Create an Approved Informal Living Arrangement
Informal, non-court placements will be documented in the Approved Informal
Living Arrangement window. The
Approved Informal Living Arrangement icon
is available
from the Detail Program Case window (CFS only), the
Detail Safety Assessment and Detail
Safety Plan.
- When children are found to be unsafe through a
Safety Assessment and certain circumstances do not exist such as meth
use, sexual abuse, domestic violence, etc., the safety intervention system
encourages non-court cases with the parents placing the child with a relative
or friend. This
is not a formal voluntary placement
agreement with DHHS.
- DHHS does criminal history and basic background
checks on these relatives/friends and monitors the 'placement' through
the Safety Plan. If
the parent does not cooperate with the terms of the safety plan, DHHS
then will pursue more formal involvement with the family such as requesting
a petition be filed in juvenile court.
The following conditions must be met in order to create an Approved
Informal Living Arrangement for a child(ren):
- Child is active in an open CFS program case
- Child is age 18 or under
- Child has a Legal Status of ‘Child in Non-Court
Case’
- Child is not in an Active, Pending or Bedhold
placement in this CFS case or any other CFS or JC case
- Be found unsafe through the Safety Assessment
- The arrangement is part of the Safety Plan
- The caregiver must be a Safety Plan Participant.
A CFS program case including the child must be created with the child
in a Legal Status of "child in Non-Court case".
- Create the Detail
Safety Assessment.
- Create the Detail
Safety Plan.
- On the Detail Safety Plan window, select the
Approved Informal Living Arrangement icon. The
Detail Approved Informal Living Arrangement window displays.
- Enter the date the Informal Living Arrangement
begins.
- Select the Caregiver by clicking the Out Arrow
to search for the Org Related Person that will be providing
care for the child(ren).
- Click the Return Arrow to bring the Org Related
Person information back to the Detail Approved Informal Living Arrangement
window.
- Select the relationship of Caregiver to the child
from the drop down listing.
- Select the Save or Save&Close icon to return
to the Detail Program Case window.
(11-2009)