Out of Country travel THIS REQUIRES A COURT ORDER. If a court order is granted, the child will Out of country travel with a foster with the caregiver require a passport and all necessary immunizations. Notify the Child Safety child requires the approval of the Specialist and your licensing agency of dates of travel, destination, and Child Safety Specialist and a court telephone number where you can be reached. In preparing to travel out of the order, so allow as much time as country make sure you have the following: passport, a copy of the court order possible for the Child Safety approving out of country travel; a copy of the court order placing the child in Specialist to seek the Court’s out of home care; a copy of the child’s birth certificate; any photo ID if available approval. such as a school ID; the CMDP Card; enough medication for the duration of For children that are also on travel; all medications in their original bottles and placed in a locked container juvenile probation consult with for travel, and your contact list should you need to notify anyone of an incident the juvenile probation officer. or changes in your travel plans. Contact CMDP on how to receive out of country services, if necessary. The Arizona Department of Child Safety wishes to thank the members of a statewide workgroup representing Resource Parents, Congregate Care Providers, Kinship Care Providers, DCS Child Safety Specialists, DCS Unit Supervisors, DDD Management, OLCR Management, adult alumni of the foster care system, HRSS Providers, Administrative Office of the Courts staff, Dept of Behavioral Health Svcs. Staff, OLR staff and Trainers, for the creation of these procedures. * A Caregiver is a person with whom the child is placed in out of home care or a designated on-site official for a group care facility. This could be a: Licensed Foster Parent; Kinship Caregiver (someone with a significant relationship with the child prior to coming into care); Unlicensed Caregivers or an on-site designated official in a congregate care setting such as a shelter, group home, etc.
Out of Country travel with the caregiver THIS REQUIRES A COURT ORDER. If a court order is granted, the child will require a passport and all necessary immunizations. Notify the Child Safety Specialist and your licensing agency of dates of travel, destination, and telephone number where you can be reached. In preparing to travel out of the country make sure you have the following: passport, a copy of the court order approving out of country travel; a copy of the court order placing the child in out of home care; a copy of the child’s birth certificate; any photo ID if available such as a school ID; the CMDP Card; enough medication for the duration of travel; all medications in their original bottles and placed in a locked container for travel, and your contact list should you need to notify anyone of an incident or changes in your travel plans. Out of country travel with a foster child requires the approval of the Child Safety Specialist and a court order, so allow as much time as possible for the Child Safety Specialist to seek the Court’s approval. For children that are also on juvenile probation consult with the juvenile probation officer. Contact CMDP on how to receive out of country services, if necessary. The Arizona Department of Child Safety wishes to thank the members of a statewide workgroup representing Resource Parents, Congregate Care Providers, Kinship Care Providers, DCS Child Safety Specialists, DCS Unit Supervisors, DDD Management, OLCR Management, adult alumni of the foster care system, HRSS Providers, Administrative Office of the Courts staff, Dept of Behavioral Health Svcs. Staff, OLR staff and Trainers, for the creation of these procedures. * A Caregiver is a person with whom the child is placed in out of home care or a designated on-site official for a group care facility. This could be a: Licensed Foster Parent; Kinship Caregiver (someone with a significant relationship with the child prior to coming into care); Unlicensed Caregivers or an on-site designated official in a congregate care setting such as a shelter, group home, etc.