ISP Process Basics
ISP stands for...
What is Individualized Service Plan?
True or False: ISP Team members are to receive verbal or written notification of the ISP meeting.
What is the starting age of age-appropriate children that can attend ISP meetings?
What is 10 years old?
When are initial ISPs due for family preservation cases?
What is within 30 days of case opening?
What pamphlets/forms are typically handed out during an ISP?
What is Civil Rights, Rights of Parents and Children, Freedom of Choice Verification, & Parents of Children in Foster Care?
What are essential to the development of successful ISPs?
What are Comprehensive family assessments/or assessments?
What is the purpose of permanency planning?
What is to ensure safe, stable, and permanent living situations for children?
What documents are used for ISP team members that cannot attend the ISP meeting but have information to be included?
What are absentee forms?
True or False: The 2nd ISP in a case is typically held 6 months after the case is opened.
False: 30 day ISPs are held 30 days after the date of the initial ISP
What is why DHR became involved with the family?
Who leads the ISP process?
Who is the child welfare worker or case manager?
Who should participate in developing an ISP?
Who are age-appropriate children, parents, caregivers, service providers, etc.?
True or False: The first page of the ISP document requires attendees to sign their name, but this does NOT serve as the confidentiality agreement.
What is FALSE?
What should be done within 30 days prior to case closure?
What is review the ISP and assess the family’s readiness for closure?
What are the requirements for completing an initial ISP after removal?
What is within 72 hours of the removal?
What federal law influenced ISP policy updates?
What is the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997?
Name 3 of the 4 permanency goals for a family preservation case....
1. remain with parent;
2. remain with relative/caretaker;
3. return to parent; or
4. return to relative/caretaker
According to recent changes in policy, what must you do if all ISP partners are not able to attend in person?
Hold a subsequent ISP meeting/no segmented ISPs via phone or video.
ISP reviews must occur every __ days/__ months from the date of the initial ISP?
What is 180 days or 6 months?
Name 3 specific areas that need to be addressed in ISP steps? (hint, there are more than 3 total)
•Permanency
•Safety
•Attachment
•Visitation/contacts
•Crisis planning/contingency planning/concurrent plans
•Services
•Educational needs
•Health needs
•Dental needs
•Emotional needs
•ILP
Name 2 of the 5 elements of the ISP process...
What is...
1.Engaging and joining with the family
2.Make concerted efforts to involve the family and their team in the initial and ongoing assessment process
3.Preparation of the family and their team to be active participants in the ISP process
4.Make concerted efforts to involve the family and their team in the development of their ISP plan
5.Actively involve the family and their team in the implementation, follow-up, revision, of their ISP
Name 4 of the 9 permanency goals for foster care cases....
• remain with parent;
• return to parent;
• permanent relative placement with transfer of custody to the relative;
• permanent relative custody with DHR retaining custody;
• adoption by current foster parent;
• adoption with no identified resource;
• another planned permanent living arrangement, court approved;
• kinship/guardianship; or
• adult custodial care.
According to policy, how soon should a copy of the written ISP be distributed to team members?
What are 3 reasons why an ISP review might occur outside of normal timeframes?
• at the request of the parents, the age appropriate child or other team members;
• when changes in family members’ circumstances warrant review and possible revision;
• prior to the decision to remove a child from home;
• after an emergency change in a child's out-of-home care placement;
• when a change in a child’s out-of-home care placement is anticipated;
• when the ISP is not adequately managing the risks or new risks are identified;
• when the children and/or family are making little or no progress toward the established goals;
• when Medicaid rehabilitation services have been authorized and a treatment plan review is required (refer to Forms section for instructions on Medicaid services);
• after any review (i.e., judicial, administrative, State or County QA) recommends or directs that changes be made; and
• within thirty (30) days prior to case closure (refer to section II. 7. D. Safe Case Closure).
What does a "Plan of Safe Care" address?
What is the health and substance use needs of the infant and family?