Regarding §748.4267 and §749.2631, how is the respite child-care time limit for a child affected when the child is discharged from one placement and admitted to another in the middle of the year?
The time limit of 40 days per year of respite care for each child is intended to serve the best interest of the child by minimizing disruptions in care. To that end and in an effort to comply with these minimum standard rules, an operation is expected to seek out information about a child’s time spent in respite child-care at any previous placement(s) earlier in the year. The operation is responsible for limiting the child’s placement(s) in respite child-care accordingly for the remainder of the year. In addition, in an effort to comply with §749.2633, a child-placing agency which verifies a foster home previously verified by another agency is expected to obtain information about how much respite child-care the foster home has already provided that year and limit respite child-care in that home accordingly for the remainder of the year.
