Overall Administration and Operations-. A. Give the Cabinet or its agent immediate access to clients and staff. B. Give the Cabinet or its agent immediate on-site access to program and client records as requested. C. Not make independent plans for future placements of the child or children. D. Provide permanency focused services to a child in the custody of the Cabinet and the family for a limited time so that the child may be safely returned home, placed in a permanent adoptive home, or in another less restrictive setting as soon as possible. E. Have an application on file with the Cabinet, including its preferred admission criteria and specifying the range of cognitive and intellectual functioning that the Provider has the capacity to serve. Similarly, the Provider should specify service competencies, areas of expertise, specialty services or populations served. Provider will provide therapies that are evidence-based practices DocuSign Envelope ID: EF8E297B-24F7-43A7-9300-33B5DAA4095F and trauma informed. The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare will be used to determine evidence-based practices. 1) Any change in the Provider’s admission criteria must be submitted to the PCC/PCP liaison prior to the effective date in order to be considered valid. F. Maintain case records indefinitely in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. 1) All other records shall be maintained at least six (6) years from the date of the last payment received for the agreement period, or until audited/monitored and auditing/monitoring exceptions are resolved, whichever is later. Not assign or transfer duties and obligations of the Provider under this agreement to anyone under any circumstances, except with prior written consent of the Cabinet. X. Xxxxxxx through the Authorized Official of the Provider that he/she has read the foregoing agreement and that he/she understands and agrees to its provisions. H. Not develop forms or agreements extending or limiting the responsibilities of the Cabinet or the Provider beyond the scope of this agreement. I. Assist the Cabinet, upon request, in training involving such agreed services and related Provider skills and resources. J. Meet any additional requirements that are established by the Cabinet as a prerequisite for approval of a particular placement, including but not limited to anger management training, therapy, a safety plan or soothing plan, or any other criteria that would alleviate the risk of harm to any child/family served by the Provider or its sub-vendors. X. Ensure timely and accurate tracking of each child placed by the Cabinet with the Provider and the xxxxxx and adoptive homes approved by the Provider using the TWIST PCC Tracking Module as prescribed by the Cabinet. The Provider will enter information within two (2) business days of a placement being entered into the agency’s TWIST PCC Tracking Module workbasket. X. Xxxxxx, in writing, the PCC/PCP liaison and Children’s Review Program any time that there is a change in leadership staff (i.e., executive director, treatment director, program director) within the Provider or changes related to licensure, including any actions taken against the Provider’s license to operate, threatened or actual litigation, and/or action taken by an accrediting body. X. Xxxxxxx, at a minimum, two-week advance notice, in writing, to the Director of the Department for Community Based Services’ (DCBS) Division of Protection and Permanency when a program is closing. The advance notice must be made prior to notification to other external agencies that contract with DCBS, external agencies’ staff, and DCBS field staff. N. Have email and internet access to receive reports from the Cabinet, its agent, or persons acting on behalf of the Cabinet. O. Provider shall ensure an employee has neither physical abuse, battery, or a drug/alcohol-related felony conviction within the previous five (5) year period; nor a child abuse neglect check conducted by the Cabinet revealing substantiated sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of a child; nor been responsible for a child fatality due to abuse/neglect; nor had parental rights involuntarily terminated. P. Provider will have a Board of Directors comprised of diverse individuals with knowledge and understanding of the agency. Board members will be chosen to minimize conflict of interest. Dual relationships, such as related board members and board members related to employees should be avoided to minimize conflicts of interest.
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Overall Administration and Operations-. A. Give the Cabinet or its agent immediate access to clients and staff.
B. Give the Cabinet or its agent immediate on-site access to program and client records as requested.
C. Not make independent plans for future placements of the child or children.
D. Provide permanency focused services to a child in the custody of the Cabinet and the family for a limited time so that the child may be safely returned home, placed in a permanent adoptive home, or in another less restrictive setting as soon as possible.
E. Have an application on file with the Cabinet, including its preferred admission criteria and specifying the range of cognitive and intellectual functioning that the Provider has the capacity to serve. Similarly, the Provider should specify service competencies, areas of expertise, specialty services or populations served. Provider will provide therapies that are evidence-evidence based practices DocuSign Envelope ID: EF8E297B-24F7-43A7-9300-33B5DAA4095F and trauma informed. The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare will be used to determine evidence-based practices.
1) Any change in the Provider’s admission criteria must be submitted to the PCC/PCP liaison prior to the effective date in order to be considered valid.
F. Maintain case records indefinitely in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
1) All other records shall be maintained at least six (6) years from the date of the last payment received for the agreement period, or until audited/monitored and auditing/monitoring exceptions are resolved, whichever is later. Not assign or transfer duties and obligations of the Provider under this agreement to anyone under any circumstances, except with prior written consent of the Cabinet.
X. Xxxxxxx through the Authorized Official of the Provider that he/she has read the foregoing agreement and that he/she understands and agrees to its provisions.
H. Not develop forms or agreements extending or limiting the responsibilities of the Cabinet or the Provider beyond the scope of this agreement.
I. Assist the Cabinet, upon request, in training involving such agreed services and related Provider skills and resources.
J. Meet any additional requirements that are established by the Cabinet as a prerequisite for approval of a particular placement, including but not limited to anger management training, therapy, a safety plan or soothing plan, or any other criteria that would alleviate the risk of harm to any child/family served by the Provider or its sub-vendors.
X. Ensure timely and accurate tracking of each child placed by the Cabinet with the Provider and the xxxxxx and adoptive homes approved by the Provider using the TWIST PCC Tracking Module as prescribed by the Cabinet. The Provider will enter information within two (2) business days of a placement being entered into the agency’s TWIST PCC Tracking Module workbasket.
X. Xxxxxx, in writing, the PCC/PCP liaison and Children’s Review Program any time that there is a change in leadership staff (i.e., executive director, treatment director, program director) within the Provider or changes related to licensure, including any actions taken against the Provider’s license to operate, threatened or actual litigation, and/or action taken by an accrediting body.
X. Xxxxxxx, at a minimum, two-week advance notice, in writing, to the Director of the Department for Community Based Services’ (DCBS) Division of Protection and Permanency when a program is closing. The advance notice must be made prior to notification to other external agencies that contract with DCBS, external agencies’ staff, and DCBS field staff.
N. Have email and internet access to receive reports from the Cabinet, its agent, or persons acting on behalf of the Cabinet.
O. Provider shall ensure an employee has neither physical abuse, battery, or a drug/alcohol-related felony conviction within the previous five (5) year period; nor a child abuse neglect check conducted by the Cabinet revealing substantiated sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of a child; nor been responsible for a child fatality due to abuse/neglect; nor had parental rights involuntarily terminated.
P. Provider will have a Board of Directors comprised of diverse individuals with knowledge and understanding of the agency. Board members will be chosen to minimize conflict of interest. Dual relationships, such as related board members and board members related to employees should be avoided to minimize conflicts of interest.
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Samples: Private Child Placing Agreement