counseling or instructions for parents or other
				  caretakers to improve parent or caretaker capacity to supervise the youth;
				  vocational counseling and, where appropriate, assistance in obtaining
				  employment; assistance in establishing better child-school, child-parent,
				  child-community, relationships, assistance in securing better living
				  arrangements; assistance in relieving unnecessary psychosocial pressures on the
				  child or family or both and provision, as appropriate, of information and
				  counseling on drug and alcohol abuse. At county option, residential care,
				  including room and board for up to six months for any one placement, may be
				  provided where necessary to the provision of a comprehensive and intensive
				  regimen of the services described in Paragraph (a) of this Rule. Medical or
				  remedial care are included in such residential care when they are integral, but
				  subordinate parts of the regimen of services. Included are psychiatric
				  diagnosis and treatment and drug therapy as prescribed by a
				  physician.
(b) Components.
				  None.
(c) Resource Items.
				  None.
(d) Target Population.
				  Children between 8 and 18 who are in clear and present danger of being
				  committed or recommitted to the juvenile correctional system.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143B-153;
Eff. February 8,
					 1977;
Amended Eff. October 1, 1979; October 1, 1977;
Transferred from T10.43D .0206 Eff. July 1, 1983;
Amended Eff. May
					 1, 1990; July 1, 1984;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. May 20,
					 2017.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter R - SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT › Section .0900 - SERVICE DEFINITIONS › Section 71R .0905 - EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SUPPORT SERVICES

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(a) Primary
				  Service. Employment and training support services are services provided as part
				  of an individual service plan to enable appropriate individuals to secure paid
				  employment or training leading to employment, including basic education and
				  continuing education. Services include counseling to explore with the
				  individual his current readiness or potential for employment and to assess the
				  feasibility of seeking training or employment in relation to the total needs of
				  the family; providing information about and referral to educational resources,
				  training programs, and possible sources of employment; and counseling and
				  information to encourage and support the individual's employment objectives
				  with respect to such topics as grooming, how to apply to appropriate resources,
				  employer expectations, and constructive resolution of work related problems.
				  Also included is arrangement for or provision of general and specialized
				  diagnostic tests and evaluations to assess the individual's potential for
				  employment and any limitations which affect employment or training.
				  Transportation, when needed to enable individuals to make application and
				  interview for employment and to participate in training leading to employment,
				  may be provided on an optional basis.
(b) Components. None.
(c) Resource Items. At provider option,
				  payment for resource items may be provided to facilitate the provision of
				  employment and training support services. Resource items include tuition,
				  supplies, and rental or purchase of books when needed to assist in meeting the
				  usual expenses of obtaining vocational training, basic education, or a high
				  school education or its equivalent in public or private technical institutes or
				  community colleges; lunches, uniforms, and subject to state office approval,
				  tools and other equipment necessary to enable individuals to accept training or
				  employment when such items are not otherwise available.
(d) Target Population. Individuals who are
				  unable to obtain or retain adequate employment.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143B-153;
Eff. February 8,
					 1977;
Amended Eff. October 1, 1979; July 1, 1979; October 1, 1978;
					 October 1, 1977;
Transferred from T10.43D .0208 Eff. July 1,
					 1983;
Amended Eff. July 1, 1984;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. May 20,
					 2017.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter R - SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT › Section .0900 - SERVICE DEFINITIONS › Section 71R .0906 - FOSTER CARE SERVICES FOR ADULTS

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(a) Primary
				  Service. Foster care services for adults means recruitment, study and
				  development of family care homes and group care facilities; evaluation and
				  periodic re-evaluation to determine if the home or facility meets the needs of
				  the individuals it serves; and consultation and technical assistance to help
				  family care homes and group care facilities to expand and improve the quality
				  of care provided.
(b) Components.
				  None.
(c) Resource Items.
				  None.
(d) Target Population. Aging,
				  blind, or disabled individuals (18 years or older) or other adults needing to
				  find licensed substitute homes when unable to stay in own home or moving out of
				  institutional care.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143B-153;
Eff. February 8,
					 1977;
Amended Eff. October 1, 1979; October 1, 1977;
Transferred from T10.43D .0210 Eff. July 1, 1983;
Amended Eff.
					 March 1, 1994; May 1, 1990; July 1, 1984;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. May 20,
					 2017.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter R - SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT › Section .0900 - SERVICE DEFINITIONS › Section 71R .0907 - FOSTER CARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN

