Published on: 23027332. The Department intends to repeal Rule Chapter 65C-13, Foster Care Licensing. The content of the rules will be transferred to a new Rule Chapter 65C-45, Levels of Licensure.
Published on: 22576476. Definitions, Background Screening Requirements, Parent Preparation Pre-service Training, Initial Licensing and Unified Home Study, Continuing Education, Changes During the Licensed Year, Re-Licensing, Standards for Licensed Out-of-Home Caregivers, Terms of a License, Over-Capacity Assessments and Exceptions, Babysitting, Overnight Care, Extended Overnight Care, and Other Supervision Arrangements, Foster Care Referrals and Investigations, Administrative Actions, Appeals and Closures
Published on: 22228246. The Department intends to repeal Rule Chapter 65C-13, Foster Care Licensing. The content of the rules will be transferred to a new Rule Chapter 65C-45, Levels of Licensure.
Published on: 21178803. The Department intends to amend Rule 65C-13.025, F.A.C., to align the information required in the initial licensing unified home study for prospective foster parents with the requirements for adoption applicants.
Published on: 21161828. The Department intends to amend Rule 65C-13.025, F.A.C., to align the information required in the initial licensing unified home study for prospective foster parents with the requirements for adoption applicants.
Published on: 21073267. The Department intends to restructure the rules currently in Chapter 65C-13, F.A.C., to include levels of care and associated licensure requirements for each level. In addition, the Department intends to create a new rule chapter for the rules and repeal Chapter 65C-13, F.A.C.
Published on: 20844832. The Department of Children and Families has issued an order disposing of the petition for waiver of Rule 65C-13.025(2) filed by OurKids of Miami-Dade/Monroe, Inc.., Case No., 18-035W on August 28, 2018. The Notice of Variance and Waivers was published in Volume 44, No. 154, F.A.R., on August 8, 2018. Rule 65C-13.025(2) allows for licensing of employees of the Department, county sheriff’s offices, community-based care lead agencies and their subcontracted providers or their relatives who desire to become out-of-home caregivers if certain provisions are follows. The following is a summary of the agency’s disposition of the petition:
The petition for waiver of Rule 65C-13.025(2) was denied as Petitioner did not provide sufficient details that justified a substantial hardship.