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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84274</law_id><section_number>16.1-286</section_number><catch_line>Cost of maintenance; approval of placement; semiannual review</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-254</reference><reference>2.2-5211</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="16.1">Courts Not of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="11">Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="9">Disposition</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> When <span class="dictionary">the court</span> determines that the behavior of a child within its <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> is such that it cannot be dealt with in the child&#x2019;s own locality or with the resources of his locality, <span class="dictionary">the judge</span> shall refer the child to the locality&#x2019;s family assessment and planning team for assessment and a recommendation for services. Based on this recommendation, <span class="dictionary">the court</span> may take <span class="dictionary">custody</span> and place the child, pursuant to the provisions of subdivision 5 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Children in need of services" href="/16.1-278.4/">16.1-278.4</a> or subdivision A 13 b of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Delinquent juveniles" href="/16.1-278.8/">16.1-278.8</a>, in a private or locally operated public facility, or nonresidential program with funding in accordance with the Children&#x2019;s Services Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Intent and purpose; definitions" href="/2.2-5200/">2.2-5200</a> et seq.). No child shall be placed outside the Commonwealth by a court without first complying with the appropriate provisions of Chapter 11 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/63.2-1100/">63.2-1100</a> et seq.) of Title 63.2 or with regulations of the <span class="dictionary">State Board</span> of Social Services relating to resident children placed out of the Commonwealth.
			The Board shall establish a per diem allowance to cover the cost of such placements. This allowance may be drawn from funds allocated through the state pool of funds to the community policy and management team of the locality where the child resides as such residence is determined by <span class="dictionary">the court</span>. <a id="paragraph-302115" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-286/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> <span class="dictionary">The court</span> service unit of the locality which made the placement shall be responsible for monitoring and supervising all children placed pursuant to this section. <span class="dictionary">The court</span> shall receive and review, at least semiannually, recommendations concerning the continued care of each child in such placements. <a id="paragraph-302116" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/16.1-286/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 16.1-181.1; 1976, c. 464; 1977, c. 559; 1978, c. 310; 1982, c. 166; 1987, c. 667; 1989, c. 733; 1991, c. 534; 1992, cc. 732, 837, 880; 1995, cc. 696, 699; 1997, c. 347; 1999, c. 669; 2003, c. 579; 2015, c. 366; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 283.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
