Kinship foster care; social services to seek thereof. (SB48)

Introduced By

Sen. Yvonne Miller (D-Norfolk)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Kinship Foster Care. Requires a local board of social services, before making a foster care placement, to first seek out kinship foster care. The Board of Social Services shall adopt regulations for determining whether the child has a relative who is eligible to become a kinship foster parent. Kinship foster care placements are subject to the requirements, and receive the benefits, of other foster care placements, including payments for the care of the child. Amends § 63.2-900 (“Accepting children for placement in homes, facilities, etc., by local boards.”), § 63.2-900.1 (“Kinship foster care.”), of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »

Status

03/30/2006: signed by governor
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