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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 200 ASSISTANCE TO CHILDREN
200.590 Eligibility to receive family preservation services.
Download pdfpreservation services afford effective protection of children, youth, families, and the
community. This shall include children:
(a) Who are at risk of commitment as dependent, abused, or neglected;
(b) Who are emotionally disturbed; and
(c) Whose families are in conflict such that they are unable to exercise reasonable control of the child. (2) Families in the following situations shall not be eligible for family preservation services:
(a) Families in which children are at risk of recurring sexual abuse perpetrated by a member of their immediate household who remains in close physical
proximity to the victim or whose continued safety from recurring abuse cannot
be reasonably assured; and (b) Families in which one (1) or more adults in the immediate household are drug or alcohol dependent and not in active treatment for such dependency. (3) The implementation of family preservation services shall be limited to those situations where protection can be assured for children, families, and the
community. Effective: July 13, 1990
History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 265, sec. 4, effective July 13, 1990.
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