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La Crosse County Policies

• Insurance requirements
• Health and safety standards
• Emergency foster care
• Clothing allowance for children in foster care
• Supplemental/Exceptional rate setting
• Foster care respite
• Foster youth obtaining a driver’s license
• Discipline of foster children
• Allegations of child maltreatment
• Reporting serious incidents
• Children that run away
• Notice of removal and “bed holding”
• Foster parent training
• Post placement/reunification feedback
• Adam Walsh Act for foster parents
• Basement sleeping arrangements
• Retention of foster care files

Wisconsin Laws and Policies

Administrative Rules

• DCF 56 – Foster Home Care for Children
• DCF 37 – Information to be Provided to Foster Parents

State Statutes

• Chapter 48 – Children’s Code
• Chapter 938 – Juvenile Justice Code

Federal Laws

• The Adoption and Safe Families Act
• Indian Child Welfare Act
• Adam Walsh Child Safety and Protection Act of 2006

Forms

 Licensing Forms

• Background Information Disclosure
• Child Foster Care Licensing Checklist (DCF 56 checklist)
• Fire Evacuation Plan
• Firearms Declaration
• Confidentiality of Records

Procedural Forms

• Serious Incident Report
• Information for Foster Parents Part A
• Information for Foster Parents Part B
• Agreement for use of hazardous machinery
• Agreement for use of firearms or bows
• Agreement for use of water equipment
• Agreement for use of a horse
• Respite Provider Agreement Form

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