Selection of Placement Resource and Placement Options
Section 4 Overview
This section pertains to the policy and procedures necessary when an out-of-home placement of a child is imminent or has occurred.
Chapter 4 Overview
This chapter offers guidelines for the selection of a placement resource, as guided by the child’s needs. It also includes information about various placement options and the process of preparing a child for placement.
Table of Contents
- 4.1 Definitions and Purpose
- 4.2 Guidelines for Placement Resource Selection
- 4.3 Assessment of the Child/Children’s Needs
- 4.4 Placement Options
- 4.4.1 Relative or Kinship Care
- 4.4.2 Foster Family Care
- 4.4.3 Emergency Foster Care
- 4.4.4 Youth with Elevated Needs-Level A Resource Family
- 4.4.5 Medical Foster Family
- 4.4.6 Youth with Elevated Needs-Level B Resource Family
- 4.4.7 Department of Mental Health Therapeutic Foster Family Homes and Missouri Alliance Foster Family Homes
- 4.4.8 Foster Family Group Home
- 4.4.9 Residential Treatment
- 4.4.10 Emergency Shelter
- 4.4.11 Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitalization
- 4.4.12 Transitional Living
- 4.4.13 Independent Living Arrangement
- 4.5 Matching the Child's Needs to the Placement
- 4.6 Preparing the Child for Placement
Chapter Memoranda History: (prior to 1/31/07)
Memoranda History:
Attachments:
- Attachment A:
- Locating the Non-custodial Parent
- Attachment B:
- Guidelines to Placement Options, Criteria and Selection Deleted per CD11-75 dated 9-13-2011 - See Section 4 Chapter 4.2 Guidelines for Placement Resource Selection
- Attachment C:
- Assessment Homes