(1) The Director of the Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Human Services shall:(1) (A) Make family preservation services accessible to all cases in which a child is about to be placed outside his or her home, or in which a child has been placed outside his or her home, and in which the goal is reunification.(B) The director shall make family preservation services accessible to all cases in which a child is about to be removed or reunification is the goal and the provision of such services is appropriate;(2) Ensure that statewide availability of family preservation services is accomplished in an orderly fashion, with modification based on analysis of an annual evaluation report; and(3) Continue the implementation of family preservation services by consultation with professionals who are nationally recognized in the field.
(1) (A) Make family preservation services accessible to all cases in which a child is about to be placed outside his or her home, or in which a child has been placed outside his or her home, and in which the goal is reunification.(B) The director shall make family preservation services accessible to all cases in which a child is about to be removed or reunification is the goal and the provision of such services is appropriate;
(A) Make family preservation services accessible to all cases in which a child is about to be placed outside his or her home, or in which a child has been placed outside his or her home, and in which the goal is reunification.
(B) The director shall make family preservation services accessible to all cases in which a child is about to be removed or reunification is the goal and the provision of such services is appropriate;
(2) Ensure that statewide availability of family preservation services is accomplished in an orderly fashion, with modification based on analysis of an annual evaluation report; and
(3) Continue the implementation of family preservation services by consultation with professionals who are nationally recognized in the field.