If a DFPS-verified foster home requests IAC services, regionally designated staff must create a service authorization in the child's SUB stage. The authorization shows approval of payment for the length of time that the child will be placed in IAC. The FAD worker or regionally designated staff must complete the IAC service authorization and send it to the FAD supervisor for approval for payment of the service.

To ensure that the provider will receive payment, the FAD supervisor must approve the service authorization before the IAC services begin. The FAD worker must notify the child's caseworker that IAC services have been arranged before the child may be placed in IAC. The notification to the child's caseworker must contain the:

  •   dates of IAC services;

  •   name of the IAC provider; and

  •   address and telephone number of the IAC provider.