KRS 620.240: Case progress reports.

The cabinet shall file for each child a case progress report at least once every six (6)

months with the court and the Administrative Office of the Courts Citizen Foster Care

Review Board Program. The first case progress report after the child is placed in the

custody of the cabinet by an order of temporary custody or commitment shall be mailed to

the Administrative Office of the Courts Citizen Foster Care Review Board Program and

subsequent case progress reports shall be provided to the local citizen foste r care review

board within the case file. The case progress report shall include but is not limited to:

(1) The length of time the child has been in the custody of the cabinet;

(2) The number, location, and date for each placement during the time the child has

been in the custody of the cabinet;

(3) A description of the services and assistance provided or arranged by the cabinet to

the parents since the last case permanency plan or case progress report, and results

achieved;

(4) A description of the efforts and progress of the parents since the last case

permanency plan and case progress report, including the number and dates of

parental visits and the extent, quality, and frequency of the parents' communication

with the child;

(5) The barriers, familial and institutional, to returning the child home or releasing the

child from the custody of the cabinet and services that are not currently available in

the community;

(6) An evaluation of the child's current placement and services provided to the child;

(7) Recommendations for necessary services required to release the child from the

custody of the cabinet, to return the child home, or to facilitate another permanent

placement;

(8) A timetable for the child's return home or other permanent placement; and

(9) If return home is not recommended, a specific recommendation for a permanent

placement, including termination of parental rights if appropriate. If continued

foster care is recommended, an explanation as to why another permanent placement

is not appropriate.