Action Steps. Currently included in KCF II – 1. Implement statewide after-hours crisis support line for ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents and other caregivers (Section 6.2.1) 2. Develop and implement cross-training between ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents and staff (Section 22.1.2) 3. Require written notification to licensed ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents and relative caregivers and provide support to increase their participation in meetings, staffings and hearings involving planning for children in their care (Section 22.1.3) 4. Implement RFP for providing statewide crisis support and other immediate support for licensed ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents and relative caregivers (Section 23.1.2) 5. Provide training for licensed ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents and relative caregivers on policy revisions and engaging families and children (Section 13.1.1) 6. DLR licensors develop and implement annual assessment and development plans for ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents, and relative caregivers utilizing feedback and input from DCFS workers (Section 6.2.6) 7. Develop and implement a policy requiring ongoing training for licensed ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents (Section 40.1). Additional Action Steps to be incorporated into KCF II – 8. Licensed ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents and relative caregivers shall be provided with the results and recommendations of all of the Department’s screenings and assessments, including the Pre-Passport or its successor, for children placed in their home five days after its completion, unless expressly limited by law or a child’s lawful assertion of confidentiality. Licensed ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents and relative caregivers shall be provided a copy of the child’s passport or its successor at the time of placement but no later than five days after its completion, unless expressly limited by law or a child’s lawful assertion of confidentiality. 9. Licensed ▇▇▇▇▇▇ parents and relative caregivers will be encouraged and supported to participate in staffings of pre-passports (or successor) for children placed in their homes. 10. The Department shall provide appropriate access to respite care for caregivers requesting and needing this service. 11. The Department shall develop a plan, subject to review and approval of the Panel, for training of unlicensed caregivers (by June 2006).
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Sources: Settlement Agreement, Settlement Agreement, Settlement Agreement