                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES (§ 63.2-905.1)

Local departments and licensed child-placing agencies shall provide independent
living services to any person between 18 and 21 years of age who is in the
process of transitioning from foster care to self-sufficiency. Any person who
was committed or entrusted to a local board or licensed child-placing agency may
choose to discontinue receiving independent living services any time before his
twenty-first birthday in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board. The
local board or licensed child-placing agency shall restore independent living
services at the request of that person provided that (i) the person has not yet
reached 21 years of age and (ii) the person has entered into a written
agreement, less than 60 days after independent living services have been
discontinued, with the local board or licensed child-placing agency regarding
the terms and conditions of his receipt of independent living services.
		Local departments and licensed child-placing agencies shall provide
independent living services to any person between 18 and 21 years of age who (a)
was in the custody of the local department of social services immediately prior
to his commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice, (b) is in the process
of transitioning from a commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice to
self-sufficiency, and (c) provides written notice of his intent to receive
independent living services and enters into a written agreement for the
provision of independent living services, which sets forth the terms and
conditions of the provision of independent living services, with the local board
or licensed child-placing agency within 60 days of his release from commitment
to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
		Local departments shall provide any person who chooses to leave foster care or
terminate independent living services before his twenty-first birthday written
notice of his right to request restoration of independent living services in
accordance with this section by including such written notice in the
person&#8217;s transition plan. Such transition plan shall be created within 90
days prior to the person&#8217;s discharge from foster care. Local departments
and licensed child-placing agencies may provide independent living services as
part of the foster care services provided to any child 14 years of age or older.
All independent living services shall be provided in accordance with regulations
adopted by the Board.

HISTORY: 2004, c. 196; 2008, cc. 187, 475, 483; 2010, c. 257; 2013, cc. 5, 362,
564; 2014, cc. 94, 134.