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Policies and decisions regarding housing options shall take into consideration the program participant’s autonomy and developmental maturity, and safety assessments of such living arrangements shall be age-appropriate and consistent with federal guidance on supervised settings in which program participants live independently. For program participants residing in an independent living setting, the local department may send all or part of the foster care maintenance payments directly to the program participant, as agreed upon by the local department and the program participant. For program participants residing in a foster family home, foster care maintenance payments shall be paid to the foster parents; and3\n\nCase management services, including a case plan that describes (i) the program participant’s housing or living arrangement; (ii) the resources available to the program participant in the transition from the Fostering Futures program to independent adulthood; and (iii) the services and support to be provided to meet the program participant’s individual goals, provided such services and support are appropriate for and consented to by the program participant. All case plans shall be developed in consultation with the program participant and, at the participant’s option, with up to two members of the case planning team who are chosen by the program participant and are not a foster parent of or caseworker for such program participant. An individual selected by a program participant to be a member of the case planning team may be removed from the team at any time if there is good cause to believe that the individual would not act in the best interests of the program participant.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":256370,"text":"Continuing services and support provided under the Fostering Futures program shall include the following, where necessary:","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":"1"},"1":{"id":256371,"text":"Medical care under the state plan for medical assistance;","type":"section","prefixes":["1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"1","prefix_anchor":"1","level":1,"prior_prefix":"","next_prefix":"2"},"2":{"id":256372,"text":"Housing, placement, and support in the form of continued foster care maintenance payments in an amount not less than the rate set immediately prior to the program participant’s exit from foster care. 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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 95<\/a> and 732<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":272127,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71099,"identifier":"63.2-920","token":"63.2\/III\/9\/2\/63.2-920","url":"\/63.2-920\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/63.2-920\/","token":"63.2\/III\/9\/2\/63.2-920","dublin_core":{"Title":"Continuing services and support","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 63.2-920","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Continuing services and support provided under the Fostering Futures<\/span> program shall include the following, where necessary:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Medical care under the state plan for medical assistance; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Housing, placement, and support in the form of continued foster care maintenance payments in an amount not less than the rate set immediately prior to the program participant<\/span>’s exit from foster care. Policies and decisions regarding housing options shall take into consideration the program participant<\/span>’s autonomy and developmental maturity, and safety assessments of such living arrangements shall be age-appropriate and consistent with federal guidance on supervised settings in which program participants<\/span> live independently. For program participants<\/span> residing in an independent living<\/span> setting, the local department<\/span> may send all or part of the foster care maintenance payments directly to the program participant<\/span>, as agreed upon by the local department<\/span> and the program participant<\/span>. For program participants<\/span> residing in a foster family home, foster care maintenance payments shall be paid to the foster parents; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Case management services, including a case plan<\/span> that describes (i) the program participant<\/span>’s housing or living arrangement; (ii) the resources available to the program participant<\/span> in the transition from the Fostering Futures<\/span> program to independent adulthood; and (iii) the services and support to be provided to meet the program participant<\/span>’s individual goals, provided such services and support are appropriate for and consented to by the program participant<\/span>. All case plans<\/span> shall be developed in consultation with the program participant<\/span> and, at the participant’s option, with up to two members of the case planning team who are chosen by the program participant<\/span> and are not a foster parent of or caseworker for such program participant<\/span>. An individual selected by a program participant<\/span> to be a member of the case planning team may be removed from the team at any time if there is good cause to believe that the individual would not act in the best interests of the program participant<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTINUING SERVICES AND SUPPORT (\u00a7 63.2-920)\n\nContinuing services and support provided under the Fostering Futures program\nshall include the following, where necessary:\n\n1. Medical care under the state plan for medical assistance;\n\n2. Housing, placement, and support in the form of continued foster care\nmaintenance payments in an amount not less than the rate set immediately prior\nto the program participant’s exit from foster care. Policies and decisions\nregarding housing options shall take into consideration the program\nparticipant’s autonomy and developmental maturity, and safety assessments\nof such living arrangements shall be age-appropriate and consistent with federal\nguidance on supervised settings in which program participants live\nindependently. For program participants residing in an independent living\nsetting, the local department may send all or part of the foster care\nmaintenance payments directly to the program participant, as agreed upon by the\nlocal department and the program participant. For program participants residing\nin a foster family home, foster care maintenance payments shall be paid to the\nfoster parents; and\n\n3. Case management services, including a case plan that describes (i) the\nprogram participant’s housing or living arrangement; (ii) the resources\navailable to the program participant in the transition from the Fostering\nFutures program to independent adulthood; and (iii) the services and support to\nbe provided to meet the program participant’s individual goals, provided\nsuch services and support are appropriate for and consented to by the program\nparticipant. All case plans shall be developed in consultation with the program\nparticipant and, at the participant’s option, with up to two members of\nthe case planning team who are chosen by the program participant and are not a\nfoster parent of or caseworker for such program participant. An individual\nselected by a program participant to be a member of the case planning team may\nbe removed from the team at any time if there is good cause to believe that the\nindividual would not act in the best interests of the program participant.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 95, 732.","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}}