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Rules 315 : Permanency Planning

• Section 315.10 Purpose
• Section 315.20 Definitions
• Section 315.30 Best Interests, Health and Safety of the Child
• Section 315.40 Accountability
• Section 315.45 The Need for a Permanent Home
• Section 315.50 Reasonable Efforts/Reasonable Progress
• Section 315.60 The Child's Sense of Time
• Section 315.70 The Critical Decisions
• Section 315.80 Components of the Permanency Planning Process
• Section 315.100 Assessment
• Section 315.110 Worker Interventions and Contacts
• Section 315.120 Family Meetings
• Section 315.130 Developing the Service Plan
• Section 315.140 Distributing the Service Plan
• Section 315.150 Revising the Service Plan
• Section 315.160 Case Reviews and Court Hearings
• Section 315.200 Selection of the Permanency Goal
• Section 315.205 Return Home Within Five Months
• Section 315.210 Return Home Within One Year
• Section 315.215 Return Home Pending Status Hearing
• Section 315.220 Substitute Care Pending Court Determination on Termination of Parental Rights
• Section 315.225 Adoption
• Section 315.230 Guardianship
• Section 315.235 Independence
• Section 315.240 Cannot Be Provided for in a Home Environment
• Section 315.245 Concurrent Planning
• Section 315.250 Applicability of Reunification Services
• Section 315.300 Evaluating Whether Children in Placement Should Be Returned Home
• Section 315.305 When Reunification Is Inappropriate
• Section 315.310 Termination of Services and Planning for Aftercare

Section 315.10 Purpose

The purpose of this Part is to explain the principles and standards around which the Department centers its permanency planning and decision making for children and families when children must be placed apart from their families.