Rule 290-2-5-.10. Assessment and Planning

An Institution shall complete a full written assessment of each child admitted for care and of each child's family within thirty days of admission and develop an individual written service plan for each child based on the assessments within thirty days of admission. If an assessment is not completed within thirty days, the reasons for the delay shall be documented in the child's case record and such documentation shall include statements indicating when the assessment is expected to be completed.

1. (a) The facility's admission evaluation shall be coordinated by the child's designated human services professional. The facility shall assess the needs of the child in the areas of health care, room, board and watchful oversight, education, family relationships, personal, social and vocational development, and any behavioral issues that require monitoring.

   1. 1. This assessment is intended to expand upon the initial intake evaluation required by Rule .09(1)(a)1;
   2. 2. The Institution shall obtain the child's school records from the last school attended in order to complete the education needs component of the assessment.

2. (b) A service and room, board and watchful oversight plan shall be developed by the child's human services professional in concert with the child's primary child care worker, meaning the worker who has responsibility for supervision of the child in the living unit where the child resides. The plan shall contain the following information:

   1. 1. The results of the assessment and identified needs;
   2. 2. Statements of time-limited goals and objectives for the child and family and methods of achieving them and evaluating them;
   3. 3. Statements of activities to be followed by the child and staff members in pursuit of the stated goals and objectives;
   4. 4. Statements of any special care and services that will be arranged for or provided directly;
   5. 5. Statements of goals and preliminary plans for discharge;
   6. 6. Statements about the types of discipline that should be employed when necessary; and
   7. 7. Statements of any visitation plans of the child with the biological family, including siblings, and fictive kin; any restrictions of communication or visitation with any persons shall clearly show that the health, safety, and welfare of the child would be adversely affected by such communications or visits.
3. (c) The child, and the parent(s) or guardian(s), or child-placing agency representative shall be involved in the development of the service and room, board and watchful oversight plans, and its periodic updates as described below.

4. (d) The service and room, board and watchful oversight plan shall be updated by the human services professional at a minimum of every six months and pertinent progress notes and data shall be incorporated in the plan to measure attainment of stated goals and objectives.

   1. 1. The child's primary child care worker shall participate in updating the service and room, board and watchful oversight plan.
   2. 2. The facility shall be responsible for implementing the service and room, board and watchful oversight plan.

Authority: O.C.G.A. §§ 49-5-8, 49-5-12.

History. Original Rule entitled "Assessment and Planning" adopted. F. Jun. 30, 1994; eff. Aug. 1, 1994, as specified by the Agency.

Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. June 5, 2007; eff. June 25, 2007.

Repealed: New Rule of same title adopted. F. Jan. 24, 2008; eff. Feb. 13, 2008.

Amended: F. Jan. 9, 2024; eff. Jan. 29, 2025.