Section 359.7 Payments for Children's Personal and Physical Maintenance

Section 359

Section 359.7  Payments for

Children's Personal and Physical Maintenance

The Department shall provide

payment for goods and services necessary to ensure the personal and physical

maintenance of placed children for whom the Department is legally responsible.

These goods and services include:

a)         Initial placement clothing and replacement clothing thereafter

if needed.

b)         Personal expenses for children in Department of Mental Health

and Developmental Disabilities, Department of Public Health, or Department of

Rehabilitative Services or other state approved facilities.

c)         Camp fees, clothing, and supplies for children in substitute

care when such is seen as essential for the child's social development.

d)         Cultural enrichment including art, dancing, music, athletic

lessons or instruction and related fees such as rental of equipment.

e)         Education expenses including books and school fees, summer

school fees, school supplies, school insurance for athletic participation only,

school trips if appropriate, graduation expenses, and school transportation for

handicapped children if not provided by the school district.

f)         Travel in order to implement a child's permanency goal or

maintain contact with past caretakers.