Foster Care - Home Inspection Checklist Page 2
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5Foster Bedrooms
List number of bedrooms in home
40 sq. ft. per child; measurements/capacities:
Comparable to other bedroom spaces (access, space, furnishings, location, etc.)
501-12-6-5.h
Source of natural light that opens to outdoors
501-12-6-6.i
Screened window
R-501-12-6-6
Closet or dresser
501-12-6-7
Beds adequate to size of children
R-501-12-6-6.e
Available bed per child in accordance with
501-12-6-6.e
No more than 4 kids in any bedroom
501-12-6-6.g
Comments:
Firearms
No firearms in this home OR
Stored together with ammo in container commercially manufactured for gun storage
OR
R-501-12-7-6.b
; AND
Unloaded and securely locked
where?
R-501-12-7-6.c
Ammo locked separately where?
R-501-12-7-6-c.i
Key/combo is not the same for locked gun and ammo storage areas
R-501-12-7—c.ii
Describe:
OR
Firearms in display cases are disabled and unloaded
AND
R-501-12-7-6.d
Ammo securely locked in separate location. Where?
Comments:
Transportation
Vehicles used for transporting foster youth are enclosed and registered
501-12-11-2
Functional seatbelts
R-501-12-11-2
Emergency contact information posted
501-12-11-3
First aid kit in each vehicle
501-12-11-4
Comments:
Verify these items when providers have placements (Review with new families also)
No more than 2 children under age 2 (including biological/adopted etc).
501-12-5-6
Rooms not shared by opposite genders (over age 2)
501-12-6-6.a
No children over age 2 in the parent’s room
501-12-6-6.b
No more than 2 non-ambulatory
501-12-5-7
No more than 3 foster children (unless siblings)
62A-2-101-16.a and b (see licensor reference guide)
No more than 4 in any bedroom
501-12-6-6.g
Parents provided life safety/emergency/evacuation training to current foster children
R501-12-7-2
Parents don’t provide child care (
) or DHS licensed services in
see statutory definition on licensor reference guide
home
501-12-4-7.f
Respite care maximum 10 days per 30 day period
N/A Comments:
R-5-1-12-5-9
No more than 6 in the home for respite (unless all but two are siblings) N/A
R501-12-5-9.c
Comments:
Nov. 2014
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