465 IAC 2-2-10 Placement and supervision; written policies; continuing responsibility while in foster care

Sec. 10. Placement and Supervision. (a) Each child-placing agency shall use only those boarding homes and child-caring institutions which are licensed under the laws of the State of Indiana or the laws of the state in which such boarding home or child-caring institution is located. (b) Each child-placing agency shall adopt written policies for the study and use of adoptive, work, wage, and free homes, if such homes are used. (c) Each child-placing agency shall adopt written policies for the use of boarding homes and child-caring institutions, if such homes and institutions are used. (d) Each child-placing agency, after giving due consideration to the emotional and physical needs and religious background of the child or parents of the child, shall select a foster home or child-caring institution wherein the foster care given to the child will be for the best interests of the child. (e) Each child-placing agency shall replace a child in foster care only when such replacement will serve the best interests of the child. (f) Each child-placing agency shall, after giving due regard to the best interests of the child, provide for regular supervisory visits to each child in foster care. (g) Each child-placing agency shall, after placement of a child in foster care, plan for case work with the child's own family, the amount and kind of such work to be determined by the best interests of the child and his family. (h) Each child-placing agency shall continue responsibility for a child who has been placed in foster care until: The child is returned to his own family and the family no longer desires or needs the services of the agency; legal adoption has been completed; the responsibility for his care has been transferred to another agency; the child reaches 21 years of age; or it is determined that the child can function on his own responsibility and that his best interests will be served by discontinuing responsibility. Sec. 12, Ch. 185, Acts 1945; Burns 22-2427