Division of Behavioral Health

BH Services Policy Memoranda

FACS Policy Memo (year-policy no.) / Title / Effective Date / Comment
02-007 / SSI/SSA Benefits, Representative Payees and Allowable Foster Care Expenses / 06/20/02
02-13 / Revisions in Required Tools
Alternate Care Plan 5.02
Change in Placement Plan 5.02
ACP/FSP Six-Month Review 5.02 / 06/03/02
02-12 / Timeframe standards for submission of foster care eligibility applications / 03/18/02
02-09 / Title IV-E eligibility and judicial determinations of reasonable efforts to finalize a permanency plan / 02/05/02
02-08 / Calculating the time frame for filing a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights / 02/05/02
02-07 / Date child enters foster care / 02/05/02
02-06 / Removal of children and legal custody for purposes of Title IV-E foster care eligibility / 02/05/02
02-05 / Revocation of voluntary out-of-home placements / 02/05/02
02-04 / Allowable Title IV-E foster care maintenance payments / 02/05/02
02-03 / Title XIX (Medicaid) and Title XX (Social Services) for children eligible for Title IV-E / 02/05/02
01-22 / Foster Care Goal / 10/12/01
01-20 / Calculating 15 of the last 22 months / 09/19/01
01-19 / Trial home visits and Title IV-E eligibility / 09/19/01
01-18 / Documentation of Judicial Determinations as required by Title IV-E and the Adoption and Safe Families Act / 09/19/01
01-17 / IV-E eligibility for legal alien children in foster care placements / 09/19/01
01-16 / IV-E Funding Eligibility for Children of Constructive Removals / 09/19/01
01-15 / State review of Title IV-E activities / 09/19/01
01-14 / Teen Parent/Infant Foster Care and Adoption Assistance / 09/19/01 / Revised effective 02/05/02
01-13 / Methods of Informal Dispute Resolution / 09/10/01
01-12 / Pre-Referral Tool
DHW Pre-Referral Scale
Implementation Protocol Pre-Referral Tool / 09/10/01
01-11 / Documenting Safety in Foster Care / 09/04/01
01-10 / Periodic Review of Child Care Standards and Payments / 09/04/01
00-06 / Courtesy Supervision and Case Transfer Procedure / 11/20/00
00-05 / Regional Child Fatality Reviews / 11/01/00 / Replaces FACSPM 96-01
00-04 / Implementation of the Adoption and Safe Families Act (PL 105-89): Policy Update / 06/13/00 / Reissue of FACSPM 99-01
Revised Forms at FACSPM 02-13
00-03 / Foster Care Licensing and "Waiver" Requirements for Relative and Kinship Families / 05/25/00
00-01 / Kinship Placements and SSI/Social Security Payee Guidelines for Children in Department Custody / 03/27/00
99-01 / Implementation of P.L. 105-89, the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (ASFA) into Idaho Child Welfare Practice / 02/12/99 / Replaced by FACSPM 00-04
98-02 / How to Deal with Situations Involving Suspected or Seized Methamphetamine Laboratories / 10/16/98
98-01 / Notice to be Sent to Parent or Indian Custodian and Indian Child's Tribe, Pending Court Proceedings Involving Indian Children / 01/15/98
97-06 / Clarification of Policy Regarding Administrative and Judicial Reviews / 12/17/97 / Replaced by FACSPM 00-04
97-05 / SSI, Personal Care Services (PCS) and Foster Care / 12/08/97
97-03 / Dispositioning Referrals as Verifiable / 06/04/97 / Obsolete
97-02 / Coordination with TAFI / 05/07/97
97-01 / Interim CWS Automated System Purge Policy and Procedure / 01/23/97
96-02 / Foster Care Payment on Behalf of Children Receiving Personal Care Services (PCS) / 11/16/96 / Replaced by FACSPM 97-05
96-01 / Protocol for Child Fatality Review / 04/10/96 / Replaced by FACSPM 00-05
96-00 / Structure and Operation of FACS Program Committee / 02/01/96
95-02 / 302's / 06/21/95 / Obsolete
95-01 / Trust Accounts for Youth in Foster Care / 02/27/95

FACS practice manual was published 4/94. All FACSPM's issued prior to that date are considered rescinded. Many of the issues previously addressed in FACSPM's can be found in the practice manual and in IDAPA 16.06.01 (Rules Governing Family and Children's Services).