Ind. Code § 31-26-5-3
Duties of family preservation services
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Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2018
Sec. 3. (a) Family preservation services may provide:
Sec. 3. (a) Family preservation services may provide:
(1) comprehensive, coordinated, flexible, and accessible services;
(1) comprehensive, coordinated, flexible, and accessible services;
(2) intervention as early as possible with emphasis on establishing a safe and nurturing environment;
(2) intervention as early as possible with emphasis on establishing a safe and nurturing environment;
(3) services to families who have members placed in care settings outside the nuclear family; and
(3) services to families who have members placed in care settings outside the nuclear family; and
(4) planning options for temporary placement outside the family if it would endanger the child to remain in the home.
(4) planning options for temporary placement outside the family if it would endanger the child to remain in the home.
(b) Unless authorized by a juvenile court, family preservation services may not include a temporary out-of-home placement if a person who is currently residing in the location designated as the out-of-home placement has committed an act resulting in a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect or has a juvenile adjudication or a conviction for a nonwaivable offense, as defined in IC 31-9-2-84.8.
(b) Unless authorized by a juvenile court, family preservation services may not include a temporary out-of-home placement if a person who is currently residing in the location designated as the out-of-home placement has committed an act resulting in a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect or has a juvenile adjudication or a conviction for a nonwaivable offense, as defined in IC 31-9-2-84.8.
(c) Before placing a child at imminent risk of placement in a temporary out-of-home placement, the department shall conduct a criminal history check (as defined in IC 31-9-2-22.5) for each person described in subsection (b). However, the department is not required to conduct a criminal history check under this section if the temporary out-of-home placement is made to an entity or facility that is not a residence (as defined in IC 3-5-2-42.5) or that is licensed by the state.
(c) Before placing a child at imminent risk of placement in a temporary out-of-home placement, the department shall conduct a criminal history check (as defined in IC 31-9-2-22.5) for each person described in subsection (b). However, the department is not required to conduct a criminal history check under this section if the temporary out-of-home placement is made to an entity or facility that is not a residence (as defined in IC 3-5-2.1-90) or that is licensed by the state.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.