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620.240 Case progress reports.
The cabinet shall file for each child a case progress report at least once every six (6)
months with the court and the Administrative Office of the Courts Citizen Foster Care
Review Board Program. The first case progress report after the child is placed in the
custody of the cabinet by an order of temporary custody or commitment shall be
mailed to the Administrative Office of the Courts Citizen Foster Care Review Board
Program and subsequent case progress reports shall be provided to the local citizen
foster care review board within the case file. The case progress report shall include
but is not limited to:
(1) The length of time the child has been in the custody of the cabinet;
(2) The number, location, and date for each placement during the time the child
has been in the custody of the cabinet;
(3) A description of the services and assistance provided or arranged by the
cabinet to the parents since the last case permanency plan or case progress
report, and results achieved;
(4) A description of the efforts and progress of the parents since the last case
permanency plan and case progress report, including the number and dates of
parental visits and the extent, quality, and frequency of the parents'
communication with the child;
(5) The barriers, familial and institutional, to returning the child home or releasing
the child from the custody of the cabinet and services that are not currently
available in the community;
(6) An evaluation of the child's current placement and services provided to the
child;
(7) Recommendations for necessary services required to release the child from
the custody of the cabinet, to return the child home, or to facilitate another
permanent placement;
(8) A timetable for the child's return home or other permanent placement; and
(9) If return home is not recommended, a specific recommendation for a
permanent placement, including termination of parental rights if appropriate. If
continued foster care is recommended, an explanation as to why another
permanent placement is not appropriate.
Effective:July 15, 1998
History: Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 278, sec. 8, effective July 15, 1998. -Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 301, sec. 8, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended
1988 Ky. Acts ch. 350, sec. 60, effective April 10, 1988. -- Created 1986 Ky.
Acts ch. 423, sec. 85, effective July 1, 1987.
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