12VAC30-130-910: Targeted case management for foster care children in treatment foster care (TFC) covered services

Service description. Case management is a component of TFC through which a case manager monitors the treatment plan and links the child to other community resources as necessary to address the special identified needs of the child. Services to the children shall be delivered primarily by treatment foster parents who are trained, supervised and supported by professional child-placing agency staff. TFC case management focuses on a continuity of services, is goal directed and results oriented. Services shall not include room and board. The following activities are considered covered services related to TFC case management services:

1. Care planning, monitoring of the plan of care, and discharge planning;

2. Case management; and

3. Evaluation of the effectiveness of the child's plan of treatment.