§ 237.15 — Definitions

Iowa § 237.15

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VI: HUMAN SERVICES
• Ch. 237: CHILD FOSTER CARE FACILITIES

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For the purposes of this subchapter unless otherwise defined:
1. “Case permanency plan” means the same as defined in section 232.2, subsection 6,
except the plan shall also include the following:
a. The efforts to place the child with a relative or fictive kin.
b. The rationale for an out-of-state placement, and the efforts to prevent such placement,
if the child has been placed out-of-state.
c. Time frames to meet the stated permanency goal and short-term objectives.
2. “Child receiving foster care” means a child who is described by any of the following
circumstances:
a. The child’s foster care placement is the financial responsibility of the state pursuant to
section 234.35.
b. The child is under the guardianship of the department.
c. Thechildhasbeeninvoluntarilyhospitalizedformentalillnesspursuanttochapter229.
d. The child is at-risk of being placed outside the child’s home, the department or court
is providing or planning to provide services to the child, and the department or court has
requested the involvement of the state or local board.

3. “Court appointed special advocate” means the same as defined in section 232.2.
4. “Family” means the social unit consisting of the child and the biological or adoptive
parent, stepparent, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, and grandparent of the child.
5. “Localboard”meansalocalcitizenfostercarereviewboardcreatedpursuanttosection
237.19.
6. “Person or court responsible for the child” means the department, including but not
limited to the department of health and human services, the agency, or the individual who
is the guardian of a child by court order issued by the juvenile or district court and has the
responsibility of the care of the child, or the court having jurisdiction over the child.
7. “State board” means the child advocacy board created pursuant to section 237.16.