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(a) Primary
				  Service. Foster care services for children means social casework services
				  through which a plan for substitute care appropriate to a child's needs is
				  evaluated, arranged, maintained and supervised either in the home of a court
				  approved relative or in a licensed or a court approved home or facility when
				  neither of the child's parents are able to care for him/her in an environment
				  free of neglect or abuse. Services include the following:
(1) Diagnostic study and evaluation, and
				  medical examinations when not otherwise available, to determine the appropriate
				  plan for service and type of placement to meet the child's needs;
(2) Preparation of the child and natural
				  family for the separation and placement;
(3) Supervision of the care of the child and
				  of the foster care facility to assure that the child receives proper care
				  during placement;
(4) Provision of
				  social casework and other treatment services to facilitate the child's
				  psychosocial adjustment and to assist the parents or other responsible
				  relatives to improve conditions and enable the child to return to his/her own
				  home;
(5) Planning and providing
				  services as necessary for the placement of the child in the home of other
				  relatives, in an adoptive home or in continued foster care as
				  appropriate;
(6) Provision of
				  casework services and supervision to a child and his/her family from the time
				  the child is returned to the home of his/her parents to the time court action
				  is completed returning legal custody of the child to the parents;
(7) Foster care services includes identifying
				  children who require placement across state lines, ensuring that such
				  placements are in environments with persons or caretaking facilities having
				  licenses and effecting such placements pursuant to the interstate compact on
				  the placement of children; and
(8)
				  At county option, the provision of legal services to facilitate permanent
				  planning for a child.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter R - SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT › Section .0900 - SERVICE DEFINITIONS › Section 71R .0908 - HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES

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(a) Primary
				  Service. Health support services means helping individuals and families to:
(1) Recognize health needs including those
				  related to alcohol and drug abuse;
(2) Cope with incapacities and limited
				  functioning resulting from aging or disability; and
(3) Choose, obtain and use resources and
				  mechanisms of support under Medicaid (including the early and periodic
				  screening, diagnosis and treatment program), medicare, maternal and child
				  health programs and from other public or private agencies or providers of
				  health services;
(4) Receive
				  counseling and planning for the individuals, families and health providers to
				  help assure continuity of treatment and the carrying out of health
				  recommendations;
(5) Secure
				  admission to medical institutions and children to secure admission to other
				  health-related facilities as needed; and family planning services as described
				  in Paragraph (b) of this Rule; and
(6) At county option, receive transportation,
				  when not otherwise available as necessary to access needed medical and health
				  care resources.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter R - SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT › Section .0900 - SERVICE DEFINITIONS › Section 71R .0909 - HOUSING AND HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICE

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(a) Housing
				  and home improvement is a supportive service which may make a difference in the
				  lives of individuals and families who wish to live independently in safe
				  affordable homes within their communities of choice. This service can enable
				  individuals and families to obtain, retain or return to independent housing,
				  and resolve health and safety issues affecting their home or areas adjacent to
				  their home. For the purpose of this Subchapter, the service has three elements:
(1) Housing services that support independent
				  living by providing information to individuals and families to enable them to
				  obtain housing, retain the housing they have or return to independent
				  housing.
(2) Home improvement
				  services that identify health and safety issues affecting the home or areas
				  adjacent to the home and provide needed improvements to resolve those issues
				  including modifications to the home to promote mobility.
(3) Provision of, or replacement of, basic
				  furnishings or household appliances which promote independent living.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter R - SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT › Section .0900 - SERVICE DEFINITIONS › Section 71R .0910 - INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY ADJUSTMENT SERVICES

