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Kentucky Revised Statutes Title LI. Unified Juvenile Code § 620.320.Duties of State Citizen Foster Care Review Board

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

The duties of the State Citizen Foster Care Review Board shall be to:

(1) Establish, approve, and provide training programs for local citizen foster care review board members;

(2) Review and coordinate the activities of local citizen foster care review boards;

(3) Establish reporting procedures to be followed by the local citizen foster care review boards and publish an annual written report compiling data reported by local foster care review boards which shall include statistics relating, at a minimum, to the following:

(a) Barriers to permanency identified in reviews;

(b) The number of children moved more than three (3) times within a six (6) month period;

(c) The average length of time in care;

(d) Local solutions reported to meet identified barriers; and

(e) The total number and frequency of reviews;

(4) Publish an annual written report on the effectiveness of such local citizen foster care review boards; and

(5) Evaluate and make annual recommendations to the Supreme Court, the Legislative Research Commission, and the Governor regarding:

(a) Laws of the Commonwealth;

(b) Practices, policies, and procedures within the Commonwealth affecting permanence for children in out-of-home placement and the investigation of allegations of abuse and neglect;

(c) The findings of the local citizen foster care review board community forums conducted pursuant to KRS 620.270; and

(d) The effectiveness or lack thereof and reasons therefor of local citizen foster care review of children in the custody of the cabinet in bringing about permanence for the Commonwealth's children.

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