Medication
This document must be completed by the foster youth's physician before foster youth may take any PRN/OTC medication
What is PRN/OTC Authorization?
This is an agency that we partner with that is comprised of volunteers that advocate for children’s best interests in court
What is Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA)?
This form is turned in at the beginning of every month and reflects the month prior. Typically turned in with the monthly medication logs.
What is the Monthly Reporting Form?
This form is used to document foster youth's personal property that is brought into the resource family home
What is personal inventory?
This standard permits foster parents to make sensible and reasonable parenting decisions related to the youth in their care
What is Prudent Parenting Standard?
This is the form that authorizes a foster youth to begin taking psychotropic medication
What is JV220?
This is the meeting that happens at least once every 30 days with the foster youth’s treatment team
What is the Child & Family Team (CFT) meeting?
This form is filled out every time a new medication is picked up for a foster youth
What is the Centrally Stored Medication Record?
Foster Parents Must Schedule These Two Appointments for the youth Within 30 Days of Placement
What is Well-check and Dental Exam?
This housing program is available to foster youth to support with the transition out of foster care and into independent living
What is Transitional Housing Program?
This form is completed monthly to document each time a foster youth takes prescribed, OTC, or PRN medications
What is a medication administration record (MAR)?
This is the medical insurance that every foster youth qualifies for in SLO county
What is Cen-cal? (AKA Medi-cal)
This person is someone that the foster parent knows and trusts, to provide respite, babysitting, and overnight care. It is the foster parent's responsibility to find this person.
What is a Temporary Care Provider?
Foster parents must complete this with foster youth within 30 days of placement to ensure youth understand what to do in an emergency situation
What is an emergency drill?
Foster parents must report any unusual incidents (illness, accidents, injuries, dangerous behavior, and medication errors) as soon as possible to this team member
What is FCNI Social Worker?
This form is completed monthly to document each time a foster youth takes a psychotropic medication
What is a psychotropic medication administration record (P MAR)?
This practice technique used by social workers involves planning for reunification and an alternate permanent placement at the same time, in case reunification doesn’t happen.
What is Concurrent Planning?
This form must be completed each time a foster youth has a medical appointment
What is a Health Encounter Form?
This is developed at the initial CFT meeting and is considered the "primary document" that guides all services and treatment
What is a case plan?
This framework is used to understand and respond to the effects of trauma amongst foster youth
What is Trauma Informed Care?
What are Medical Notes?
Grant for college, university, career or technical school that awards up to $5,000 a year to eligible foster youth.
What is the Chafee Grant?
This is the amount of hours foster parents are required to complete of training each year
What is 24?
This document is developed by the team and outlines a youth's behaviors, triggers, and coping mechanisms.
What is a safety plan?
This is completed quarterly to ensure the resource home is in compliance with all healthy, safety, and regulatory requirements.
What is a home inspection?