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(a) Primary
				  Service. Individual and family adjustment services are designed to offer
				  assistance to individuals and their family members in support of attempts to
				  restructure or solidify the individual's environment. Activities include
				  counseling to enable the individual to recognize, understand, and cope with
				  problems and conflicts in regard specifically to such areas as household
				  management, consumer affairs, family life, alcoholism, drug addiction, mental
				  retardation, emotional disturbance, and school related problems. Such
				  counseling is also designed to help individuals independently utilize community
				  resources, including other social services; take advantage of natural support
				  systems; and achieve an adequate level of functioning within the family. Also
				  included is arranging for other services when needed to support the provision
				  of individual and family adjustment services; diagnostic psychological study
				  and evaluation necessary to determine the appropriate plan of service;
				  activities associated with fulfilling the agency's responsibility to serve as
				  guardian or representative payee for individual clients; and social development
				  through therapeutic groups as a part of a service plan to give individuals
				  opportunities for participation in structured group activities focused on
				  helping them cope with personal problems, develop capacities for more adequate
				  social functioning and relieve social isolation.
(b) Components. Day or residential camp
				  experience for school-age children and therapeutic camp for developmentally
				  disabled or handicapped individuals and their families and for youths whose
				  behavior is delinquent or undisciplined may be provided at county
				  option.
(c) Resource Items.
				  None.
(d) Target Population:
(1) individuals who need assistance in order
				  to fully and appropriately utilize social services;
(2) individuals who need assistance in coping
				  with specific problems, such as household management, consumer affairs, family
				  life, alcoholism, drug addiction, mental retardation, emotional disturbance,
				  and school related problems.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter R - SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT › Section .0900 - SERVICE DEFINITIONS › Section 71R .0912 - PERSONAL AND FAMILY COUNSELING

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(a) Primary
				  Service. Personal and family counseling means the rendering of counseling
				  services or therapy to individuals, either singly or in groups, for the purpose
				  of resolving emotional conflicts within social relationships. It operates
				  through a process of mobilizing the strengths inherent in the person which are
				  needed to deal with immediate situations and developing the coping ability of
				  the family and its members to use themselves effectively in life roles and
				  tasks. The process involves a professional relationship with a skilled
				  counselor to help the clients assess the situation, to plan steps for dealing
				  with it, and to take appropriate action.
(b) Components. None.
(c) Resource Items. None.
(d) Target Population. Individuals
				  experiencing stress which impedes satisfactory emotional adjustment and is
				  causing serious conflicts in interpersonal relationships.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143B-153;
Eff. February 8,
					 1977;
Amended Eff. October 1, 1979;
Transferred from
					 T10.43D .0219 Eff. July 1, 1983;
Amended Eff. May 1, 1990; July 1,
					 1984;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. May 20,
					 2017.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter R - SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT › Section .0900 - SERVICE DEFINITIONS › Section 71R .0913 - PREPARATION AND DELIVERY OF MEALS

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(a) Primary
				  Service. This service means the preparation and delivery of nutritious meals to
				  a blind, aging, or disabled individual in his own home or in a central dining
				  facility as necessary to prevent institutionalization or malnutrition. The cost
				  of raw food necessary to provide the meal service is included.
(b) Components. None.
(c) Resource Items. None.
(d) Target Population. Blind, aging, or
				  disabled individuals needing nutritious meals in their own home or in a central
				  dining facility as necessary to prevent malnutrition or institutionalization.
				  Within the target population, eligible clients shall be provided meal services
				  in the following order of priority:
(1) aged
				  or disabled individuals who need the service to avoid impending placement in
				  substitute care (e.g. nursing home, domiciliary home, foster home) and adults
				  who need the service as part of a protective services plan;
(2) aged or disabled adults who live alone
				  and need the service to maintain self-sufficiency and prevent deterioration
				  that may lead to placement in substitute care;
(3) aged and disabled individuals who can
				  receive some needed care from others but who need the service to enable their
				  caregivers to maintain employment of to otherwise support the caregiver's
				  efforts to keep them in their own homes.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter R - SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT › Section .0900 - SERVICE DEFINITIONS › Section 71R .0914 - PROBLEM PREGNANCY SERVICES

