Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 340 - Department of Human Services › Chapter 75 - Licensing Services › Subchapter 8 - Therapeutic Foster Care and Developmental Disabilities Services › Part 1 - THERAPEUTIC FOSTER CARE › Section 340:75-8-11.1 - Contracted foster care (CFC) in therapeutic foster care (TFC) or intensive therapeutic family care (ITFC) homes

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a)
Purpose.
A TFC or ITFC contractor may use certified TFC or ITFC
				  homes to provide CFC to children in the legal custody of, or who are
				  voluntarily placed with, Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS), or a child in an
				  Indian tribe's custody with an OKDHS tribal agreement. TFC or ITFC contractor
				  CFC placements are submitted for approval to the TFC field manager or field
				  administrator prior to admission to CFC placement in a specified home. Approval
				  may be contingent upon funding availability.
(b)
Population served.
Children
				  may be considered for CFC placement in a TFC or ITFC home on a case-by-case
				  basis. The TFC or ITFC contractor determines a designated timeframe when a
				  child:
(1) placed in TFC or ITFC, no longer
				  requires TFC or ITFC level of care and steps down to a traditional foster care
				  level in the current placement;
(2)
				  needs traditional foster care placement in the same home with a sibling, who is
				  placed in the home on TFC or ITFC level of care;
(3) needs placement in traditional foster
				  care in the same home with his or her parent, who is in OKDHS or tribal
				  custody, and is placed on a TFC or ITFC level of care;
(4) needs to return to a home where he or she
				  was previously placed, following an unsuccessful permanency effort, such as
				  trial adoption or trial reunification;
(5) appears to meet criteria for placement in
				  TFC or ITFC and needs immediate placement when Oklahoma Healthcare Authority
				  (OHCA) approval is not available because the placement need developed outside
				  OHCA business hours or the business day closed without a return call from OHCA.
				  The contractor may assist with the child's immediate placement. This placement
				  is documented and reimbursed through the contractor's resource family
				  partnership (RFP) contract for traditional foster care placements or by
				  placement in CFC. OHCA approval is obtained the following business day after
				  placement. When OHCA approval is obtained, the child is admitted to TFC or
				  ITFC.
(A) When OHCA denies TFC or ITFC
				  placement and when the family agrees to keep the child, the child may remain in
				  the CFC home.
(B) When the family
				  does not agree to keep the child, the contractor and child welfare (CW)
				  specialist immediately coordinate to ensure a new placement referral is
				  initiated for placement in the appropriate level of care;
				  or
(6) a child needing
				  traditional foster care level is placed with a specific TFC or ITFC home due to
				  the home's unique characteristics that meet the child's needs. This placement
				  requires prior approval of the TFC or ITFC contractor and the TFC field manager
				  or field administrator. Examples of unique characteristics include the ability
				  to communicate with the child in a language other than English, specialized
				  medical training, and wheelchair accessible housing and transportation. When
				  funding availability is uncertain, CFC approval may be required. Approval is
				  requested from the TFC field manager or TFC field
				  administrator.