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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 29. PUBLIC WELFARE |
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Chapter 29-62. LICENSING OF YOUTH SHELTERS, RUNAWAY SHELTERS, EMERGENCY CARE FACILITIES, AND YOUTH GROUP HOMES |
Section 29-6258. DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL SERVICE PLAN
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6258.1Within three (3) calendar days of a resident's admission, the facility and the contracting entity shall jointly assess the resident's strengths and needs and develop a written initial individual service plan (ISP) for the resident. To the extent practicable, the initial ISP shall include those items set forth in § 6259.1, as applicable.
6258.2The facility shall provide the resident, the resident's parent(s) or guardian(s), and the resident's guardian ad litem a reasonable opportunity to participate in developing the initial ISP.
6258.3Within fifteen (15) calendar days of a resident's admission, the facility and the contracting entity shall jointly assess the resident's strengths and needs and develop a comprehensive ISP for the resident. The ISP shall include those items set forth in § 6259.1, as applicable.
6258.4The comprehensive ISP shall be developed by a planning team consisting of the administrator, the contracting entity, and staff who will have direct responsibility for implementing the comprehensive ISP on a daily basis. In addition, appropriate health, mental health, and education representatives shall be encouraged to participate.
6258.5The resident's parent(s) or guardian(s), the resident's guardian ad litem, the resident's school educational representative, other appropriate service providers, and, as appropriate to age and level of development, the resident and those persons invited by the resident who are significant to the resident's life, shall, where feasible, be invited to participate in developing the comprehensive ISP, unless otherwise provided in any court order. The facility shall record and maintain in the resident's case record its efforts to involve the foregoing persons and the reasons why any such persons did not participate.
6258.6The resident's physical, mental, emotional, academic, social, familial, recreational, and life skills needs and strengths relative to the resident's age, level of development, cultural background, and impairments shall be considered, at a minimum, in developing the initial and comprehensive ISP.
6258.7Each person who participated in its development shall sign the initial and comprehensive ISP.
6258.8The facility shall provide the contracting entity and, where applicable, the CSSD with a copy of the resident's initial and comprehensive ISP.
6258.9The facility shall provide the resident with a copy of his or her initial and comprehensive ISP, as appropriate to the resident's age and level of development.