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55 Pa. Code § 5310.123. Residential service plan.

§ 5310.123. Residential service plan.

 (a)  Upon the child’s enrollment, an individualized written client residential service plan shall be developed by the community residential rehabilitation service (CRRS) staff with the child’s parent, the agency having custody of the child, if applicable, and the child when the child is 14 years of age or older. When the child is under 14 years of age the child may be included in the development of the individual residential service plan, as appropriate.

 (b)  The service plan shall be based on an evaluation of the child’s social and emotional development relative to age appropriate expectations for functioning in interpersonal relationships within the family, peer groups and the community. The service plan includes as needed:

   (1)   Self care skills.

   (2)   Health care, including medication management.

   (3)   Housekeeping skills.

   (4)   Ability to meet nutritional needs.

   (5)   Mobility.

   (6)   Money management skills.

   (7)   Interpersonal skills.

   (8)   Educational/vocational pursuits.

   (9)   Use of leisure time.

   (10)  Time structuring.

   (11)  Community participation.

 (c)  The service plan must specify short and long-term goals for service formulated by staff and parent of the child, the agency having legal custody of the child, if applicable, and the child when the child is 14 years of age or older. When the child is under 14 years of age, the child may be included in specifying goals whenever possible.

 (d)  The child’s parent, the agency having custody of the child, if applicable, and the child shall participate in the goal-setting, service planning, decision-making and progress assessment associated with the service plan.

 (e)  At the time of enrollment into CRRS and through the service period, each client must be assigned a primary staff person who is responsible for assuring that the residential service plan is coordinated with the service plans of other agencies having responsibility for specific facets of the child’s life, for example, education agencies, children and youth agencies, base service units, juvenile justice system, and mental health service agencies.

 (f)  Subsections (a)-(d) supersedes §  5310.33(a), (b), (c)(1), and (f) (relating to residential service plan). Subsection (e) supersedes §  5310.33(h). The requirement of §  5310.33(e) does not apply to CRRS programs serving children.



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