Purpose


The Department of Children and Families intends to amend several rules within Chapter 65C-28, Out-of-Home Care, to implement legislative changes; implement the federal Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008; implement the care of children; quality parenting; “reasonable and prudent parent” standards established in Florida Statute 409.125; clarify the Department’s role and responsibility in documenting information in the State Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS); add language to ensure children’s educational needs are met; and align language to adhere to the Florida Safety Decision-Making Methodology business model.