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(a) Primary
				  Service. Problem pregnancy services are services to individuals who are
				  involved with an undesired pregnancy. Services include counseling to assist
				  such individuals in looking at alternative solutions to the unwanted pregnancy
				  (i.e., abortion, adoption, or keeping the baby), and at the probable
				  consequences of each alternative, and assistance in arranging for and utilizing
				  other needed services. Residential care, including a concentrated regimen of
				  services as described in (a) of this Rule, room and board for up to six months,
				  medical supervision, and medications required for health maintenance in
				  pregnancy as prescribed by a physician may be provided when such care is
				  provided in an approved living arrangement prescribed in
				  10A NCAC
				  71L .0101(5) and
				  71L .0102(f). Psychiatric
				  counseling specifically related to help in coping with the pregnancy may also
				  be included as an integral but subordinate part of the regimen of residential
				  services.
(b) Components.
				  None.
(c) Resource Items.
				  None.
(d) Target Population.
				  Individuals (male or female) involved with an undesired pregnancy. The
				  residential care component is available to females.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143B-153(2a)b.;
Eff. February 8, 1977;
Amended Eff. October 1, 1979; July 1,
					 1978;
Transferred from T10.43D .0221 Eff. July 1, 1983;
Amended Eff. May 1, 1990; October 1, 1987; July 1, 1984;
Pursuant
					 to G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. May 20,
					 2017.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter R - SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT › Section .0900 - SERVICE DEFINITIONS › Section 71R .0915 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR ADULTS

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(a) Primary
				  Service. Protective services for adults are services provided to correct or
				  prevent further abuse, neglect, exploitation or hazardous living conditions of
				  individuals 18 years of age or older or lawfully emancipated minors who are
				  unable to manage their own resources, carry out the activities of daily living
				  or protect their own interests. Services include acceptance and evaluation of
				  reports of the need of individuals for protective services; planning and
				  counseling with such individuals and their relatives or caretakers to identify,
				  remedy or prevent problems which result in abuse, neglect or exploitation;
				  assisting in arranging for appropriate alternate living arrangements in the
				  community or in an institution; and arranging for the provision of medical,
				  legal and other services as needed and appropriate. Also included are
				  assistance in arranging for protective placement, guardianship or commitment
				  when needed as part of the protective services plan, and carrying out the
				  duties of guardian or representative payee when part of a protective services
				  plan; and the provision of medical and psychological diagnostic studies and
				  evaluations where needed to substantiate and assess the circumstances of abuse
				  or neglect. At its option, the county may provide advocacy, including legal
				  services, to assure receipt of rights and entitlements due to adults at risk,
				  and services of lawyers to represent the agency where court action is necessary
				  to protect adults.
(b) Components.
				  None.
(c) Resource Items.
				  None.
(d) Target Population.
				  "Disabled" adults (18 years or older or lawfully emancipated minor) who are
				  unable to manage their own resources, carry out activities of daily living, or
				  protect their own interests.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143B-153;
Eff. February 8,
					 1977;
Amended Eff. October 1, 1981; October 1, 1979; October 1,
					 1977;
Transferred from T10.43D .0222 Eff. July 1, 1983;
Amended Eff. May 1, 1990; July 1, 1984; December 1, 1983;
Pursuant
					 to G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. May 20,
					 2017.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter R - SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT › Section .0900 - SERVICE DEFINITIONS › Section 71R .0916 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN

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(a) Primary
				  Service. Protective services for children are social services provided to
				  children and their parents or other caretakers in response to instances of
				  actual or suspected child neglect, abuse or dependency. The primary elements of
				  protective services consist of:
(1)
				  Identifying children at risk;
(2)
				  Receiving and assessing reports of neglect, abuse or dependency;
(3) Evaluating the degree of damage or risk
				  to the child;
(4) Cooperating with
				  law enforcement agencies as required to obtain suitable care and services for
				  children in or out of their own homes and initiation of court action where
				  necessary;
(5) Counseling and
				  planning with the child's family toward the solution and prevention of problems
				  causing neglect, abuse or dependency; and
(6) Arranging for the provision of, and
				  assisting families in utilizing appropriate services and community resources
				  such as foster care, child care, health and mental health services, and
				  homemaker services as needed. These services are included for runaways, harmed
				  or threatened with harm by virtue of their status as runaways. Included also
				  are service activities necessary to carry out statutory responsibility to
				  approve or disapprove the separation of a child under six months of age from
				  its parent. The county may provide counseling and therapy for children and
				  their parents or guardians, training courses for parents or guardians of the
				  individual child, and services of lawyers to represent the agency where court
				  action is necessary to protect children.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter R - SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT › Section .0900 - SERVICE DEFINITIONS › Section 71R .0917 - RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT FOR THE EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED

