Foster Care Services

These services are provided to any child for whom the agency has placement responsibility and the child is placed in a licensed care facility, or in the home of a relative if that home is not the home the child was in when the agency received custody or placement responsibility. These services include arranging for appropriate placement in licensed facilities, monitoring and supervising the child's progress in care; planning with families and coordinating services to have children returned to their homes as quickly as possible (the goal is to accomplish reunification in one year); case management to provide casework and other treatment services to facilitate the child's psychological adjustment and to assist the parents or other responsible relatives to improve conditions and enable the child to return to his own home; and collaborate with community agencies who serve the needs of children and families to ensure that appropriate services are available to meet the needs of children in foster care and to facilitate permanence.