1. (a) A kinship caregiver shall provide each child in care with:

   1. (1) Nutritionally balanced meals which meet dietary needs and restrictions;
   2. (2) Clothing fitted and appropriate to the season;
   3. (3) The opportunity to share with other household members in taking responsibility for household chores appropriate to the child's age, health, and ability;
   4. (4) The opportunity for age and developmentally appropriate leisure time activities, socialization, and for the development of special interests and abilities, such as arts, crafts, music, and sports, consistent with the reasonable and prudent parent standard; and

   5. (5) Assistance in handling stressful situations and trauma frequently associated with placement, including:

      1. a. Removal from the child’s home and from the child’s parents;
      2. b. Placement in a new home environment;
      3. c. Visitation with parents and siblings when applicable; and
      4. d. Reunification to the child’s parent or transition to another placement.
2. (b) Kinship caregivers shall be responsible for the care of the child’s possessions received with the child in care or purchased for the child while in care, including but not limited to, assistive medical devices, clothing, books, and photographs. Kinship caregivers shall return all belongings of a child who was in their care to DCYF, the child, or the child’s parent within 7 days of the child leaving placement in the kinship caregiver’s home.
3. (c) Kinship caregivers shall use the reasonable and prudent parent standard to make careful and sensible decisions in the daily life of the child in care that maintain the health, safety, and best interests of a child while at the same time encouraging the emotional and developmental growth of the child, and grant permission for participation in family, school, community, extracurricular, enrichment, cultural, and social leisure time activities.
4. (d) Kinship caregivers, household members, and any other individuals who provide care and supervision in the kinship care home shall administer discipline only in a safe, non-threatening, and constructive manner, which is individualized to meet the needs, development, and experiences of the child in care.

5. (e) The following practices shall be prohibited manners of discipline for a child in care:

   1. (1) Child abuse as defined in RSA 169-C:3, II;
   2. (2) Derogatory remarks or statements that humiliate, ridicule, or intimidate;
   3. (3) Deprivation of food, meals, mail, or family contact;
   4. (4) Threats of alternate placements;
   5. (5) Any use of corporal punishment, pursuant to RSA 161:14, or spanking;
   6. (6) The use of seclusion or restraint, pursuant to RSA 126-U;
   7. (7) Assignment of physically strenuous or dangerous exercise or work as a punishment; and
   8. (8) Verbal or physical punishment for bed-wetting or negative actions related to toilet training.

Source. #14390, eff 9-24-25, EXPIRES: 9-24-35