Sec. 264.126. REDESIGN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. (a) The department shall develop and maintain a plan for implementing the foster care redesign required by Chapter 598 (S.B. 218), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011. The plan must:
(1) describe the department's expectations, goals, and approach to implementing foster care redesign;
(2) include a timeline for implementing the foster care redesign throughout this state, any limitations related to the implementation, and a progressive intervention plan and a contingency plan to provide continuity of foster care service delivery if a contract with a single source continuum contractor ends prematurely;
(3) delineate and define the case management roles and responsibilities of the department and the department's contractors and the duties, employees, and related funding that will be transferred to the contractor by the department;
(4) identify any training needs and include long-range and continuous plans for training and cross-training staff;
(5) include a plan for evaluating the costs and tasks associated with each contract procurement, including the initial and ongoing contract costs for the department and contractor;
(6) include the department's contract monitoring approach and a plan for evaluating the performance of each contractor and the foster care redesign system as a whole that includes an independent evaluation of processes and outcomes; and
(7) include a report on transition issues resulting from implementation of the foster care redesign.
(b) The department shall annually:
(1) update the implementation plan developed under this section and post the updated plan on the department's Internet website; and
(2) post on the department's Internet website the progress the department has made toward its goals for implementing the foster care redesign.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 206), Sec. 57, eff. September 1, 2015.
Last modified: September 28, 2016