Michigan Laws 722.953b – Family finding engagement services
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 722.953b
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Department: means the department of health and human services. See Michigan Laws 722.952
- Foster care: means a child's placement outside the child's parental home by and under the supervision of a child placing agency, the court, or the department. See Michigan Laws 722.952
(1) Upon appropriation and by not later than October 1, 2022, the department must work in conjunction with entities that perform family finding and engagement services to help foster youth who are separated from their family to connect to family and friends who may assist in the foster youth’s care.
(2) By December 31, 2022, the department must make efforts in family finding and engagement services on behalf of all foster youth currently in the foster care program. The department must incorporate family finding and engagement services in all current and future child abuse and child neglect investigations.