the case plan must include a written description of the programs and services which will help the child prepare for the transition from foster care to successful adulthood. The amendment to 18 NYCRR 428.9(b)(1) requires that each child in foster care 14 years of age or older be a participant in their case consultation, as well as the two members of the case planning team that were chosen by the child, if applicable. The amendment to 18 NYCRR 430.11(c)(4) expands the relative identification and notification requirements involving a child removed from home to include all parents of a sibling of the child where such parent has legal custody of such sibling The amendments to 18 NYCRR 430.12(c)(2)(i)(d) address the requirement that the child’s service plan address the steps taken by the authorized agency to see that the child’s foster parents or child care facility are following the reasonable and prudent parent standard and to ascertain whether the child has regular, ongoing opportunities to engage in age or developmentally appropriate activities, including consulting with the child. The amendment of 18 430.12(f)(1)(i) raises the age for establishing the permanency goal of another planned living arrangement ( APPLA) from 14 to 16 years of age. The amendment to 18 NYCRR 430.12(k) changes the age at which the child receives a copy of any consumer report on them from ages 16 and over to ages 14 and over. The child must continue to receive these reports until the child is discharged from foster care.
the case plan must include a written description of the programs and services which will help the child prepare for the transition from foster care to successful adulthood. The amendment to 18 NYCRR 428.9(b)(1) requires that each child in foster care 14 years of age or older be a participant in their case consultation, as well as the two members of the case planning team that were chosen by the child, if applicable. The amendment to 18 NYCRR 430.11(c)(4) expands the relative identification and notification requirements involving a child removed from home to include all parents of a sibling of the child where such parent has legal custody of such sibling The amendments to 18 NYCRR 430.12(c)(2)(i)(d) address the requirement that the child’s service plan address the steps taken by the authorized agency to see that the child’s foster parents or child care facility are following the reasonable and prudent parent standard and to ascertain whether the child has regular, ongoing opportunities to engage in age or developmentally appropriate activities, including consulting with the child. The amendment of 18 430.12(f)(1)(i) raises the age for establishing the permanency goal of another planned living arrangement ( APPLA) from 14 to 16 years of age. The amendment to 18 NYCRR 430.12(k) changes the age at which the child receives a copy of any consumer report on them from ages 16 and over to ages 14 and over. The child must continue to receive these reports until the child is discharged from foster care.