Code of Virginia - Title 63.2 Welfare (Social Services) - Chapter 9 Foster Care
- 63.2-900 Accepting children for placement in homes, facilities, etc., by local boards
A. Pursuant to § 63.2-319, a local board shall have the right to accept for placement in suitable family homes, children's residential facilities or independent ...
- 63.2-900.1 Kinship foster care
A. The local board shall, in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board, determine whether the child has a relative who is eligible to become ...
- 63.2-900.2 Placement of sibling groups; visitation
All reasonable steps shall be taken to place siblings entrusted to the care of a local board or licensed child-placing agency, committed to the care ...
- 63.2-901 Supervision of placement of children in homes
The local director shall supervise the placement in suitable homes of children placed through an agreement with the parents or guardians or entrusted or committed ...
- 63.2-901.1 Criminal history and central registry check for placements of children
A. Each local board and licensed child-placing agency shall obtain, in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board, criminal history record information from the Central ...
- 63.2-902 Agreements with persons taking children
Every local board and licensed child-placing agency shall, with respect to each child placed by it in a foster home or children's residential facility, enter ...
- 63.2-903 Entrustment agreements; adoption
A. Whenever a local board accepts custody of a child pursuant to an entrustment agreement entered into under the authority of § 63.2-900, or a ...
- 63.2-904 Investigation, visitation and supervision of foster homes or independent living arrangement; remova...
A. Before placing or arranging for the placement of any such child in a foster home or independent living arrangement, a local board or licensed ...
- 63.2-905 Foster care services
Foster care services are the provision of a full range of casework, treatment and community services, including but not limited to independent living services, for ...
- 63.2-905.1 Independent living services
Local departments and licensed child-placing agencies may provide independent living services to persons between 18 and 21 years of age who are in the process ...
- 63.2-906 Foster care plans; permissible plan goals; court review of foster children
A. Each child, who is committed or entrusted to the care of a local board or to a licensed child-placing agency, or who is placed ...
- 63.2-907 Administrative review of children in foster care
Each local board shall establish and keep current a social service plan with service objectives and shall provide the necessary social services for achievement of ...
- 63.2-908 Permanent foster care placement
A. Permanent foster care placement means the place in which a child has been placed pursuant to the provisions of §§ 63.2-900, 63.2-903 and this ...
- 63.2-909 Child support for child placed in foster care by court
Pursuant to § 16.1-290, responsible persons shall pay child support for a child placed in foster care from the date that custody was awarded to ...
- 63.2-910 Child support for child placed in foster care where legal custody remains with parent or guardia...
Responsible persons shall pay child support for a child placed in foster care through an agreement where legal custody remains with the parent or guardian ...
- 63.2-910.1 Acceptance of children by local departments of social services
A local department of social services has the authority to take custody of abandoned children, to arrange appropriate placements for abandoned children, including foster care, ...
- 63.2-911 Liability insurance for foster parents
The Department may provide liability insurance for civil matters for persons providing basic foster care services in foster homes, as defined in §§ 63.2-100 and ...
- 63.2-912 Visitation of child placed in foster care
The circuit courts and juvenile and domestic relations district courts shall have the authority to grant visitation rights to the natural parents, siblings, and grandparents ...
- 63.2-913 Establishment of minimum training requirements
The Department shall, pursuant to Board regulations, establish minimum training requirements and shall provide educational programs for foster and adoption workers employed by the local ...
Last modified: April 3, 2009