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5400 Guardianship/Custodianship

 

The Child Welfare Case Management Provider shall assess if permanent custodianship or guardianship best meets the child's needs. The Case Management Provider shall also prepare the family for the responsibility associated with custodianship or guardianship including an assessment of the family's capabilities of parenting a specific child. Factors to be considered in the case planning conference when determining if an individual family might be suitable for the custodianship or guardianship of a child in DCF custody are similar to those considered when considering a relative or resource family for adoption. (See Appendix 3S).

 

  1. The Child Welfare Case Management Provider shall:
    1. complete a written family assessment,
    2. complete Kansas Child Abuse and Central Registry and KBI clearances,
    3. provide follow up services to the family as per the contract expectations,
    4. provide any reports the court requests 
  2. A full array of services shall be provided to the family on an as needed basis to assure the success of the placement. Custodians or guardians, as well as other families or individuals who enter into a plan to provide care for the child until the child is 18 or graduates from high school, may need help in understanding the effects of separation, abuse and neglect. Families may need added services such as transportation, respite care, mediation, etc. in order to assure the success of the placement.

Children age 15 and older who have been receiving Children's Residential Services through the I/DD waiver while in foster care are eligible to continue to receive these services when a guardianship is granted by the court.

 

  1. The Child Welfare Case Management Provider may request the family participate in PS-MAPP , if it is deemed that such participation would be valuable to the family. Custodians/Guardians need to be aware that such a plan means full commitment to the child and should not be agreed to without full consideration of the ramifications of such a placement to the entire family consultation.
  2. The Child Welfare Case Management provider shall supply the court with all the necessary information and court reports recommending and supporting the applicants request for guardianship or custodianship.
  3. The Child Welfare Care Management provider shall provide the child(ren’s) original birth certificate to the guardian/permanent custodian for the child(ren) at the time of the official appointment by the court.