A. Facilities include homes and childcare providers regulated/licensed by the Department for Children and Families (DCF) Foster Care and Residential Facility Licensing, Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) or Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS). Facilities may also include homes and providers legally exempt from regulation and homes or providers which are operating as unregulated services.
B. Facilities includes:
1. DCF Foster Care and Residential Facilities
a. Family Foster Homes
b. Family Foster Homes Relative/NRKIN
c. Attendant Care Centers
d. Group Boarding Homes
e. Residential Centers
f. Detention Centers
g. Secure Care Centers
h. Staff Secure Facilities
i. Secure Residential Treatment Facilities
j. Juvenile Crisis Intervention Centers
k. Child Placing Agencies
i. Host Families
l. Unregulated Facilities
i. Transitional Living Programs
ii. Community Integration Programs
iii. Agency approved homes
2. KDHE licensed facilities
a. Daycare homes or Centers
b. School-age Programs
c. Drop-in Programs
3. KDADS Licensed Facilities
a. Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTF)
For purposes of complaints alleging abuse or neglect, "facility" includes any of the above entities which are subject to regulation, whether operating within or without the law.
C. For the purposes of case findings, a DCF Foster Care and Residential Facility Licensing approved foster home meeting licensing standards is subject to the same policy and procedures as a licensed foster home.
D. All investigations of a case involving staff of a facility and the case finding is recommended as substantiated, the Regional Director shall review prior to completion of the finding.
E. If a person voluntarily surrenders a license or registration to provide childcare or voluntarily agrees to cease providing exempt care under approval status, the investigation shall continue. The investigation shall determine the safety of any children involved and include a case finding decision. Information gathered during the DCF investigation shall be forwarded to KDHE or DCF Foster Care and Residential Facility Licensing.
F. During the investigation, if DCF determines a child may have experienced serious physical harm, serious deterioration, or sexual abuse, DCF shall provide KDHE or DCF Foster Care and Residential Facility Licensing with facts and information gathered to assist KDHE or DCF Foster Care and Residential Facility Licensing in determining appropriate action regarding the license.