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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 562 and 634 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1977 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1986, chapter 281; in 1994, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?941+ful+CHAP0865\">865<\/a>; in 2002, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0747\">747<\/a>; in 2008, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0475\">475<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?081+ful+CHAP0483\">483<\/a>; in 2013, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0005\">5<\/a>; in 2018, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0769\">769<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0770\">770<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":79201,"section_number":"2.2-5211","catch_line":"State pool of funds for community policy and management teams","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-5211\/"},{"id":71525,"section_number":"2.2-5212","catch_line":"Eligibility for state pool of funds","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-5212\/"},{"id":68598,"section_number":"63.2-911","catch_line":"Liability insurance for foster parents","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-911\/"},{"id":61194,"section_number":"63.2-915","catch_line":"Appeals to Commissioner","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-915\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":63788,"section_number":"16.1-228","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/16.1-228\/"},{"id":72379,"section_number":"63.2-100","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-100\/"},{"id":65696,"section_number":"63.2-1305","catch_line":"Federal-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1305\/"},{"id":77603,"section_number":"63.2-1306","catch_line":"State-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-1306\/"},{"id":63664,"section_number":"63.2-905.1","catch_line":"Independent living services","order_by":null,"url":"\/63.2-905.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":272017,"object_type":"law","relational_id":72819,"identifier":"63.2-905","token":"63.2\/III\/9\/1\/63.2-905","url":"\/63.2-905\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-905\/","token":"63.2\/III\/9\/1\/63.2-905","dublin_core":{"Title":"Foster care services","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-905","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Foster care services are the provision of a full range of casework, treatment, and <span class=\"dictionary\">community services<\/span>, including but not limited to <span class=\"dictionary\">independent living services<\/span>, for a planned period of time to a <span class=\"dictionary\">child<\/span> who is abused or neglected as defined in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/63.2-100\/\">63.2-100<\/a> or in need of services as defined in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/16.1-228\/\">16.1-228<\/a> and his family when the <span class=\"dictionary\">child<\/span> (i) has been identified as needing services to prevent or eliminate the need for <span class=\"dictionary\">foster care placement<\/span>, (ii) has been placed through an agreement between the <span class=\"dictionary\">local board<\/span> or the public agency designated by the community policy and management team and the parents or guardians where legal <span class=\"dictionary\">custody<\/span> remains with the parents or guardians, (iii) has been committed or entrusted to a <span class=\"dictionary\">local board<\/span> or licensed <span class=\"dictionary\">child<\/span> placing agency, or (iv) is living with a relative participating in the <span class=\"dictionary\">Federal-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program<\/span> set forth in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Federal-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program\" href=\"\/63.2-1305\/\">63.2-1305<\/a> and developed consistent with 42 U.S.C. \u00a7&nbsp;673 or the <span class=\"dictionary\">State-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program<\/span> set forth in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"State-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance program\" href=\"\/63.2-1306\/\">63.2-1306<\/a>. Foster care services also include the provision and restoration of <span class=\"dictionary\">independent living services<\/span> to a person who is over the age of 18 years but who has not yet reached the age of 21 years, in accordance with \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Independent living services\" href=\"\/63.2-905.1\/\">63.2-905.1<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFOSTER CARE SERVICES (\u00a7 63.2-905)\n\nFoster care services are the provision of a full range of casework, treatment,\nand community services, including but not limited to independent living\nservices, for a planned period of time to a child who is abused or neglected as\ndefined in \u00a7 63.2-100 or in need of services as defined in \u00a7 16.1-228 and his\nfamily when the child (i) has been identified as needing services to prevent or\neliminate the need for foster care placement, (ii) has been placed through an\nagreement between the local board or the public agency designated by the\ncommunity policy and management team and the parents or guardians where legal\ncustody remains with the parents or guardians, (iii) has been committed or\nentrusted to a local board or licensed child placing agency, or (iv) is living\nwith a relative participating in the Federal-Funded Kinship Guardianship\nAssistance program set forth in \u00a7 63.2-1305 and developed consistent with 42\nU.S.C. \u00a7 673 or the State-Funded Kinship Guardianship Assistance Program set\nforth in \u00a7 63.2-1306. Foster care services also include the provision and\nrestoration of independent living services to a person who is over the age of 18\nyears but who has not yet reached the age of 21 years, in accordance with \u00a7\n63.2-905.1.\n\nHISTORY: 1977, cc. 562, 634, \u00a7 63.1-55.8; 1986, c. 281; 1994, c. 865; 2002, c.\n747; 2008, cc. 475, 483; 2013, c. 5; 2018, cc. 769, 770; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c.\n254.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}