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38-12A-2
Section 38-12A-2 Enumeration of rights. The Department of Human Resources shall ensure
that each foster parent shall have all of the following rights: (1) The right to be treated
with dignity, respect, trust, value, and consideration as a primary provider of foster care
and a member of the professional team caring for foster children. (2) The right to receive
information concerning the rights enumerated in this section. (3) The right to a concise
written explanation of their role as foster parents in partnership with children and their
families, the department, and other providers, the role of the department, and the rights
and role of the members of the birth family of a child in foster care. (4) The right to training
and support for the purpose of improving skills in providing daily care and meeting the needs
of the child in foster care. (5) The right to training, consultation, and assistance in evaluating,
identifying, and accessing services to meet their needs related to their role...
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38-12-2
Section 38-12-2 Program established. (a) There is established a Kinship Foster Care
Program in the State Department of Human Resources. (b) When a child has been removed from
his or her home and is in the care, custody, or guardianship of the department, the department
shall attempt to place the child with a relative for kinship foster care. If the relative
is approved by the department to provide foster care services, in accordance with rules and
regulations adopted by the department regarding foster care services, and a placement with
the relative is made, the relative may receive payment for the full foster care rate only
as provided by federal law for the care of the child and any other benefits that might be
available to foster parents, whether in money or in services. Foster care payments shall cease
upon the effective date of the kinship subsidiary payments or as provided by the department.
(c) The department shall establish standards for becoming a kinship foster parent as...
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29-2-106
Section 29-2-106 State Case Registry of Children in State Care. (a) The Department of
Human Resources, the Department of Mental Health, and the Department of Youth Services shall
create a joint project team to develop a requirements analysis and conceptual design for maintaining
a central repository of case information within 12 months of May 6, 1998, which shall be known
as the State Case Registry of Children in State Care and shall contain records with respect
to the following: (1) The number of children in state care. (2) The amount of funds expended
by federal, state, and local governments for maintenance payments on behalf of children in
state care. (3) The amount of funds expended by federal, state, and local governments for
payments on behalf of each child in state care and their natural parents or guardians. (4)
The types of services being offered to parents and their children in order to keep the family
together. (5) The number of children in foster care eligible for adoption,...
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44-1-9
Section 44-1-9 Detention without order or warrant of escaped youths. A committed youth
who has been placed by the department of youth services in any state training school and who
has escaped or run away therefrom may be taken into custody without warrant or order of the
state youth services director by a peace officer or employee designated by the department.
Any youth taken into custody pursuant to this section shall be detained in a suitable
place designated by the department until determination concerning his further care and treatment
is made. (Acts 1973, No. 816, p. 1261, ยง27.)...
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22-50-90
Section 22-50-90 Definitions. (a) When used in this article, the following words and
terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND INFORMATION. Any
information collected and stored in the criminal record repository of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) reflecting the result of an arrest, detention, or initiation of a criminal
proceeding by criminal justice agencies, including, but not limited to, arrest record information,
fingerprint cards, correctional induction and release information, identifiable descriptions,
and notations of arrests, detention, indictments, or other formal charges. The term shall
not include analytical records or investigative reports that contain criminal intelligence
information or criminal investigation information. (2) DIRECT CARE PROVIDER. A psychiatrist,
medical doctor, psychologist, social worker, community service specialist, therapist, nurse,
mental health worker, foster care provider, police officer, and any other...
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44-1-1
Section 44-1-1 Purpose of chapter. The purpose of this chapter is to promote and safeguard
the social well-being and general welfare of the youth of the state through a comprehensive
and coordinated program of public services for the prevention of juvenile delinquency and
the rehabilitation of delinquent youth. This state program shall provide the following: (1)
Social and educational services and facilities for any youth whom a juvenile judge deems in
need of such state services; (2) The establishment of standards for social and educational
services and facilities for such youth; (3) Cooperation with public and voluntary agencies,
organizations and citizen groups in the development and coordination of programs and activities
directed toward the prevention, control and treatment of delinquency; (4) The promotion and
improvement of community conditions, programs and resources to aid parents in discharging
their responsibilities for the care, development and well-being of their children;...
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12-15-409
Section 12-15-409 Role of attorney as advocate; designation of facilities. (a) An attorney
representing the state, any county, or municipality or the Department of Youth Services or
the Department of Human Resources or an attorney representing the person or persons filing
a petition to have a minor or child committed may serve as the advocate in support of the
petition to commit in all matters regarding the petition. (b) At the final hearing upon a
petition seeking to commit a minor or child to the custody of the department on the basis
that the minor or child is mentally ill, the juvenile court may grant the petition if clear
and convincing evidence proves all of the following: (1) That the minor or child sought to
be committed is mentally ill. (2) That, as a consequence of the mental illness, the minor
or child poses a real and present threat of substantial harm to himself, herself, or to others.
(3) That the threat of substantial harm has been evidenced by a recent overt act. (4)...
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16-28B-8
Section 16-28B-8 Suicide prevention programs, training, and policies; advisory committee;
liability. (a) To the extent that the Legislature shall appropriate funds, or to the extent
that any local board may provide funds from other sources, each school system shall implement
the following standards and policies for programs in an effort to prevent student suicide:
(1) Foster individual, family, and group counseling services related to suicide prevention.
(2) Make referral, crisis intervention, and other related information available for students,
parents, and school personnel. (3) Foster training for school personnel who are responsible
for counseling and supervising students. (4) Increase student awareness of the relationship
between drug and alcohol use and suicide. (5) Educate students in recognizing signs of suicidal
tendencies and other facts and warning signs of suicide. (6) Inform students of available
community suicide prevention services. (7) Promote cooperative efforts...
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26-1-4
Section 26-1-4 Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency to provide criminal conviction information
on applicants for positions involving child care and treatment; such information to be confidential;
applicant to be denied status if has felony conviction; children may be removed from home.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, upon request to the Alabama
State Law Enforcement Agency, by the Department of Human Resources, or by any other youth
service agency approved by the department, such center shall provide information to the department
or an approved agency concerning the felony criminal conviction record in this or another
state of an applicant for a paid or voluntary position, including one established by contract,
whose primary duty is the care or treatment of children, including applicants for adoption
or foster parents. All information, including any criminal conviction record, procured by
the department or an approved agency shall be confidential and...
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29-2-105
Section 29-2-105 Coordination council - Composition; meetings; duties. (a) The committee
shall convene a council composed of the chair of the committee or his or her designee and
the commissioner or the commissioner's designee of each department of state government that
administers services to children, youth, and their families, including, but not limited to,
the Department of Education, the Department of Human Resources, the Department of Mental Health,
the Department of Public Health, the Medicaid Agency, the Department of Youth Services, the
Department of Rehabilitation Services, one member from the Alabama Association of County Directors
of Human Resources appointed by that organization, one member from the Alabama Residential
Child Care Association appointed by that organization, two members from the Alabama Foster
Parent Association appointed by that organization, one member from the Juvenile Court Judges
Association appointed by that organization, one guardian ad litem...
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