Expedited Relative: General – The Expedited Relative Foster Home licensure

Expedited Relative: General – The Expedited Relative Foster Home licensure process enables a child to be quickly placed with biological relatives or fictive kin upon entering foster care. The content and requirements of the Expedited Relative Foster Home process must be completed within ninety (90) days. No child shall remain in a foster home or facility that cannot meet MDCPS licensing standards absent an order by the state court with jurisdiction over child custody directing the placement of the child into a specific unlicensed placement. MDCPS is required to present information to the court that the foster home has not or cannot meet licensing standards.