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TREATMENT
Foster Care

36-55-5
Selecting Foster Care Settings

Treatment Worker Role Matching a child with the appropriate foster home and supporting the foster parent and the child through the placement requires clear communication and a coordinated team effort between the treatment worker and the Foster and Adoption Service Unit staff (FASU).

When requesting a placement, the Social Worker shall provide as much information as possible about the child's situation and needs to the FASU Matcher.

Cross-References:

  • For the procedures to request and make a foster care placement, see Policy 36-50-2, "To Request and Make a Placement:  Use of the Placement Portfolio"; and Policy 41-19-4, "Procedures for Foster Care Matching".
  • When siblings are to be placed, see Policies 36-55-6 and 36-55-7.

Connecticut Department of Children and Families        Effective Date:  October 1, 2002  (Revised)