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Policy
Manual
TREATMENT PLANNING
36-5-5.1
Initial Treatment Plans for Children in
Foster Care: Additional Components
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For children placed in foster care, the Initial Individual
Treatment Plan (DCF-529-I) shall include the following additional components:
Ÿ A description of the type of home or institution
in which the child is to be placed and why it is appropriate.
Ÿ How the agency responsible for the child plans to
carry out the voluntary placement agreement or judicial determination made with respect to
the child.
Ÿ A discussion of the appropriateness of the
services provided to the child.
Ÿ Provisions to ensure that while the child is in
out-of-home care, he/she receives proper care and has his/her individualized needs met.
Ÿ Provisions for needed service to the child's
foster parent in order to maintain placement and meet the child's needs.
Ÿ A schedule and a plan for parent and child visits
including:
- frequency and duration of visits
- location
- special contingencies, and
- a described procedure for amending the plan to accommodate incremental increases in
the frequency and duration of visits, including overnight visits before the child is
returned home.
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Connecticut Department of Children and Families Issued:
March 1, 1994
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