{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-169-f-7","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 169-F:7","heading":"Oversight of Children in Care; Department Responsibilities.","body":"I. Any child in a court-ordered placement pursuant to RSA 169-B, RSA 169-C, or RSA 169-D shall be seen in-person on at least a monthly basis, by their assigned case worker. In the event the assigned case worker is not available, another case worker or supervisor familiar with the child and/or case may perform the visit. The visit to the child shall include a private meeting with the child, in a safe place as determined by the case worker and child, to inquire about care received, as well as an in-person tour of the child's living quarters. The monthly contact shall also include contact with the child's placement provider, therapeutic providers, and educational providers, preferably in real-time, but at least by written correspondence. In addition, for any child placed in a residential placement by the department, these visits shall include a tour of the facility where the child may have access to; a check-in with appropriate leadership about program culture and therapeutic programming; a check-in with program direct care staff about the child's progress in the program; and a check-in with the clinical director and/or the child's therapeutic provider about the program culture, therapeutic programming, and the child's individual progress, strengths, and challenges in the program, which may occur outside of the in-person visit in virtual real-time if circumstances require.\nII. The department shall develop, in consultation with the office of child advocate, a standard operating procedure and form for monthly visits with children conducted by the department, pursuant to paragraph I of this section, to be completed during each monthly in-person visit.","path":["Title XII: PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE","Chapter 169-F: COURT ORDERED PLACEMENTS"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XII/169-F/169-F-7.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T13:51:14Z","sha256":"98f8563b1353d9448569ecc5769b5ffc403d255a60fb3cdfbac8d76cc1931442","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-169-f-6","next":"us-nh/rsa-169-f-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}