1. (a) The Family Service Worker will:

   1. (1)

      1. (A) Complete the CFS-001: Referral for Transitional Services & Support on all youth entering foster care between fourteen (14) and eighteen (18) years of age.
      2. (B) The CFS-001: Referral for Transitional Services & Support will be completed also on youth who turn fourteen (14) years of age while in foster care.
      3. (C) All youth must be assessed for life skills within thirty (30) days of entering care or within thirty (30) days after their fourteenth birthday;

   2. (2)

      1. (A) Forward the completed and signed CFS-001: Referral for Transitional Services & Support to the TSC.
      2. (B) The youth must sign the CFS-001: Referral for Transitional Services & Support to be eligible for Chafee-specific services and support;
   3. (3) If the youth chooses to participate, notify the TSC Supervisor and he or she will assign the TSC, as appropriate;
   4. (4) Assist the youth in completing a life skills assessment within thirty (30) days of entering care or within thirty (30) days after their fourteenth birthday;
   5. (5) After case plan is completed, initiate a transitional team meeting and document on the contact screen and in the transitional plan as appropriate;

   6. (6) Ensure that each youth fourteen (14) to seventeen (17) years of age is individually assessed every six (6) months to:

      1. (A) Review their life plan;
      2. (B) Determine what life skills they have attained; and
      3. (C) Determine what life skills they still need;
   7. (7) Ensure that each youth fourteen (14) to seventeen (17) years of age is assessed annually using the appropriate life skills assessment tool;
   8. (8) Share the reassessment results with the TSC and document the reasons for noncompletion;
   9. (9) Coordinate logistics for life skills training or other youth development activities with the foster parent or caretaker;
   10. (10) Prepare the youth for transitional team meetings; and
   11. (11) Enter date into CHRIS in a timely manner.
2. (b) If the youth makes a planned move (e.g., college) to another county, the supervisor in the primary county should communicate with the supervisor in the placement county before the youth moves.

3. (c)

   1. (1) If the youth makes an unplanned move to another county, the supervisor in the primary county should notify within ten (10) days, by email, the supervisor in the placement county.
   2. (2) The receiving supervisor should then make secondary caseload assignments to the FSW and the TSC and directly notify them of the assignment.
   3. (3) All workload assignments will go through the Coordinator’s immediate supervisor and not the individual county supervisors.

4. (d) If a youth is transferred to another area/county not designated as primary, the FSW in the residence area/county should:

   1. (1) Assist in obtaining an assessment/reassessment if the date occurs while the client is in the other county;
   2. (2) Transfer case files and all records of life-skills training sessions attended, skills acquired or mastered, and copies of assessment results to the FSW and the TSC in the secondary county to ensure that training needs and goals will continue to be addressed; and
   3. (3) Assist youth in completing the NYTD survey, if applicable.

5. (e) The Transitional Services Coordinator will:

   1. (1)

      1. (A) Update the contact screen in CHRIS each time contact is made with a youth.
      2. (B) Contacts include group training sessions, face-to-face contact, phone contact, the youth’s attendance in life-skills training, transitional team meetings, or ETV consultation.
      3. (C) Indicate the title or content and information concerning the youth’s participation;
   2. (2) Complete education and employment screens when appropriate;
   3. (3) Develop life skills training resources;
   4. (4) Complete the CFS-035: Coordinator Monthly Summary;
   5. (5) Submit the CFS-035 to the TSC Supervisor and the TYS Program Manager by the sixth day of the month;
   6. (6) Coordinate and support transitional activities with the FSW when appropriate;
   7. (7) Document the completion of the initial life skills assessment and any reassessments on the IL checklist screen and that the results were routed to the youth, FSW, and foster parents/provider in the document tracking screen; and
   8. (8) Document all transitional activities and services on the client contact information screen.

Codification Notes: “NYTD” means National Youth in Transition Database. "TSC" means transitional services coordinator. This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: "01/2011"