1. Receive referral from refugee designee/case manager program coordinator (RPC) in Central Office Family Support Division. The referral includes all information known about the child.
2. Determine whether the juvenile court will take jurisdiction of the child and whether an appropriate alternate care facility (foster, relative, or kinship family) only is potentially available for the child.
3. NOTE: No service can be provided if both of the above conditions are not met.
4. Report determination to RPC with the following information:
   1. Date of placement or decision rejecting placement for the minor.
   2. Date of jurisdiction hearing.
   3. Name and address of placement.
5. Plan for service delivery. These children are not eligible for adoption services.
6. Complete family assessment and submit two (2) copies to RPC.
7. NOTE: These families are to be licensed only for care of the specific unaccompanied minor.
8. Deliver needed services.
9. Comply with all ICPC requirements.
10. NOTE:  Close adherence to ICPC requirements is vital as federal regulations require proof in order for the state to have program costs reimbursed.
11. Arrange for meeting cost of care using applicable funds:
    1. Contact RPC for unusual circumstances.
12. Every six (6) months after placement, report progress to RPC (four (4) copies are needed) and to juvenile court having jurisdiction.
13. Terminate services if any of the following should occur:
    1. Child leaves the state.
    2. Child reaches majority age.
    3. Child is reunited with an adult relative and further services are not needed or the family is not geographically available.
14. Report status immediately to RPC using form ORR-2.
15. Record all services every 30 days.

Program Requirements and Procedures:

1. Eligibility:
   1. Cuban/Haitian Entrant Unaccompanied Minors:
      1. Has not attained age 17;
      2. Entered the United States without a parent or immediate adult relative (i.e., grandparent, aunt, uncle or adult sibling), or any adult who arrived having documentable evidence of custody of the minor;
      3. Has no parents in the United States; and
      4. Has been given the alien status of “Cuban/Haitian Entrant” by the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization (INS).
   2. Refugee Unaccompanied Minors:
      1. Has not attained the age of 18;
      2. Has no known immediate adult kin in the United States;
      3. Has been lawfully admitted to the United States in parole status; and
      4. Meets the general definition of alien status of INS.
2. Family assessment concerns specific to Unaccompanied Minor and Cuban/Haitian Entrant Placement Services:
   1. How will the family handle the language barrier and what resources are available to assist in teaching English to the child.
   2. What are the family’s attitudes toward racial and ethnic differences (including food preferences).
   3. What resources within the family and community are available to assist with the possible severe physical and emotional problems of the child (i.e., strange and unknown diseases).
   4. What are the local community’s attitudes toward racial, ethnic and religious differences and how will the family deal with community rejection if it occurs.
   5. What community resources exist for appropriate education and job training, if applicable.
   6. What Asian or Cuban/Haitian family support groups exist or could be developed in the community.
   7. What is the family’s attitude toward the national priority and effort to reunite refugee children with the natural family when possible.
3. Services:
   1. Provision of legal responsibility.
   2. Development and execution of a written service plan.
   3. Meeting the cost of care.
   4. Provision of a periodic case review (otherwise known as administrative review).
   5. Provision of progress reports to the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) through the refugee program coordinator (RPC) in central office regarding the child’s status and services delivered.
   6. Provision of financial assistance, medical care and support services.
   7. Vocational and occupational training.
   8. Cultural orientation, as necessary and appropriate.
   9. English as a second language.
   10. NOTE: Items 7, 8, and 9 must be authorized by ORR in order for the state to receive financial reimbursement.
4. Meeting the cost of alternate care and other services:
   1. The federal government will reimburse the state for 100 percent of the costs associated with providing services to children under this program, including foster care maintenance payments, medical assistance, social services, and for administrative costs associated with these activities. This reimbursement under the Refugee Assistance Program (RAP) is separate and distinct from the state’s normal allocation of federal funds.
   2. For Cuban/Haitian Entrants in this program reimbursement can be provided on behalf of an unaccompanied minor until one (1) month after the minor attains 21 years of age, or if the court terminates jurisdiction at an earlier time, one (1) month past the date the court terminates jurisdiction.
5. Special Requirements:
   1. Since all child placements through this program are received by the ICPC coordinator, the following groups define the sending state:
      1. Cuban/Haitian Entrants – U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR).
      2. Refugee Unaccompanied Minors – private, voluntary resettlement agencies serving in the U.S. and foreign countries.
   2. Out-of-State Unaccompanied Minors:
      1. If a minor is in CD custody and becomes a runaway, contact RPC immediately. The RPC will work with the ICPC Coordinator in making appropriate arrangements for the child to remain in the other state or be returned to Missouri.
      2. If a minor is not in CD custody and becomes a runaway, contact the RPC immediately. The RPC will work with the ICPC coordinator and Division of Youth Services (DYS) which administers the Interstate Compact on Juveniles (ICJ) in making the appropriate arrangements for the minor to remain in the other state or be returned to Missouri.
      3. Runaway minors will remain the responsibility of the sending state unless an alternate placement and legal custody is established in the receiving state. Compact procedures must be utilized in dealing with runaway minors.
      4. Missouri is the sending state since a Missouri court will have assumed jurisdiction in order for the child to have been placed in alternate care.
   3. Relative Placements:
      1. For minors already in Missouri and placed with non-parental adult relative, the relative may initiate legal proceedings or ask CD to do so in their behalf.
      2. If the adult relative with whom the minor is placed cannot present a court order granting them custody within a 60-day period after placement, CD will assist in completing the proceedings in their behalf.
   4. Cuban/Haitian Children Not Placed Through ORR:
      1. If a minor arrives in Missouri but has not been placed here by ORR through established procedures and has no legally responsible relative, report immediately to the RPC by telephone and confirming IOC. Emergency services may be provided, however, permanent service commitments must be approved by the RPC.
      2. The minor would be eligible for the same services as the minor who is placed through established procedures by ORR.