Mississippi · Regulations
Part 311: Functional Standards for Congregate Care and Private Child-Placing Agencies
70 sections
70 sections
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 1.1Traditional Group Care Home Services – Traditional Group Care Home services
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 1.2Therapeutic Group Care Home Services – Therapeutic Group Care Home services
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 1.3Traditional and Therapeutic Group Care Home Partner Provider Requirements
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 1.4Youth Placement Requirements – MDCPS will select an appropriate facility for a
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 2.1Description – A Qualified Residential Treatment Program (“QRTP”) is a specific
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 2.2Eligibility Requirements – Partner Providers must meet or exceed all standards
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 2.3Admission Criteria – Admission to a QRTP must follow these guidelines:
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 2.4Mississippi QRTP Program Requirements
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 3.1Description – A Teen Maternity Home is a setting specializing in providing prenatal,
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 3.2Partner Provider Requirements – Partner Providers must adhere to the requirements
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 3.3Eligibility Requirements – Pregnant or parenting teens in foster care who have been
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 3.4Admission Criteria – Admission to a Teen Maternity Home must follow these
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 3.5Planning and Service Delivery – Transitional Living Plans must be developed for
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 3.6MDCPS Collaboration/Involvement – The Teen Maternity program shall be
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 3.7Staffing Requirements
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 3.8Staff Development – The prenatal and Parenting Teen Placement shall provide
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 3.9Physical Facility Requirements
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 4.1Description – Supervised Independent Living is a licensed or approved setting in
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 4.2Eligibility Requirements – Youth (ages 18-21) currently in foster care who have been
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 4.3Admission Criteria – Admission for Supervised Independent Living must follow
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 4.4Planning and Service Delivery – Partner Provider shall establish a participant
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 4.5Discharge Requirements – The Partner Provider must ensure The youth has
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 4.6MDCPS Collaboration/Involvement – The program shall be monitored by the
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 4.7Physical Facility Requirements
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 4.8Handbook for Supervised Independent Living – The Partner Provider must provide
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 5.1Applicability – This Chapter applies to Partner Providers which are private Child-
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 5.2Definition of Foster Family Home – For purposes of this Chapter, a “foster family
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 5.3Therapeutic Foster Home Overview – Therapeutic foster homes are licensed or
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 5.4Traditional Foster Home Overview – Traditional Foster Homes are licensed or
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 5.5General Requirements for Traditional and Therapeutic Foster Home Services – A
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 5.6Prospective Foster Parent – A person who wishes to become a Foster Parent through
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 5.7Foster Home Application – Prospective Foster Parents must be informed of the
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 5.8Foster Parent Criteria – The Partner Provider must ensure all foster parents satisfy
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 5.9Foster Home Study – The Partner Provider must conduct a Foster Home study to
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 5.10Responsibilities of Partner Provider to Foster Parents
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 5.11Partner Provider Foster Home Supervision – The Partner Provider shall maintain
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 5.12Foster Home Relicensing – Foster Homes licensed through a Partner Provider may
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 5.13Specialized Homes for Medically Fragile Children – A licensed Foster Family
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 5.14Partner Provider Records for Therapeutic and Traditional Foster Home – The
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 5.15Specialized Group Care for Minor Victims of Sex Trafficking
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 5.16Child Ratios
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 5.17Educational Services – The Partner Provider must meet the educational
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 6.1
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 6.2Administrative Practices – The Partner Provider must establish administrative
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 6.3Adoptive Home Application – The Partner Provider must obtain preliminary written
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 6.4Adoptive Parent Qualifications – The prospective parent must meet the following
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 6.5Adoptive Home Study – The Partner Provider must utilize the Structured Analysis
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 6.6Services to Adoptive Parent(s) – The Partner Provider will provide services to
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 6.7Services to Birth Parent(s) – The Partner Provider must provide services to the birth
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 6.8Birth Parent Records for Private Childcare Agencies – Birth Parents Files are kept
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 6.9Private Adoption Entity Checklist from Mississippi to Another State – A private
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 6.10Adoptive Family Records – The Partner Provider must keep separate records for
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 6.11Adoption Re-application – Application for additional children may be submitted at
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 7.1Overview – The requirements for Congregate Care Partner Providers applicable to
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 7.2Client Capacity – The maximum bed capacity of each Intake and Assessment Center
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 7.3Admission and Planning
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 7.4Placement in Intake and Assessment Center – No child may be placed in more than
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 7.5Intake and Assessment Center Staffing Requirements
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 7.6Health Services for Intake and Assessment Center
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 7.7Intake and Assessment Center Licensed Capacity Exceptions – The license capacity
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 7.8Separation of Living Groups in Intake and Assessment Center – When Intake and
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 8.1Overview – A Permanency Assessment Center (PAC) offers time limited (up to 60
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 8.2Treatment Services Description
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 8.3Personnel – PAC Personnel will include the following:
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 8.4Admissions and Orientation – Admissions must be coordinated with the MDCPS
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 8.5Assessment and Individual Service Planning – Assessment begins in the intake
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 8.6Discharge and Transition Planning – Partner Providers must adhere to the
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 9.1Overview – Access Units are less structured and formalized than Intake and
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 9.2Admission – Partner Providers must adhere to all Admission procedures as outlined
- 18 MAC Pt. 311, R. 9.3Title 18: Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services