Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter C - GENERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICES › COUNTY RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 3490.235 - Services available through the county agency for children in need of general protective services

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) The
						  county agency shall provide, arrange or otherwise make available the same
						  services for children in need of general protective services as for abused
						  children under §
													3490.60 (relating to services
						  available through the county agency).
(b) The county agency shall develop a family
						  service plan as required by §
													3130.61 (relating to family
						  service plans) for each family accepted for general protective
						  services.
(c) The county agency
						  shall monitor the provision of services and evaluate the effectiveness of the
						  services provided under the family service plan under §
													3130.63 (relating to review of
						  family service plans). The county agency worker shall visit the family in
						  performing the case management responsibilities as required by §
													3130.63 as often as necessary for
						  management of the service provision at least every 180-calendar days.
(d) The county agency may purchase and use
						  the services of any appropriate public or private agency under Chapter 3130
						  (relating to the administration of county children and youth social service
						  programs).
(e) The county agency
						  supervisor shall review each report alleging a need for general protective
						  services which is being assessed on a regular and ongoing basis to assure that
						  the level of services are consistent with the level of risk to the child, to
						  determine the safety of the child and the progress made toward reaching a
						  determination on the need for protective services. The supervisor shall
						  maintain a log of these reviews which at a minimum shall include an entry at
						  10-calendar day intervals during the assessment period.
(f) When a case has been accepted for service
						  and a family service plan has been developed under Chapter 3130, the county
						  agency supervisor shall, within 10-calendar days of the completion of the
						  family service plan, review the plan to assure that the level of activity, in
						  person contacts with the child, oversight, supervision and services for the
						  child and family which are contained in the plan, are consistent with the level
						  of risk determined by the county agency for the case. Documentation of this
						  review shall be in the case record.
(g) When a case has been accepted for
						  services, the county agency shall monitor the safety of the child and assure
						  that contacts are made with the child, parents and service providers. The
						  contacts may occur either directly by a county agency worker or through
						  purchase of service, by phone or in person but face-to-face contacts with the
						  parent and the child shall occur as often as necessary for the protection of
						  the child but at least as often as:
(1) Once a
						  week until the case is no longer designated as high risk by the county agency,
						  if the child remains in or returns to the home in which the need for general
						  protective services was established and the county agency has determined a high
						  level of risk exists for the case.
(2) Once a month for 6 months or case closure
						  when the child is either:
(i) Placed out of
						  the home or setting in which the need for general protective services was
						  established.
(ii) No longer
						  determined to be at a high risk by the county agency.