1. (a) In order to promote continuity of care for youth with disabilities, the Adult Protective Services Unit of the Department of Human Services, the Division of Children and Family Services, the Division of Youth Services, the Division of Developmental Disability Services, and the Division of Behavioral Health Services have signed a memorandum of understanding that describes each division’s roles and responsibilities.

2. (b) The Family Service Worker will:

   1. (1) Arrange an interagency case staffing and initiation of transition plan following youth’s fourteenth birthday;
   2. (2) Arrange an interagency case staffing within thirty (30) days to include PACE determination and DD diagnosis identified for individuals taken into custody after age fourteen (14);
   3. (3) Arrange an interagency review every six (6) months for youth likely to require state custody status as an adult; and
   4. (4) Invite the youth’s TSC and any other appropriate individuals to the interagency case staffing and all subsequent interagency reviews.

3. (c) APS will:

   1. (1) Review plan and identify issues requiring clarification or issues that might have been omitted and request this information from the Division of Children and Family Services; and
   2. (2) Participate in case staffing and transition plan review following client’s seventeenth birthday.
4. (d) The Adult Protective Services Unit of the Department of Human Services, the Division of Children and Family Services, Division of Youth Services, and the Office of Chief Counsel will inform the court of the transition plan.
5. (e) The Adult Protective Services Unit of the Department of Human Services and the Division of Children and Family Services will review the transition plan and arrange appropriate placement prior to client’s eighteenth birthday.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: "06/2011"