• Placement with Relatives The federal "Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act," which was signed into law in October 2008, ensures that relatives have the opportunity to participate in a child's care.

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• Placement with Relatives Relatives have the opportunity to participate in a child's care. The law requires that within 30 days of removal from a child's own home

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• Basic Assessment Process for Relative Placement DHS is required to take specific steps to screen any relative for minimum safety standards prior to placement

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• Foster Home Licensing Requirement for Relative Caregivers Licensing requirement for relative caregivers

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• Foster Home Licensure Waiver In exceptional circumstances, a waiver may be requested for a relative caregiver to forgo licensure

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• Unrelated Caregiver Placement No child may be placed with unrelated caregiver unless

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