Section 400.12419. Initial service plans.

Rule 419. (1) The initial service plan, as required in R 400.12418(2)(a), shall include all of the following information:

(a)   Dates, types, and places of agency contacts and persons contacted.

(b)   Circumstances necessitating placement.

(c)   Assessment of the placement selection criteria as required under R 400.12404(4).

(d)    A social history pertinent to the circumstances necessitating placement that assesses the child and all persons in the child’s family to determine the services best suited to meet the child’s needs.

(e)    A plan that has as its goal reunification of the child with his or her family or another goal of permanent placement. The plan shall include all of the following information:

(i)   The permanency goal for the child.

(ii)   The conditions necessary to achieve the permanency goal identified in paragraph

(i)   of this subdivision.

(iii)    Action steps and time frames to achieve the necessary conditions identified in paragraph (ii) of this subdivision.

(iv)      The persons responsible for implementing the action steps identified in paragraph (iii) of this subdivision.

(v)   Projected length of placement in foster care.

(f)  Specific goals, as appropriate, to meet the child’s needs in the following areas:

(i)   Education

(ii)   Health

(iii)   Vocational training

(iv)   Psychological, psychiatric, and mental health services

(g)    Plans for visits between the child, siblings, the child’s family, and any other person.

(h)   The child management plan to be used by the foster parent.

(2)   If parental rights have not been terminated, the service plan shall include all of the following:

(a)   An assessment of the parents’ needs as they relate to the care of the child.

(b)   The parents’ role while the child is in placement, including parenting time.

(c)   The requirements to be met for the return of the child. (d)The time frames for meeting the stated requirements.

(e)Documentation   of    how   the   parents   were   informed   of   their   rights    and responsibilities in the care of their child.

History: 1998-2000 AACS; 2014 AACS.