                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PLACING CHILD ON PAROLE IN FOSTER HOME OR WITH INSTITUTION; HOW COST PAID (§
16.1-294)

When the child is returned to the custody of the court for parole supervision by
the court service unit or the local department of social services for
supervision, and, after a full investigation, the court is of the opinion that
the child should not be placed in his home or is in need of treatment, and there
are no funds available to board and maintain the child or to purchase the needed
treatment services, the court service unit or the local department of social
services shall arrange with the Director of the Department of Juvenile Justice
for the boarding of the child in a foster home or with any private institution,
society or association or for the purchase of treatment services. In determining
the proper placement for such a child, the Department may refer the child to the
locality&#8217;s family assessment and planning team for assessment and
recommendation for services. The cost of maintaining such child shall be paid
monthly, according to schedules prepared and adopted by the Department, out of
funds appropriated for such purposes. Treatment services for such child shall be
paid from funds appropriated to the Department for such purpose.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 16.1-211; 1956, c. 555; 1972, cc. 73, 708; 1973, c. 546;
1974, cc. 44, 45; 1977, c. 559; 1982, c. 636; 1983, c. 358; 1985, c. 203; 1988,
c. 376; 1989, c. 733; 1992, cc. 837, 880; 2002, c. 747.