DISCUSSION:

The purpose of this memorandum is to introduce the revised Resource Parent Quarterly Home Visit Checklist and Quarterly Summary, CD-118.

The relationship of the resource licensing worker with all the household members of a resource home is important for cultivating mutual respect and monitoring a safe and nurturing environment for foster youth. The required quarterly home visits made by the licensing worker, affords an opportunity for the worker to build positive and beneficial relationships with the resource home members and to offer help to the resource family. The worker is in the home to help maintain and support the resource family. Quarterly visits are conversational allowing for the sharing of concerns as well as accomplishments and development of a mutual relationship of trust.

Activities of staff at the quarterly visit are to be used as a prompt to have meaningful conversations about pertinent issues and assure compliance with licensing requirements. Activities include but are not limited to

• Discussion with the family regarding progress with their Professional Family Development Plan, CD-100 
• Walk through of the home to assure it meets licensing standards 
• Visual confirmation of storage if there are any weapons 
• Medications storage compliance 
• Update Foster Family Profile, CD-56, if there are any changes in household composition

The quarterly summary should include but is not limited to:

• The number and types of current placements 
• Changes in household composition (i.e. divorce, death, illnesses, adoptions, births, etc.) What’s Inside: Resource Parent Quarterly Home Visit 2 
• Changes to the physical environment (moves, additions, remodels, etc.) 
• Discussion of any hotline, reports, incidents, issues or concerns involving the resource family and any action taken. If no action is taken there should be an explanation.

The CD-118 is the tool to record quarterly visit activities. Space is provided on the last page to write the required quarterly summary. 

Use of this form for documenting quarterly activities and recording the quarterly home visit summary continues with the publication of this memo.