Children and youth and their parents, legal custodians, legal guardians, or kin caregivers areeligible for foster care prevention services when their needs for services are directly related to the safety, permanent placement, or well-being of the child or youth, or to prevent the child or youth from entering the foster care system.
Foster care prevention services may be authorized for up to twelve months per episode of eligibility.
Foster care prevention services provided pursuant to this article 5.4 must be definedin the child's or youth's prevention plan, as defined through rules promulgated by the state board.
Source: L. 2019: Entire article added, (HB 19-1308), ch. 256, p. 2457, § 1, effective August 2.