Section 10. Foster Care Candidacy Determination

A. The IHS practitioner shall make a foster care candidacy determination for each child in a family receiving IHS. A child may be considered a foster care candidate when a child is determined to be conditionally safe and the risk of maltreatment is moderate or high, or when a child is determined to be unsafe. B. A child may be determined to be a foster care candidate at any point during the IHS case when there has been a change in a family’s circumstances that affects the safety of a child. C. Once a child has been initially determined a foster care candidate, then the foster care candidacy is re-determined for the child every six months.