Voluntary placement definition

Voluntary placement means an out-of-home placement of a child by (1) the county welfare department, probation department, or Indian tribe that has entered into an agreement pursuant to Section 10553.1, after the parents or guardians have requested the assistance of the county welfare department and have signed a voluntary placement agreement; or (2) the county welfare department licensed public or private adoption agency, or the department acting as an adoption agency, after the parents have requested the assistance of either the county welfare department, the licensed public or private adoption agency, or the department acting as an adoption agency for the purpose of adoption planning, and have signed a voluntary placement agreement.
Voluntary placement means a foster care placement in which the department provides foster care services to a child according to a signed placement agreement between the department and the child’s parent or guardian.
Voluntary placement means a placement described by Welfare and Institutions Code section 11400(o).

Examples of Voluntary placement in a sentence

  • Voluntary placement of bargaining unit employees to a position for which they are qualified and trained under the provisions of this Article.

  • Voluntary placement agreements should not be used as legal authority to place a child in a residential treatment facility unless approved by the Regional Administrator.

  • All requests for Voluntary placement shall be entered into CHESSIE as Non- CPS requests for service “Voluntary Placement Request”.


More Definitions of Voluntary placement

Voluntary placement means a foster care placement
Voluntary placement means the placement of a student in an alternative education program at the request of the parent or emancipated student and with the agreement of school personnel to better meet the educational needs of the student.
Voluntary placement for purposes of this section, means a child, who is not receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children-Foster Care, placed by a parent or legal guardian who retains physical custody of, and remains responsible for, the care of his or her children who are placed for temporary emergency care, as described in subdivision (a). Voluntary placement does not include placement of a child who has been removed from the care and custody of his or her parent or legal guardian and placed in foster care by a child welfare services agency.
Voluntary placement means a placement in accordance with § 5-525(b)(1)(i) or (iii) or (3) of the Family Law Article.
Voluntary placement means a placement that either parent has, of his or her free will, chosen for the Indian child, including private adoptions).
Voluntary placement and related “Voluntary Placement Agreement” or “VPA” means a ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Care Placement in which the Agency provides ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Care services to a Child according to a signed Placement agreement between the Agency and the child's parent or guardian. The Agency has authority to select the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Care Placement and has responsibility for care and supervision.
Voluntary placement means the placement of a child in the physical, but not legal, custody of an individual or agency with consent of the child’s parent, guardian or custodian.