Department Employees as Mentor, Visiting Resource or Other Significant Adult to Child in

Department Care or Custody The Department is committed to developing opportunities that will provide youth in its care orcustodywith positive, sustainable adult connections. In some cases, thisadult connection may be a Department employee. A Department employee, or Department special state employee, who seeks to continue or establish a relationship with a child in Department care or custody outside of the employee's duties must obtain prior written permission of the Deputy Commissioner for Field Operations, Assistant Commissioner for Foster Care, Adoption and Adolescent Services and the General Counsel in accordance with the Department family resource policy.