Resource family definition

Resource family means an individual or family that has successfully met both the home environment assessment and the permanency assessment criteria necessary for providing care for a child placed by a public or private placement agency by court order, or voluntarily placed by a parent or guardian.
Resource family means an individual person or married couple who is licensed to provide foster family care or approved for adoption.
Resource family means an individual or family that a County determines to have successfully met the application and assessment criteria necessary for providing care for a child or nonminor dependent who is under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, or otherwise in the care of a county child welfare agency or probation department.

Examples of Resource family in a sentence

  • This payment is intended to provide the Safety Resource family with additional financial support to care for these additional children and meet the increased expenses associated with bringing a new child or children into the home.

  • The payment may continue for a maximum of six months, until the child(ren) no longer reside with the Safety Resource family, or until available funding is exhausted, whichever occurs first.


More Definitions of Resource family

Resource family means an individual or family that has successfully met both the home environment assessment and the permanency assessment criteria, as set forth in Section 16519.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, necessary for providing care for a child placed by a public or private child placement agency by court order, or voluntarily placed by a parent or legal guardian.
Resource family means a caregiver who has been approved by the State Department of Social Services.
Resource family means a caregiver who has been approved by the State Department of Social Services, as defined in Welfare and Institutions Code section 16519.5(c).
Resource family means a person or family licensed by the department or another authorized agency to provide foster care services for children and can be used interchangeably with "foster parent" and "foster family".
Resource family means an approved caregiver, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 16519.5.
Resource family. The Resource Family provides care on a temporary (xxxxxx care) 6 and/or permanent (adoption and legal guardianship) basis and includes all types of caregivers in 7 the child welfare and probation systems formerly known as xxxxxx parents, approved relatives or 8 approved Non-Relative Extended Family Member.
Resource family means all persons living with a resource family parent or applicant.