Definitions And Abbreviations A Through E

For the purposes of these rules, the following terms are used: (3-15-22) 01. Adoption Services. Protective services through which a child is provided with a permanent home, under new legal parentage, including transfer of the mutual rights and responsibilities that prevail in the parent-child relationship. (3-15-22) 02. Alternate Care. Temporary living arrangements, when necessary for a child to leave their own home, through a variety of foster care, respite care, residential treatment, and institutional resources, under the protections established in P.L. 96-272, the federal “Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980” as amended by Public Law 105-89, the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA), Title 16, Chapter 16, Idaho Code, and the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), 25 U.S.C. Sections 1901-1963. (7-1-25) 03. Child’s Plan. A federally required component of the family case plan for a child in alternate care. The child’s plan contains elements related to reasonable efforts, the family's plan, the child's alternate care provider, compelling reasons for not terminating parental rights, Indian status, education, medical, and other information important to the day-to-day care of the child. (7-1-25) 04. Board. The Idaho State Board of Health and Welfare. (3-15-22) 05. Case Management. A change-oriented service to families that ensures and coordinates ongoing assessment, family case planning, treatment, permanency, planning, child safety, advocacy, documentation, and timely closure of a case. (7-1-25) 06. Child and Family Services (CFS). Those programs and services provided to families and children, administered by the department in accordance with these rules. (7-1-25) 07. Child Protective Services. Services provided in response to potential, alleged, or actual abuse, neglect, or abandonment of individuals under the age of eighteen (18) in accordance with the provisions Title 16, Chapter 16, Idaho Code. (7-1-25) 08. Compact Administrator. The individual designated to coordinate interstate transfers of persons requiring special services in accordance with the provisions of Title 16, Chapter 19, Idaho Code; Title 16, Chapter 21, Idaho Code; or Title 39, Chapter 75, Idaho Code. (7-1-25) 09. Daycare. Care and supervision provided for compensation during part of a twenty-four (24) hour IDAHO ADMINISTRATIVE CODE IDAPA 16.06.01 Department of Health and Welfare Child and Family Services Section 011 Page 8 day, for a child or children not related by blood or marriage to the person or persons providing the care, in a place other than the child’s or children’s own home or homes. (7-1-25) 10. Deprivation. One of the factors used in determining Aid to Families with Dependent Children -- Foster Care (AFDC-FC) eligibility for children in foster care. Deprivation is a lack of, or interruption in, the maintenance, physical care, and parental guidance a child ordinarily receives from one (1) or both parents. A child is deprived by the continued absence of a parent, incapacity of a parent, death of a parent, unemployment or underemployment of the principal wage earner parent. (3-15-22) 11. Director. The Director of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare or their designee. (3-15-22) 12. Extended Family Member of an Indian Child. As defined by the law; or custom of the Indian child’s tribe or, in the absence of such law or custom, a person who has reached the age of eighteen (18) and who is the Indian child’s grandparent, aunt or uncle, brother or sister, brother-in-law or sister-in-law, niece or nephew, first or second cousin, or stepparent. (7-1-25) 13. Extended Foster Care. A court order or voluntary case extending foster care placement services and authority for individuals between the ages of eighteen (18) and twenty-one (21) years to help such person achieve a successful transition to adulthood, providing they were in the custody of the department until their eighteenth birthday and must meet the criteria set forth in 42 25 U.S.C. 675(8)(B)(iv). (7-1-25)