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14. If reunification is the child's permanency goal, information demonstrating
2that the parent from whom the child was removed provided input on the members
3of the family permanency team or why that input was not obtained.
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5. Information showing that the standardized assessment, as determined by
5the department, was used to determine the appropriateness of the placement in a
6qualified residential treatment program
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6. The placement preferences of the family permanency team, including a
8recognition that a child should be placed with his or her siblings unless the court
9determines that a joint placement would be contrary to the safety or well-being of
10the child or any of those siblings.
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7. If placement preferences of the family permanency team are not the
12placement recommended by the qualified individual who conducted the
13standardized assessment, the reasons why these preferences were not
14recommended.
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8. The recommendations of the qualified individual who conducted the
16standardized assessment, including all of the following:
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a. Whether the recommended placement in a qualified residential treatment
18program is the placement that will provide the child with the most effective and
19appropriate level of care in the least restrictive environment and how that placement
20is consistent with the short-term and long-term goals for the child, as specified in
21the permanency plan.
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b. Whether and why the child's needs can or cannot be met by the child's family
23or in a foster home. A shortage or lack of foster homes is not an acceptable reason
24for determining that the child's needs cannot be met in a foster home.
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19. Documentation of the approval or disapproval of the placement in a qualified
2residential treatment program by a court, if such a determination has been made.
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3Section
858. 48.38 (4) (L) of the statutes is created to read:
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48.38
(4) (L) If the child is a parent or is pregnant, all of the following:
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1. A list of the services or programs to be provided to or on behalf of the child
6to ensure that the child, if pregnant, is prepared and, if a parent, is able to be a
7parent.
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2. The out-of-home care prevention strategy for any child born to the parenting
9or pregnant child.
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10Section
859. 48.38 (5) (bm) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
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48.38
(5) (bm) 4. If the child is placed in a qualified residential treatment
12program, the agency that prepared the permanency plan shall submit to the court
13or panel specific information showing all of the following, which the court or panel
14shall consider when determining the continuing necessity for and the safety and
15appropriateness of the placement:
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a. Whether ongoing assessment of the strengths and needs of the child
17continues to support the determination that the needs of the child cannot be met
18through placement in a foster home, whether the placement in a qualified residential
19treatment program provides the most effective and appropriate level of care for the
20child in the least restrictive environment, and how the placement is consistent with
21the short-term and long-term goals for the child, as specified in the child's
22permanency plan.
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b. The specific treatment or service needs that will be met for the child in the
24placement and the length of the time the child is expected to need the treatment or
25services.
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1c. The efforts made by the agency to prepare the child to return home or to be
2placed with a fit and willing relative, a guardian, or an adoptive parent or in a foster
3home.
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4Section
860. 48.38 (5) (c) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.38
(5) (c) 1. The continuing necessity for and the safety and appropriateness
6of the placement
, subject to par. (bm) 4. and sub. (5m) (c) 4. If the permanency goal
7of the child's permanency plan is placement of the child in a planned permanent
8living arrangement described in sub. (4) (fg) 5., the determination under this
9subdivision shall include an explanation of why the planned permanent living
10arrangement is the best permanency goal for the child and why, supported by
11compelling reasons, it continues not to be in the best interests of the child to be
12returned to his or her home or to be placed for adoption, with a guardian, or with a
13fit and willing relative.
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14Section
861. 48.38 (5) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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48.38
(5) (d) Notwithstanding s. 48.78 (2) (a), the agency that prepared the
16permanency plan shall, at least 5 days before a review by a review panel, provide to
17each person appointed to the review panel, the child's parent, guardian, and legal
18custodian, the person representing the interests of the public, the child's counsel, the
19child's guardian ad litem, the child's court-appointed special advocate, and, if the
20child is an Indian child who is placed outside the home of his or her parent or Indian
21custodian, the Indian child's Indian custodian and tribe a copy of the permanency
22plan
, any information submitted under par. (bm) 4., and any written comments
23submitted under par. (bm) 1. Notwithstanding s. 48.78 (2) (a), a person appointed
24to a review panel, the person representing the interests of the public, the child's
25counsel, the child's guardian ad litem, the child's court-appointed special advocate,
1and, if the child is an Indian child who is placed outside the home of his or her parent
2or Indian custodian, the Indian child's Indian custodian and tribe may have access
3to any other records concerning the child for the purpose of participating in the
4review. A person permitted access to a child's records under this paragraph may not
5disclose any information from the records to any other person.
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6Section
862. 48.38 (5m) (c) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
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48.38
(5m) (c) 4. If the child is placed in a qualified residential treatment
8program, the agency that prepared the permanency plan shall present to the court
9specific information showing all of the following, which the court shall consider when
10determining the continuing necessity for and the safety and appropriateness of the
11placement under sub. (5) (c) 1.:
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a. Whether ongoing assessment of the strengths and needs of the child
13continues to support the determination that the needs of the child cannot be met
14through placement in a foster home, whether the placement in a qualified residential
15treatment program provides the most effective and appropriate level of care for the
16child in the least restrictive environment, and how the placement is consistent with
17the short-term and long-term goals for the child, as specified in the child's
18permanency plan.
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b. The specific treatment or service needs that will be met for the child in the
20placement and the length of the time the child is expected to need the treatment or
21services.
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c. The efforts made by the agency to prepare the child to return home or to be
23placed with a fit and willing relative, a guardian, or an adoptive parent or in a foster
24home.
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25Section
863. 48.38 (5m) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
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148.38
(5m) (d) At least 5 days before the date of the hearing the agency that
2prepared the permanency plan shall provide a copy of the permanency plan
, any
3information submitted under par. (bm) 4., and any written comments submitted
4under par. (c) 1. to the court, to the child's parent, guardian, and legal custodian, to
5the person representing the interests of the public, to the child's counsel or guardian
6ad litem, to the child's court-appointed special advocate, and, if the child is an Indian
7child who is placed outside the home of his or her parent or Indian custodian, to the
8Indian child's Indian custodian and tribe. Notwithstanding s. 48.78 (2) (a), the
9person representing the interests of the public, the child's counsel or guardian ad
10litem, the child's court-appointed special advocate, and, if the child is an Indian child
11who is placed outside of the home of his or her parent or Indian custodian, the Indian
12child's Indian custodian and tribe may have access to any other records concerning
13the child for the purpose of participating in the review. A person permitted access
14to a child's records under this paragraph may not disclose any information from the
15records to any other person.
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16Section
864. 48.396 (1) of the statutes is amended to read: