Supervised Apartment Living Foster Care definition
Supervised Apartment Living Foster Care. (SAL) means a type of Foster Care Placement in Iowa. The living arrangement must provide a Child with an environment in which the Child can experience living in the community with less supervision than that provided by a foster family or Foster Group Care setting, with services and supports aimed at preparing the Child for Self-Sufficiency. Children in the SAL program are expected to attend school, shop for their food, prepare their own meals, do their own laundry and cleaning, and engage within the community. SAL Foster Care is the least restrictive type of Foster Care Placement in Iowa in which Children are either 1) placed in their own scattered-site setting (e.g., apartment unit) with access to Contractor staff 24 hours a day, seven days a week or 2) are placed in a cluster setting (up to six Children placed in the same building such as apartments located in one building or private housing) in which Contractor staff is on-site (present and available to the Children) in the living arrangement at any time when more than one Child is present in this type of setting.