Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 11 - Child Welfare Community-Based Residential Care › Part 27 - RESIDENTIAL MATERNITY SERVICES › Section 340:75-11-320 - Non-funded and funded contracted residential maternity services placements

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Contracted residential maternity services
				  placements provide residential care and treatment for pregnant youth in
				  Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) custody or tribal custody,
				  regardless of age. The youth may return to the residential maternity services
				  placement postpartum not to exceed 45 -calendar days, except with the Child
				  Welfare Services (CWS) Specialized Placements and Partnerships Unit (SPPU)
				  approval .
(b) Children served are
				  pregnant youth in DHS custody or tribal custody, regardless of age, who require
				  a supportive living environment with direction and guidance and whose needs
				  exceed foster family care due to difficulty in sustaining relationships with
				  parental figures.
(c) Youth
				  behaviors that are not appropriate for residential maternity services are
				  violence, aggressiveness, destructive behavior to self, others, or property,
				  engagement in criminal or delinquent acts, or other behaviors requiring
				  intensive supervision and services.
(d) Non-funded and funded contracted
				  residential maternity services for pregnant youth include:
(1) group therapy, as needed, that focuses on
				  maintenance issues and daily living skills;
(2) individual treatment, as
				  needed;
(3) parenting skills
				  training to enhance the youth's capability to function as a parent. A specific
				  plan for the delivery of those services is delineated in the contractor's
				  written policy;
(4) active teaching
				  and redevelopment of the youth's basic living and social skills. At minimum,
				  the focus is on the restoration of skills for:
(A) personal health and hygiene;
(B) maintenance of the living environment,
				  including food preparation;
(C)
				  money management;
(D) job skills
				  readiness, acquisition, and retention;
(E) community awareness and mobility,
				  including the use of community resources; and
(F) socialization skills and techniques,
				  including communication;
(5) developing and implementing policy and
				  procedures for the delivery of successful adulthood skills training, using an
				  approved curriculum for teaching successful adulthood skills;
(6) assisting in the provision of federally
				  mandated successful adulthood services that include coordinating with the
				  assigned child welfare (CW) specialist to ensure:
(A) the life skills assessment is completed
				  with each youth 14 years of age or older and the successful adulthood plan
				  produced by this assessment is implemented; and
(B) each youth 14 years of age or older
				  attends one community contractor successful adulthood seminar each
				  year;
(7) ensuring the
				  youth applies for Medicaid upon his or her 18th birthday, when the youth
				  remains in placement in voluntary care to complete secondary education per
				  Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC)
				  340:75-6-110;
(8) providing 24-hour on-call and on-site
				  crisis intervention and behavior management services, as needed;
(9) arranging prenatal, delivery, and
				  postpartum care for the youth by a local physician or clinic; and
(10) ensuring a licensed dietitian or
				  nutritionist is on staff or available as a consultant in menu planning that
				  meets the United States Department of Agriculture or Oklahoma State Department
				  of Health standards for pregnant teenagers or adult women.