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who have not responded to outpatient treatments
The umm "plan" from Allison and Kim was Rhyanna see her therapist until she spontaneously decided to re-engage. Did the outpatient solution work? No. Did it get worse? Yes. She was put on an M1 hold. She is in QRTP for over a month and the argument was "she's doing so well [other than the enormous symptom of contact-refusal] has not improved at all] so, what your saying, should be taken out of the treatment that has shown improvement [i.e. QRTP], and take her out before the largest issue has been solved and put her into a "no treatment" facility? SERIOUSLY??
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Consider citing information on:Reasonable efforts to reunify
ABA list of resources to cite to overcome lack of reunification
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Providing states improved access to federal funds for reunification services aligns with the federal Children’s Bureau’s renewed focus on reasonable efforts to achieve permanency requirements. Families should be provided all needed assistance to ensure the safe reunification of the child. (See reasonable efforts resources in Research to Cite: Reunification Services for the Family.)
Families should be provided all needed assistance to ensure the safe reunification of the child
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Key Federal Laws to Incorporate into Advocacy
ABA FFPSA Guide:
Prevention Services
- 42 U.S.C. $ 671 (a)(15) Requires child welfare agencies to make reasonable efforts to preserve families and pre- vent removal, unless certain exceptions apply. See also
- 45 CFR 1356.21(1). (e) Explains requirement for states to receive 50% federal funding reimbursement.
- 42 U.S.C. $ 672 (a)(2)(A) Foster care placement requires either a voluntary placement agreement entered into by the child's parent or legal guardian or a judicial determination that child's continuation in the home would be "contrary to the welfare of the child" and "reasonable efforts" to prevent removal have been made by the child welfare agency as required by 42 U.S.C. $ 671(a)(15).
- 42 U.S.C. S 675 (13) Defines the term "candidate tor foster care generally as a child identified in a prevention plan.. as being at imminent risk of entering foster care...but who can remain safely in the child's home or in kinship placement as long as services. necessary to prevent the entry of the child into foster care are provided
Reunification Services
- 42 U.S.C. § 629a
- 42 U.S.C. § 671 (a) (7) Defines family reunification services eligible for federal funding under Title IV-B that are no longer time limited while in foster care and may be available to families for up to 15 months after the child returns home. (a)(15) Requires reasonable efforts to make it possible for a child to safely return to the child's ome.
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reunification services that can begin as soon as a child enters foster care
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The Title IV-B Family Reunification Services section de-scribes the services that should be provided to a child and family when the child has been removed from the home “to facilitate the reunification of the child safely and appropri-ately within a timely fashion and to ensure the strength and stability of the reunification.”60 These services may include counseling, substance use treatment, assistance to address domestic violence, peer mentoring, visitation, and transpor-tation
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