Sec. 07.05.04.04. Admission

A. The private independent living program administration shall establish written admission requirements which:

(1) Identify the residents to be served;

(2) Identify the staff person or persons designated to make recommendations and decisions regarding admission to the private independent living program;

(3) Document the potential resident's legal custody status;

(4) Document the agency's sharing of policies and rules with the potential resident;

(5) Require that a potential resident:

(a) Is 16 through 20 years old;

(b) Understands the private independent living program goals;

(c) Agrees to the goals of the private independent living program;

(d) Exhibits a readiness to live in a minimally supervised independent living setting; and

(e) Has an Intelligence Quotient (IQ) of 65 or above; and

(6) Require that, if the potential resident is in the custody of a local department, the Department of Juvenile Services, or another referring organization, the agency may not accept the resident for placement if it does not have on file and available to the resident the following documents:

(a) Medical passport and history or other current medical information;

(b) Educational history;

(c) Psychosocial history;

(d) If appropriate, psychiatric or psychological evaluations;

(e) Documentation of birth; and

(f) Social Security number.

B. The agency child placement worker shall:

(1) Prior to admission:

(a) Complete a written agency preplacement assessment based on:

(i) At least one face-to-face interview with a potential resident;

(ii) Interviews with representatives from the referring organization;

(iii) Written documentation provided by the referring organization; and

(iv) Matching of the potential resident with the agency's provider profile or other referring organization material; and

(b) Recommend in writing, admission or rejection based on an evaluation of the potential resident's:

(i) Social skills;

(ii) Ability to understand the benefits of living alone;

(iii) Educational status;

(iv) Ability to maintain a clean and orderly living environment; and

(v) Ability to set realistic goals;

(2) At the time of admission, complete and write a placement agreement for signature by the new resident and the agency's chief administrator or the chief administrator's designee which describes the:

(a) Resident's responsibilities to the agency;

(b) Resident's responsibility to participate in a high school or graduation equivalency diploma program, college, university, or private career school program, work or apprenticeship program, or employment;

(c) Agency's responsibilities to the resident; and

(d) Specific expectations of the resident to move toward the goal of self-sufficiency.