Chapter 0.5 Electronic Records
Chapter 1 Health Summary Records of Children Receiving Foster Care
Chapter 2 Medical Records of Children Receiving Foster Care
Chapter 3 Medical Passport Program for Child Receiving Foster Care
Chapter 4 Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
Chapter 5 Foster Care Sibling Visitation
Chapter 5.8 Collaborative Care
Chapter 6 Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children
Chapter 6.7 Release of Social Security Numbers to Caregivers of Foster Children
Chapter 7 Rights of Unlicensed Caregivers and De Facto Custodians

Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 31 > Article 28 - Child Services: Foster Care and Placement of Children

  • collaborative care: means any services or payments for services that the department provides for older youth under the terms of a collaborative care agreement, while the older youth is residing in:

    Indiana Code 31-28-5.8-1

  • collaborative care agreement: means a voluntary agreement that:

    Indiana Code 31-28-5.8-2

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • host home: means :

    Indiana Code 31-28-5.8-3

  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • older youth: means an individual who is at least eighteen (18) years of age but less than twenty-one (21) years of age. See Indiana Code 31-28-5.8-4
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • provider: has the meaning set forth in IC 16-39-7-1. See Indiana Code 31-28-1-2
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.