Out of Home Placement Plan
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Condition Leading to Placement
What are the specific circumstances, conditions, or concerns that led to the need for out-of-home placement? The agency was notified of a search warrant being executed at Mr. And Mrs. Rekieta's residence on 5/24/2024 in which the children were present and reside at. The police report stated that there was cocaine, Ketamine, and drug paraphernalia located in the family home. Subsequently, the children were placed on a law enforcement hold and placed into foster care.
What needs, concerns, or challenges were expressed by the family (youth and parent(s) or legal guardian(s), relatives), tribe, and others involved in case planning regarding the youth's safety, permanency, and well-being? Mrs. And Mr. Rekieta have a pending criminal matter regarding the drugs found in their home. They they abide they are utilizing their 5th amendment right by not self-incriminating themselves and choosing to not comment on anything that could potentially be used against them. This creates a barrier to case planning tasks such as drug testing and talking about drug use or how the drugs were found in their home.
Describe the family strengths that support engagement in case planning and achieving the youth's safety, permanency, and well-being:
The family is closely bonded.
The family is supportive of one another.
The children are placed with family.
The family has access to transportation.
The family values education.
Structured Decision Making (SDM) Tool Detail
Select the most current completed SDM tools:
SDM Type Completion Date
Strengths and Needs Assessment 6/4/2024
Risk Assessment 5/24/2024
Risk Reassessment 6/4/2024
Reunification Assessment 6/4/2024
Safety Assessment 6/4/2024
Reasonable or Active Efforts to Prevent Placement
Describe the agency's reasonable or active efforts to work with the family to develop and implement an appropriate safety plan, or detail why a safety plan did/would not sufficiently address the identified risk and allow the youth to remain safely in the home:
The parents were both arrested and cocaine and Ketamine where found in the home where the children reside. Neither parent was able to provide care for the children at that time.
Describe the agency's reasonable or active efforts, including locating and utilizing culturally and tribally appropriate community services, to prevent placement or eliminate the ongoing need for placement:
The agency was not able to prevent placement due to the imminent safety risk to the children at the time of the search warrant, and arrest of the parents due to drugs and drug paraphernalia being found in the home.
Describe the agency's reasonable or active efforts to engage the youth's non-custodial parent in order to assess their ability to provide day-to-day care for the youth, to provide appropriate services necessary to ensure the youth's safety and well-being, and to prevent the initial and ongoing need for placement:
Not applicable as the parents are married and share custody of all children.
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10 Best Interest Factors
Provide a specific description to how each of the best interest factors was considered in determining the individualized needs of the child/youth and how the current placement setting best meets these identified needs.
If the selected placement is the child's/youth's primary permanency option, include in the description details of how this placement also supports the long-term needs for each best interest factor.
Current Functioning and Behaviors
Specifically describe the youth's current functioning and behaviors, include information about their strengths and areas of need, and how the foster care provider, or parent during a Trial Home Visit, will ensure their current and future needs are met for each strength and need:
The child functions as a child typical to his age. He is very smart and does well in school. Shelter 1 supports his development.
Medical, Dental, Hearing, Vision, and Mental Health Needs
Describe the youth's overall medical, dental, and mental health needs, and how the foster care provider meets these needs. More specific detail can be provided in the Health Status component of the Well Being section of this case plan:
The youth is only in need of routine check-ups. Shelter 1 has taken the youth to medical appointments.
Educational Needs
Describe the youth's overall educational status and needs, and how the foster care provider ensures the youth's individualized educational needs are met. More specific detail can be provided in the Education Detail component of the Well Being section of this case plan:
The youth is homeschooled and also attends Christian Community School of Wilmar to get certain electives. The agency will address the education piece with Shelter 1 to ensure education continues as it did.
Development Needs
Specifically describe the youth's developmental strengths and needs and how the foster care provider meets them:
The youth is smart, [illegible], and on track developmentally. Shelter 1 is able to identify these strengths and support where needed.
History and Past Experience
Specifically describe the youth's history and past experiences, including previous foster care placements and re-entries, and historical experiences relating to culture, ethnicity, race, and tribal membership and affiliation, and how the foster care provider helps support and meet their needs:
The youth has not been in foster care before. Shelter 1 is a relative and knows about the youth's past experiences.
Religious and Cultural Needs
Specifically describe the youth's religious, spiritual, cultural, and tribal needs. Include information about observed practices, beliefs, traditions, ceremonies, holidays, language, diet, and personal care, and how the foster care provider meets these related needs:
The youth and the family are involved in the Christian church,. They are very involved in their church. Shelter 1 also attends the same church.
Connections with Community, School, and Faith
Specifically describe how the youth is or wants to be part of a community, including but not limited to school, faith, neighborhood, tribal culture including connection of two-spirit, and LGBTQ communities, and how the foster care provider will support the preservation of the youth's community connections:
The youth is very connected with his community, including his church. He participates in groups and activities there. Shelter 1 is also a part of this church and supports these connections.
Interests and Talents
List the age appropriate or developmentally appropriate extracurricular, social, community, or cultural activities the youth is interested in or participates in that builds skills and promote their individual interests and talents, and how the foster care provider supports their ongoing participation in these activities:
The youth gets the opportunity to participate in church activities. The youth is musically gifted and enjoys playing musical instruments.
Relationships with Parents, Siblings, Relatives, and Other Caretakers
Briefly identify the youth's important relationships and describe how the current foster care provider will support the youth maintaining or establishing relationships with the individuals identified. This can be addressed in greater
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detail in the [illegible, could be Sibling] Placement Detail, Visitation Plan, and important Relationships sections of this case plan:
The youth is very close with his parents, who he enjoys spending time with. Shelter 1 is supportive of this relationship and is willing to assist with transportation and supervising visitation.
Youth Placement Preferences
Indicate the youth's reasonable preference for placement, if the youth is determined to be of sufficient age or developmental level to express preferences:
*Youth has identified a person or facility and is currently placed in their preferred placement setting.
Specify all placement resources identified by the youth as their placement preferences and describe the reasonable or active efforts to engage, assess, and consider them for placement:
The youth is in his placement of preference.
His other placement option would be his [redacted]
Describe the agency's reasonable or active efforts to ensure the youth has input into the placement decision:
The agency has asked the youth who they would like to be placed with.