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Chapter 8 has been updated; those updates incorporate the former Chapter 9 which has been obsoleted.

1. Chapter 1 – (Draft Pending) p. 5
2. Chapter 2 – BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE p. 7
3. 2-1. Purpose p. 7
4. 2-2. Scope p. 7
5. 2-3. Authority p. 7
6. 2-4. Guiding Principles p. 7
7. 2-5. The Child Resource Record p. 8
8. 2-6. Comprehensive Behavioral Health Assessment (CBHA) p. 8
9. 2-7. Comprehensive Placement Assessment p. 9
10. 2-8. Behavioral Health Services p. 9
11. 2-9. FSFN Documentation p. 10
12. Chapter 3 – (Draft Pending) p. 11
13. Chapter 4 – (Draft Pending) p. 12
14. Chapter 5 – (Draft Pending) p. 13
15. Chapter 6 – (Draft Pending) p. 14
16. Chapter 7 – (Draft Pending) p. 15
17. Chapter 8 – NON-LICENSED CAREGIVER SUPPORT p. 17
18. 8-1. Purpose p. 17
19. 8-2. Legal Authority p. 17
20. 8-3. Definitions p. 17
21. 8-4. Caregiver Support Options p. 18
22. 8-5. Informing Caregivers of Responsibilities and Rights p. 21
23. 8-6. Child Support Collections (42 U.S.C. 654 and 671(a)(17)) p. 23
24. 8-7. Case Planning p. 23
25. 8-8. Relative Caregiver Program Application Process p. 24
26. 8-9. Nonrelative Caregiver Financial Assistance (NCFA) Process p. 26
27. 8-10. CCWIS Documentation p. 28
28. Chapter 9 – NONRELATIVE CAREGIVER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE-Obsoleted 02/20/2024 p. 30
29. Chapter 10 – (Draft Pending) p. 31
30. Chapter 11 – (Draft Pending) p. 32
31. Chapter 12 – (Draft Pending) p. 33
32. Chapter 13 – GUARDIANSHIP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM p. 34
33. 13-1. Purpose p. 34
34. 13-2. Legal Authority p. 34
35. 13-3. Definition of Qualifying Activity p. 34
36. 13-4. Services for Families Prior to Guardianship Assistance Program Eligibility p. 34
37. 13-5. Transition from Services to Licensure p. 35
38. 13-6. Guardianship Assistance Program Eligibility p. 35
39. 13-7. Guardianship Assistance Payments p. 36
40. 13-8. Successor Guardians p. 36
41. 13-9. Siblings p. 36
42. 13-10. Extension of Guardianship Assistance Payments p. 37
43. 13-11. Eligibility Redetermination p. 39
44. 13-12. Readmission to Extension of Guardianship Assistance Program p. 39
45. Chapter 14 – GUARDIANSHIP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY p. 40

CFOPs it cites (5)

• CFOP 170-15 Federal and State Funding Eligibility Pages 18, 34
• CFOP 170-9 Family Assessment and Case Planning Pages 7, 23
• CFOP 170-1 Florida Child Welfare Practice Model Page 29
• CFOP 170-11 Placement Page 21
• CFOP 170-5 Child Protective Investigations Page 9

CFOPs that cite it (3)

• CFOP 170-1 Florida Child Welfare Practice Model Page 103
• CFOP 170-15 Federal and State Funding Eligibility Pages 6, 86, 88, 89, 90
• CFOP 5-1 Numerical and Subject Index to Administrative Publications Page 7

Florida Statutes (15)

• § 39.5085 Relative Caregiver Program. Pages 17, 19, 20, 25, 27, 35
• § 409.175 Licensure of family foster homes, residential child-caring agencies, and child-placing agencies; public records exemption. Pages 17, 20, 23, 34
• § 39.01 Definitions. Pages 17, 18, 34
• § 39.6225 Guardianship Assistance Program. Pages 34, 35, 36
• § 39.407 Medical, psychiatric, and psychological examination and treatment of child; physical, mental, or substance abuse examination of person with or requesting child custody. Pages 7, 8
• § 39.304 Photographs, medical examinations, X rays, and medical treatment of abused, abandoned, or neglected child. Page 7
• § 39.4091 Participation in childhood activities. Page 21
• § 39.5086 Kinship navigator programs. Page 18
• § 39.6221 Permanent guardianship of a dependent child. Page 20
• § 39.6231 Permanent placement with a fit and willing relative. Page 20
• s. 394.459, F.S. Page 7
• § 409.145 Care of children; “reasonable and prudent parent” standard. Page 19
• § 409.165 Alternate care for children. Page 19
• s. 414.095, F.S. Page 17
• § 743.0645 Other persons who may consent to medical care or treatment of a minor. Page 7

Administrative Code rules (9)

• Rule 65C-28.008 Relative Caregiver Program Requirements. Pages 17, 19, 20, 25, 27
• 65C-30, F.A.C. Pages 7, 17, 18
• 65C-44, F.A.C. Pages 3, 34, 40
• 65C-45, F.A.C. Pages 20, 23
• Rule 65C-16.012 Types of Adoption Assistance. Page 20
• 65C-28, F.A.C. Page 7
• 65C-28.004, F.A.C. Page 9
• Rule 65C-30.011 Placement Responsibilities of the Child Welfare Professional. Page 8
• Rule 65C-44.003 Determination of Guardianship Assistance Payments. Page 36

Federal law (1)

• 42 U.S.C. § 654 State plan for child and spousal support Page 23