Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 021-99 - Safety and Permanence › Chapter DCF 56 - Foster Home Care For Children › Section DCF 56.15 - Supervising agency

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES.
(a) A supervising agency shall do, or
				contract for, all of the following for each child in the agency's care:
1. Ensure that every child is assigned a
				supervising agency caseworker, in coordination with the placing agency, if
				different.
2. Provide the foster
				parent with the telephone number of a social worker or supervising agency
				caseworker who will provide crisis intervention, emergency counseling, and
				related services on a 24-hour per day, 7-day per week basis for the foster
				parent.
3. Support and assist the
				foster parent to effectively fulfill responsibilities in this chapter and to
				the child's team or treatment team.
4. When a school-age child is placed in a
				foster home, notify the school district in which the foster home is located and
				the school in which the child will enroll, unless the child will remain
				enrolled in his or her school district and school of origin. If the child will
				remain enrolled in his or her school and school district of origin, the
				supervising agency shall give notification of the placement to the child's
				school district and school of origin., as required under s.
				48.64(1r),
				Stats. The notification shall include all of the following:
a. The name, address, and phone number of the
				foster parent.
b. The name of the
				foster child.
c. Information about
				the child required by the school, as allowed under any applicable
				confidentiality laws.
d. The name
				and contact information for the caseworker or social worker assigned to the
				child's case.
5.
				Advocate for the child with the child's school, medical facility, or any other
				program in which the child is involved to ensure that services provided to the
				child are consistent with the case plan; permanency plan; and treatment plan,
				if applicable.
6. Assist the foster
				parents with any necessary arrangements in an emergency situation.
7. Arrange for care of a foster child in the
				event that the foster parent is unavailable to provide care on a temporary
				basis, in conjunction with the foster parent.
8. Prior to or at the time of placement of a
				child with a foster parent, the supervising agency shall explain to the foster
				parent the child-specific considerations that the foster parent is required to
				take into account when applying the reasonable and prudent parent standard, as
				documented on the forms required under ch. DCF 37, and provide the foster
				parent with the brochure required under s.
				DCF 56.12(1)
				(h).
9. Provide updated information to the foster
				parent about child-specific considerations for reasonable and prudent parenting
				decisions throughout the child's placement through team or treatment team
				meetings and when there is a significant change in circumstances.
10. Notify the placing agency of any updates
				to information about the child that were not included in the forms provided to
				the foster parent at the time of placement under ch. DCF 37, if the supervising
				agency and placing agency are not the same agency.
Note:
The forms provided under ch. DCF 37 are
				  DCF-F-872A-E,
Information for Out-of-Home Care Providers, Part
				  A.
and DCF-F-872B-E,
Information for Out-of-Home Care
				  Providers, Part B.
Both forms are available in the forms section of
				  the department website at
http://dcf.wisconsin.gov
or by writing
				  the Division of Safety and Permanence, P.O. Box 8916, Madison, WI
				  53708-8916.
11. Assist the
				foster parent and child with overcoming barriers to the child's participation
				in extracurricular, enrichment, cultural, and social activities that promote
				normalcy in an age and developmentally appropriate manner.
12. Assist with resolving a conflict among
				members of the child's team or treatment team on the application of the
				reasonable and prudent parent standard.