RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CASE MANAGER VISITS

Your Resource Development (RD) case manager is required to have, at a minimum, monthly contact with you and all persons living in your home. These contacts can be in-person (face- to-face) or via telephone, depending upon the status of your home. Your RD case manager must have one quarterly face-to-face home visit with all caregivers. They will make both announced and unannounced visits. 

During visits with your RD case manager, the following will be discussed:

• Foster Parent Continuing Education (training) opportunities you require 
• Any behavioral and/or parenting problems you are experiencing 
• Any health and/or safety concerns 
• Any needed support, training, and/or services you require 
• Any changes to your household, the health of those in your home, or other significant changes 
• Any concerns regarding the child’s case plan that you may have.

FOSTER CARE CASE MANAGER VISITS 

The case manager assigned to the foster child placed in your home is required, at minimum, to have monthly face-to-face contact with you and the foster child living in your home. The case manager will make both announced and unannounced visits. 

During visits, the following will be discussed:

• The child’s progress and any needs he or she may have 
• Any concerns regarding the child’s case plan that you may have 
• Medical/educational/behavioral needs of the child 
• Visitation with the child’s birth family and/or siblings (if applicable) 
• Upcoming court hearings

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