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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79310</law_id><section_number>63.2-921</section_number><catch_line>Voluntary continuing services and support agreement; services provided; service worker; duties</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>16.1-283.3</reference><reference>63.2-918</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="63.2">Welfare (Social Services)</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Social Services Programs</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="9">Foster Care</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Fostering Futures</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> In <span class="dictionary">order</span> to participate in the <span class="dictionary">Fostering Futures</span> program, the eligible <span class="dictionary">program participant</span> shall enter into a written <span class="dictionary">voluntary continuing services and support agreement</span> with the <span class="dictionary">local department</span>. Such agreement shall include, at a minimum, the following: <a id="paragraph-283954" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-921/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A requirement that the <span class="dictionary">program participant</span> maintain eligibility to participate in the <span class="dictionary">Fostering Futures</span> program in accordance with the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Fostering Futures program; eligibility" href="/63.2-919/">63.2-919</a> for the duration of the <span class="dictionary">voluntary continuing services and support agreement</span>; <a id="paragraph-283955" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-921/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A disclosure to the <span class="dictionary">program participant</span> that participation in the <span class="dictionary">Fostering Futures</span> program is voluntary and that the <span class="dictionary">program participant</span> may terminate the <span class="dictionary">voluntary continuing services and support agreement</span> at any time; <a id="paragraph-283956" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-921/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The specific conditions that may result in the termination of the <span class="dictionary">voluntary continuing services and support agreement</span> and the <span class="dictionary">program participant</span>&#x2019;s early discharge from the <span class="dictionary">Fostering Futures</span> program; and <a id="paragraph-283957" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-921/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The <span class="dictionary">program participant</span>&#x2019;s right to <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> the denial or delay of a service required in the <span class="dictionary">case plan</span>. <a id="paragraph-283958" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-921/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The services and support to be provided to the <span class="dictionary">program participant</span> pursuant to the <span class="dictionary">voluntary continuing services and support agreement</span> shall begin no later than 30 days after both the <span class="dictionary">program participant</span> and the <span class="dictionary">local department</span> sign the <span class="dictionary">voluntary continuing services and support agreement</span> in accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Voluntary continuing services and support agreement; services provided; service worker; duties" href="/63.2-921/">63.2-921</a>. <a id="paragraph-283959" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-921/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">local department</span> shall assign a service worker for each participant in the <span class="dictionary">Fostering Futures</span> program to provide case management services. Every service worker shall have specialized training in providing transition services and support for <span class="dictionary">program participants</span> and knowledge of resources available in the community. <a id="paragraph-283960" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-921/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The <span class="dictionary">local department</span> shall make continuing efforts to achieve permanency and create permanent connections for all <span class="dictionary">program participants</span>. <a id="paragraph-283961" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-921/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> The <span class="dictionary">local department</span> shall fulfill all <span class="dictionary">case plan</span> obligations consistent with the applicable provisions of 42 U.S.C. &#xA7; 675(1) for all <span class="dictionary">program participants</span>. <a id="paragraph-283962" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-921/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> Upon the signing of the <span class="dictionary">voluntary continuing services and support agreement</span> by the <span class="dictionary">program participant</span> and the <span class="dictionary">local department</span>, the <span class="dictionary">local department</span> shall conduct a redetermination of income eligibility for purposes of Title IV-E of the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. &#xA7; 672. <a id="paragraph-283963" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/63.2-921/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, cc. 95, 732.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
