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September 18, 2020

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Responding to COVID -19

	Title
	FACS Policy Memo 20-01.5 COVID 19 Disaster Plan/Staff Protocol for Client Contact (Rev May 27, 2020)
	Guidance for Social Worker Contacts and Parent Child Visits During COVID-19 (Rev July 22, 2020)
	Guidance for Meeting a Child or Youth’s Well-Being During COVID-19 (Rev. Aug 13, 2020)
	Guidance for Resource Family Contacts, Foster Care Licensing, ICPC and Respite Placements During COVID-19 (Rev May 27, 2020)
	Guidance Related to Conducting Comprehensive Safety Assessment during COVID-19 (Rev May 1, 2020)

Responding to Child Abuse and Neglect Reports/Assessments

	Title
	Intake Screening (Rev. June 2018)
	Priority Guidelines (Rev. February 2020)
	Responding to Allegations of Child Abuse or Neglect by a Resource Family Member (Under revision)
	Responding to Allegations of Abuse or Neglect for Referrals in Residential Care (Rev Jul 2015)
	Comprehensive Safety Assessment (Rev. May 2017)
	Central Registry (Apr 30, 2020)
	Educational Neglect Guidelines
	Substance Affected Infants (Revised June 22, 2020)

Case Management during the life of the case

	Title
	Case Transfer and Courtesy Supervision (Rev Sept 2011)
	Child Well-Being (Rev Feb 2017)
	Concurrent Planning (Rev. July 2020)
	Confidentiality (Rev June 2013)
	Documentation (Rev December 2018)
	Foster Child Notice Reviews and Court Hearings
	Normalcy for Children and Youth in Foster Care (July 2016)
	Paternity and Termination of Parental Rights (Rev June 2012)
	Resource Parent/Agency Problem Resolution Process (Rev Nov 2017)
	Social Worker Contact (Rev May 2017)
	Visitation (Rev Nov 2011)
	Use and Monitoring of Psychotropic Medications for Children and Youth in Foster Care (Initial Jan 2014)

Placement

	Title
	Expedited Relative and Fictive Kin Placements (Rev Apr 2017)
	Placement of Children in Foster Care (Rev July 2018)

Permanency

	Title
	Adoption Assistance (Eff Aug 2020)
	Guardianship Assistance (Rev Aug 2020)
	Permanent Placement Committee (Rev May 2017)

Resource Parents

	Title
	Foster Care Effective Discipline
	Notify Resource Parents of Review and Court Hearings
	Recruitment and Licensing of Resource Parents (Rev May 2019)
	Response to Inquiries Requesting Info on Becoming a Foster Parent or Adoptive Parent

Services

	Title
	In-Home Family Preservation (Rev Sept 2012)
	Service Delivery (Rev Mar 2011)
	Service Planning (Rev Dec 2016)

Training and Supervision

	Title
	New Worker Training, Caseload, and Supervision (Rev Jun 2012)
	Supervision (Rev Feb 2011)
	Social Worker Safety (Rev Jan 2011)

Specific Circumstances

	Title
	Assessing and Managing Safety for Temporary Child Residents (Rev. 10/2013)
	Birth to Three Mandatory Referrals on Substantiated Reports (Rev Dec 2016)
	Human Trafficking (Rev Nov 2018)
	Idaho Youth in Care Bill of Rights (Oct 2015)
	Implementing the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) (Rev Feb 2019)
	Interstate Compact on Placement of Children (ICPC) (Rev Oct 2012)
	Runaway (Rev Nov 2018)
	Working with Older Youth (Rev March 2017)