Minimum Standards

Monitoring and Visits

100

This is how often a monitoring is completed for a Foster Home.

What is quarterly

200

Is found on all floors of the home and in the kitchen 

What is a fire extinguisher

300

These items need to be posted in your home

What is your License, Disaster Plan, Fire Escape Plan, and Child's Schedule

400

Is double locked at all times.

What is Scheduled II medications

500

Areas that are free of clutter and not blocked

What are doors and windows

Children's Rights

100

This right helps children maintain lifelong connections unless it is not in the child's best interest

What is the right to family contact

200

This right provides the opportunity for youth to go to worship services, pray, and have appropriate clothing for worship services, etc.

What is the right to have religious needs met

300

Providing interpretation services and conducting the best test assessment allows compliance with which child right

What is the right to be spoken to in their own language

400

This right prohibits the use of spanking, corporal punishment, denying; food, sleep, or contact with family, threaten loss of placement or shelter, and/or demeaning behavior

The right to be free of harsh, cruel, unusual, unnecessary, demeaning, or humiliating treatment or punishment.

500

This right keeps children's medical and agency records private and should only be discussed when concerning the child's care.

What is the right confidential care and treatment

Training

100

Minimum number of hours needed annually

What is 40

200

These trainings focus on the strategies and techniques of the population of children we serve

Trauma Informed Care 

Cultural Competency/Sensitivity  

Human Trafficking 

Acculturation 

300

Required trainings for backup caregivers

What are CPR/First Aid, CPI, and Psychotropic Medications

400

This annual required training includes the Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard

What is Normalcy

500

This training is utilized to complete Emergency Behavioral Intervention

Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI)

Background Checks

100

Backgrounds must be completed for any person in the home over this age

What is 14

200

These items are needed in order to submit a background check

What are Driver's License or ID, Social Security Card, Background Check Consent form, and Background Check Information Form

300

These people are required to have background checks

Who are Foster Parents, Household Members, Frequent Visitors, Backup Caregivers, and family members with whom youth are visiting.

400

After this length of time foster parents must have their background checks resubmitted

What is 5 years

500

This is the company that completes/runs background checks

Who is Health and Human Services

Documents and Inspections

100

These are completed every two years

What is Fire Inspection and Health Inspection

200

Needed to transport youth

What is up to date Car Insurance and Driver's License

300

Occurs when documents and inspections are not completed in a timely manner.

What is a Citation/Minimum Standard Violation, possible removal of youth, and/or possible placement hold

400

Proof the animals do not carry diseases and no do not create health risk

What are pet vaccinations

500

This check is completed every three years

What is the driving record