Title IV-E State Plan - Department for Children and Families

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TITLE IV-E STATE/TRIBAL PLAN – STATE OF VERMONT Section 2Page 17FederalState/Tribal Regulatory,Regulatory/Statutory, and PolicyRequirementStatutoryReferences andReferencesCitations for Eachchild.1356.21(b)(1)(I)&(ii)3. Judicial determination of reasonable efforts to prevent a child's removal from thehome.a. When a child is removed from his/her home, the judicial determination, as towhether reasonable efforts were made or were not required to prevent theremoval, is made no later than 60 days from the date the child is removed fromthe home.b. If the determination concerning reasonable efforts to prevent the removal is notmade as specified above, the child is not eligible under the Title IV-E foster caremaintenance payments program for the duration of that stay in foster care.Sec. 2 G (3)Sec. 2 G (3)(a)Sec. 2 G (3)(b)1356.21(b)(2)(i)4. Judicial determination of reasonable efforts to finalize a permanency plan.a. The State/Tribal agency obtains a judicial determination that it has madereasonable efforts to finalize the permanency plan that is in effect (whether theplan is reunification, adoption, legal guardianship, placement with a fit andwilling relative, or placement in another planned permanent living arrangement)within 12 months of the date the child is considered to have entered foster carein accordance with the definition at section 1355.20 of the regulations, and atleast once every 12 months thereafter while the child is in foster care.Sec. 2 G (4)Sec. 2 G (4)(a)
TITLE IV-E STATE/TRIBAL PLAN – STATE OF VERMONT Section 2Page 18FederalRegulatory/StatutoryRequirementReferencesCitations for Each1356.21(b)(2)(ii) b. If such a judicial determination regarding reasonable efforts to finalize apermanency plan is not made, the child becomes ineligible under Title IV-Efrom the end of the 12th month following the date the child is considered tohave entered foster care or the end of the 12 th month following the month inwhich the most recent judicial determination of reasonable efforts to finalize apermanency plan was made, and remains ineligible until such a judicialdetermination is made.State/Tribal Regulatory,Statutory, and PolicyReferences andSec. 2 G (4)(b)1356.21(b)(3)471(a)(15)(D)1356.21(b)(3)(I)471(a)(15)(D)5. Circumstances in which reasonable efforts are not required to prevent a child'sremoval from home or to reunify the child and family. Reasonable efforts to preventa child's removal from home or to reunify the child and family are not required if theState/Tribal agency obtains a judicial determination that such efforts are not requiredbecause:a. A court of competent jurisdiction has determined that the parent has subjectedthe child to aggravated circumstances (as defined in State/Tribal law, whichdefinition may include but need not be limited to abandonment, torture, chronicabuse, and sexual abuse);Sec. 2 G (5)Sec. 2 G (5)(a)
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