Common use of Case Planning Clause in Contracts

Case Planning. The Parties agree that all case plans relating to a child should be coordinated between and among agencies that are party to this agreement. To avoid duplication of services or programs and promote the combining of resources to maximize the delivery of services and educational success of children known to the department the parties agree: a) The Parties shall promote the involvement of SBBC, APD, and DJJ, when appropriate, and CSBD personnel in the DCF dependency case planning process, and in one another's planning process, as appropriate to effectively address educational, developmental or other disabilities, job training and employment issues regarding the child. DCF/ChildNet shall notify the appropriate service-delivery staff of each agency involved with the child, of DCF case planning for a child, both at the time of plan development and plan review. Within the plan development or review process, SBBC may be asked to provide relevant education information regarding the child. DCF/ChildNet shall provide this notification to the CSBD when there is documentation in the DCF case file of a youth's involvement in Workforce services and the proper releases have been provided; this shall include and not be limited to a FERPA release form signed by the youth’s guardian or parent. DCF/ChildNet shall notify APD when a child whom APD has determined is eligible for APD services, whether he or she is receiving services or is on a waiting list, has been found to be dependent or placed in shelter care. Further, if there is reason to believe the child needs to be referred for APD services and has not been so referred, the DCF/ChildNet person responsible for the case shall make the appropriate referral as soon as practicable. APD shall advise if a waiver support coordinator has been assigned to the child and provide contact information so that person may also be invited to the dependency case planning when appropriate. DJJ will participate when appropriate in dependency case planning. Each party shall similarly invite the staff providing services to the child for all planning meetings, and shall also invite the child as developmentally appropriate. All parties providing services to the child shall encourage line staff to provide time schedules for planning and review sessions, court hearings, and other meetings concerning the child, and shall encourage their staff to coordinate their actual planning to avoid duplication of efforts and services, and to promote maximum utilization of the services offered to the child to avoid a failure to provide essential services. b) SBBC shall provide individualized student intervention for all students, when appropriate and when individual student academic or behavioral needs require and intervention. Individual interventions are also provided to students with disabilities who have individual education programs (IEPs) or Section 504 plans when a determination has been made through legally appropriate criteria that intervention services are required. The intervention or (IEP) must include strategies that promote the attainment of educational goals; c) SBBC and ChildNet will, conduct a comprehensive educational review/staffing of all children in licensed and unlicensed placement to identify strengths, needs and required interventions to maximize academic achievement in the current school setting and post-secondary options. d) SBBC and ChildNet shall cooperate in ensuring that each child who has or is suspected of having a disability has a legally appropriate educational decision-maker and identify that person in the case plan for each agency providing services to that child. If the school system or the court has appointed a surrogate parent for education decision making, that individual shall be invited to the portion of the case plan review regarding the child. e) SBBC will provide an educational review report to ChildNet's Educational Services Specialist and the respective provider, for youth admitted to group home or residential treatment settings to facilitate appropriate educational planning efforts; f) SBBC, ChildNet, and APD will conduct quarterly case reviews of all children known to the department who are on the waitlist for the APD Medicaid waiver to coordinate services and ensure a comprehensive plan of care is in place.