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(a) Primary Service. Residential treatment
				  means services provided in an environment effectively structured and designed
				  as a therapeutic milieu to meet individualized needs of emotionally disturbed
				  individuals. Services should initiate and direct recovery from the incidence
				  and debilitating effects of emotional disturbance in such manner that
				  rehabilitation toward adequate social and emotional functioning can be
				  continued by follow-up support and treatment in home and community. Included
				  are room and board for up to six consecutive months for any one placement in
				  residential treatment. Psychiatric counseling and drug therapy specifically
				  related to the treatment of the individual's emotional disturbance may be
				  provided as integral but subordinate to the regimen of residential treatment
				  services.
(b) Components.
				  None.
(c) Resource Items.
				  None.
(d) Target Population.
				  Emotionally disturbed children who are a placement responsibility (by legal
				  custody or voluntary agreement) of county departments of social services and
				  for whom other program resources are not available.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143B-153;
Eff. July 1,
					 1979;
Amended Eff. April 1, 1983;
Transferred from
					 T10.43D .0240 Eff. July 1, 1983;
Amended Eff. July 1,
					 1984;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. May 20,
					 2017.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter R - SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT › Section .0900 - SERVICE DEFINITIONS › Section 71R .0918 - TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

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(a) Primary
				  Service. Transportation services mean providing transportation as part of a
				  service plan to enable individuals for whom transportation is not otherwise
				  available to have access to medical and health resources, shopping facilities,
				  education, recreational and employment and training opportunities, and other
				  community facilities and resources, and to support the delivery of other social
				  services.
(b) Components.
				  None.
(c) Resource Items.
				  None.
(d) Target Population. All
				  individuals in need of the service who meet the general eligibility
				  criteria.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143B-153;
Eff. February 8,
					 1977;
Amended Eff. July 1, 1979;
Transferred from
					 T10.43D .0230 Eff. July 1, 1983;
Amended Eff. July 1,
					 1984;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. May 20,
					 2017.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter R - SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT › Section .0900 - SERVICE DEFINITIONS › Section 71R .0919 - ADULT PLACEMENT SERVICES

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(a) Primary
				  Service. Adult Placement Services are activities necessary to assist aging or
				  disabled individuals and their families or representatives in finding
				  substitute homes or residential health care facilities suitable to their needs
				  when they are unable to remain in their current living situations. Activities
				  include completing an initial screening and assessment while providing
				  counseling to help the individual and his family or representative to determine
				  the need for initial or continued placement; assisting in the process for
				  completing necessary financial applications and medical evaluations; helping to
				  locate and secure placement in a suitable setting and level of care; supporting
				  an individual and his family or representative in the individual's transition
				  from one location to another; and providing counseling and other services to
				  help the individual adjust to the new setting and maintain the placement. Adult
				  Placement Services also include assisting individuals, when requested, to
				  return to more independent settings in the community, or to relocate in more
				  appropriate settings when new levels of care are needed.
Adult Placement Services must be provided by every county
					 department of social services.
(b) Components. None.
(c) Resource Items. None.
(d) Target Population. An individual is
				  considered to be in the target population if Adult Placement Services are
				  appropriate and desired based on one of the following client needs:
(1) Adults who are unable to maintain
				  themselves in their own homes independently or with available community or
				  family supports.
(2) Adults who are
				  living in substitute homes, residential health care facilities or institutions,
				  and who need assistance in relocating due to changes in the level of care
				  needed or other factors indicating that alternative settings may be more
				  appropriate.
(3) Adults who are
				  living in substitute homes, residential health care facilities or institutions,
				  and who need assistance in returning to more independent living arrangements in
				  the community.
(4) Adults who are
				  living in substitute homes or residential health care facilities, and who need
				  assistance in adjusting to or maintaining their placements due to individual or
				  family problems or a lack of resources.
This target population includes wards for whom the director
					 or assistant director of the county department of social services is the
					 guardian.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter S - SERVICE COST-SHARING › Section .0100 - PURPOSE › Section 71S .0101 - PURPOSE OF CONSUMER CONTRIBUTIONS

