DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Family Safety and Preservation Program
RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:
65C-41.001Definitions
65C-41.003Eligibility Requirements
65C-41.005Discharge from Program
NOTICE OF CHANGE
Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 44 No. 202, October 16, 2018 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.
65C-41.001 Definitions.
(1) through (3) No change.
(4) “Extended Foster Care Agreement” means a document that contains the youth’s young adult’s or their legal guardian’s guardians informed consent to participate in the program.
(5) through (9) No change.
65C-41.003 Eligibility Requirements.
(1) through (4) No change.
(5) If the young adult’s qualifying activity is participating in a program or activity designed to promote or eliminate barriers to employment, the young adult must comply with the requirements of the program or activity.
(6) through (7) No change.
(8) Participation by the Young Adult in Case Management and Judicial Proceedings. In addition to engaging in one or more of the qualifying activities set forth in subsection 39.6251(2), F.S., the young adult must continue to reside in an approved supervised living arrangement and, meet face to face in the home every month with designated staff., The young adult shall be encouraged to participate in ongoing transition and case planning, and shall be encouraged to participate in judicial review and permanency hearings.
(a) through (c) No change.
65C-41.005 Discharge from Program.
(1) A young adult shall be discharged from the extended foster care program when the young adult is no longer eligible to participate in the program. In the event the designated staff determines that the young adult is ineligible, the designated staff shall make a recommendation of program termination to the Department’s designated regional operations representative for review and agreement. If the Department disagrees with program termination and is unable obtain consensus with the community-based care lead agency, documentation should then be forwarded to the Department’s regional representative in the Office of the General Counsel. If after consultation, there is continued disagreement, documentation should be forwarded to the Department’s headquarters representative in the Office of Child Welfare for continued review. The Department’s headquarters representative will make the final determination in the conflict resolution. Upon reaching agreement with the adverse action, designated staff shall offer to assist the young adult in resuming eligibility requirements and provide to the young adult a “Notice of Discharge from Extended Foster Care,” CF-FSP 5376, (insert date) May 2014, which is hereby incorporated by reference and available at http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-XXX 05768. The “Due Process Rights” form, CF/PI 175-74, August 2014, incorporated by reference and available at http://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-05783, and a “Request for Fair Hearing,” CF-FSP 5380, August 2014, incorporated by reference in subsection 65C-41.006(2), F.A.C., shall be attached the Notice of Discharge from Extended Foster Care.
(a) through (c) No change.
