Temporary Placement of Foster Children in Care of Persons Other than Foster/Pre-adoptive

Parents (1) 110 CMR 7.114 applies to situations where a foster child who has been placed in a foster/pre-adoptive home is, or will be, placed temporarily in the care of someone other than the foster/pre-adoptive parent. (Examples of such situations are: day, overnight or weekend visits with parents or relatives; work-related day care; and extended trips or appointments for the child unaccompanied by the foster/pre-adoptive parent.) 110 CMR 7.114 does not apply to overnight visits with friends, use of babysitters, etc. (2) The Department shall have the sole and exclusive power to determine whether a foster child may be placed temporarily in the care of someone other than the foster/pre-adoptive parent. Whenever a foster/pre-adoptive parent wishes to place a temporarily in the care of another person, the foster/pre-adoptive parent shall make a request for such placement to the Department in advance of such placement. (3) After a foster/pre-adoptive parent has made such a request to the Department, if the Department determines that it is not necessary or desirable for the to be placed temporarily in the care requested by the foster/pre-adoptive parent, the Department shall give written notice to the foster/pre-adoptive parent that the foster/pre-adoptive parent's request has been denied.