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(a) As
				  used in this Subchapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) Consumer Contributions - a monetary
				  amount voluntarily given to the service provider by the service recipient or
				  the designated representative toward the cost of the service
				  received.
(2) Recommended
				  Contribution Schedule - a listing of income ranges and corresponding
				  recommended contribution percentages for use with clients whose incomes are
				  above the Federal poverty level. The Recommended Contribution Schedule is
				  available at http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/aging/arms/csupdat2.htmand is
				  determined as follows:
Percent of Poverty
Suggested Percentage of the Cost of Service
100%
10%
125%
20%
150%
30%
175%
40%
200%
50%
225%
60%
250%
70%
275%
80%
300%
90%
350%
100%
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter S - SERVICE COST-SHARING › Section .0200 - SERVICE COST SHARING REQUIREMENTS › Section 71S .0201 - SERVICES SUBJECT TO CONSUMER CONTRIBUTIONS

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(a) The
				  following services, when provided by funds administered by the Division of
				  Social Services, shall be subject to consumer contributions:
(1) Adult Day Care;
(2) Adult Day Health;
(3) Housing and Home Improvement (Renovations
				  or Repair and Furnishings or Appliance Purchases only);
(4) In-Home Aide Services;
(5) Personal and Family Counseling;
(6) Preparation and Delivery of
				  Meals.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter S - SERVICE COST-SHARING › Section .0200 - SERVICE COST SHARING REQUIREMENTS › Section 71S .0202 - INITIAL AND ANNUAL REVIEWS

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(a) Upon
				  the initiation of the provision of the service(s) subject to consumer
				  contributions and at least annually thereafter, the agency shall review with
				  each client determined eligible to receive services subject to consumer
				  contributions the following information:
(1)
				  that the contribution is entirely voluntary and that there is no obligation to
				  contribute;
(2) that all
				  contributions collected shall be used to expand the service(s);
(3) that information about the client's
				  participation in consumer contributions shall be confidential;
(4) who should be contacted, including the
				  telephone number, if the client has questions regarding consumer
				  contributions;
(5) the total cost
				  of the service (actual or per unit); and
(6) that services shall not be reduced or
				  terminated for failure to contribute.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter S - SERVICE COST-SHARING › Section .0200 - SERVICE COST SHARING REQUIREMENTS › Section 71S .0203 - REPEALED - ANNUAL REVIEW

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 143B-153;
Eff. March 1,
					 1994;
Repealed Eff. September 1,
					 2005.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter S - SERVICE COST-SHARING › Section .0200 - SERVICE COST SHARING REQUIREMENTS › Section 71S .0204 - INCOME DETERMINATION

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Income may be self-declared by the client or his designated
					 representative or may be verified at county option.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143B-153;
Eff. March 1,
					 1994;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. May 20,
					 2017.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter S - SERVICE COST-SHARING › Section .0200 - SERVICE COST SHARING REQUIREMENTS › Section 71S .0205-.0206

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Authority
					 G.S.
					 143B-153;
Eff. March 1,
					 1994;
Amended Eff. November 1, 1994;
Repealed Eff.
					 September 1, 2005.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter S - SERVICE COST-SHARING › Section .0200 - SERVICE COST SHARING REQUIREMENTS › Section 71S .0207 - COLLECTION OF CONSUMER CONTRIBUTIONS REVENUE

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(a) Service
				  providers shall have written procedures to collect, account for, and safeguard
				  all contributions.
(b) When the
				  county department of social services directly provides a service subject to
				  consumer contributions, the county department of social services shall collect
				  and account for these revenues.
(c)
				  When a service subject to consumer contributions is provided by an agency other
				  than a county department of social services or an individual through a purchase
				  of service contract, that provider or the county department of social services
				  shall be responsible for collecting and accounting for the revenue. When the
				  provider is responsible for collecting and accounting for consumer
				  contributions revenue, this must be specified in the contract for purchase of
				  services.
(d) When a service
				  subject to consumer contributions is purchased through a local or state-level
				  contract, the county department of social services shall furnish the provider
				  current information in writing as to the amount of the consumer contributions
				  the client has agreed to contribute. The county department of social services
				  or the provider shall collect the contribution from the client. The county
				  department of social services shall furnish the provider in writing any change
				  in the amount of consumer contributions. No consumer contributions amounts
				  other than those identified shall be collected.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143B-153;
Eff. March 1,
					 1994;
Amended Eff. September 1, 2005;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. May 20,
					 2017.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter S - SERVICE COST-SHARING › Section .0200 - SERVICE COST SHARING REQUIREMENTS › Section 71S .0208 - TERMINATION

