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200.590 Eligibility to receive family preservation services.

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200.590 Eligibility to receive family preservation services. (1) Family preservation services shall be provided only to those children who are at actual, imminent risk of out-of-home placement, in situations in which family <br>preservation services afford effective protection of children, youth, families, and the <br>community. This shall include children: <br>(a) Who are at risk of commitment as dependent, abused, or neglected; <br>(b) Who are emotionally disturbed; and <br>(c) Whose families are in conflict such that they are unable to exercise reasonable control of the child. (2) Families in the following situations shall not be eligible for family preservation services: <br>(a) Families in which children are at risk of recurring sexual abuse perpetrated by a member of their immediate household who remains in close physical <br>proximity to the victim or whose continued safety from recurring abuse cannot <br>be reasonably assured; and (b) Families in which one (1) or more adults in the immediate household are drug or alcohol dependent and not in active treatment for such dependency. (3) The implementation of family preservation services shall be limited to those situations where protection can be assured for children, families, and the <br>community. Effective: July 13, 1990 <br>History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 265, sec. 4, effective July 13, 1990.