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Service(s) to the client shall not be terminated for
					 failure to contribute to the cost of service(s) rendered.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143B-153;
Eff. March 1,
					 1994;
Amended Eff. September 1, 2005;
Pursuant to
					 G.S.
					 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
					 substantive public interest Eff. May 20,
					 2017.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter T - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Section 71T .0101 - SERVICES

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The services provided to non-AFDC clients shall be as
				  follows:
(1) the location of absent
				parents;
(2) the establishment of
				paternity and support obligations;
(3) assistance in the preparation and
				execution of actions pursuant to G.S. 52A;
(4) the enforcement of support
				obligations;
(5) the collection and
				disbursement of support payments;
(6) legal services necessary to provide
				services.
Authority
				  G.S.
				  110-130.1(a),(b);
				  143B-153;
Eff.
				  February 1, 1976;
Amended Eff. April 29, 1977; May 1,
				  1976;
Readopted Eff. October 31, 1977;
Amended Eff.
				  March 1, 1990; February 1, 1986;
Pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
				  substantive public interest Eff. May 20,
				  2017.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter T - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Section 71T .0102 - ELIGIBILITY

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Child support enforcement services are mandatory for all AFDC
				  recipients whose eligibility for public assistance has been established due to
				  the absence from the home of at least one of the parents. In addition, any
				  person who is not a recipient of AFDC may apply for services.
Authority G.S. 110,
				  Article 9; 143B-10;
Eff. April 29, 1977;
Readopted Eff.
				  October 31, 1977;
Pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
				  substantive public interest Eff. May 20,
				  2017.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter T - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Section 71T .0103 - LEGAL SERVICES

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All local IV-D agencies are required to arrange for the
				  services of an attorney by one of the following methods:
(1) contract with a private attorney,
				or
(2) use of a county or state
				employed attorney.
This requirement is necessary due to the fact that certain
				  program functions must be handled by an attorney, according to state
				  law.
Authority G.S. 110,
				  Article 9; 143B-153; P.L.
				  93-647;
Eff. October 1,
				  1977;
Readopted Eff. October 31, 1977;
Pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
				  substantive public interest Eff. May 20,
				  2017.
North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 71 - ADULT AND FAMILY SUPPORT › Subchapter T - CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT › Section 71T .0104 - HEARINGS AS MANDATED BY THE SET OFF DEBT COLLECTION ACT

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Counties shall adhere to the following procedures:
(1) Within 30 days of the date of the mailing
				of the notice of proposed set-off action, an absent parent may request a
				hearing; This request shall be in writing and mailed or delivered to the
				address set forth in the notice;
(2) If the county which is responsible for
				management of the absent parent's case has a county-operated IV-D program, then
				the hearing shall be conducted by a hearing officer designated by the Director
				of the Division of Social Services;
(3) If the county which is responsible for
				management of the absent parent's case has a state-operated IV-D program, the
				Office of Administrative Hearings shall conduct the hearing and the hearing
				procedures specified in Ch. 150B, Article 3 and 26 NCAC Chapter 3 shall
				apply;
(4) The hearing shall be
				conducted at the local IV-D agency in the county which is responsible for
				management of the case whenever feasible or other suitable location as
				designated by the hearing officer;
(5) All hearings under this Rule and under
				G.S.
				105A-8, the Set-Off Debt Collection Act,
				shall be conducted in accordance with G.S. 150B, Article 3, the Administrative
				Procedure Act, and
				10 NCAC
				01B .0200, or 26 NCAC Ch. 3 as
				appropriate.
Authority
				  G.S.
				  105A-8;
				  110-128;
				  143B-153;
Eff.
				  February 1, 1980;
Amended Eff. March 1, 1990; May 1, 1989; January
				  1, 1983;
Pursuant to
				  G.S.
				  150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without
				  substantive public interest Eff. May 20,
				  2017.