The Continuum of Care statewide partnership is comprised of dedicated organizations that serve children and youth in the following settings: Intake and Assessment Centers (Emergency Shelters) (IAC) shall be designated to provide emergency and/or temporary residential services (up to 60 days) to meet the basic needs of children and youth ages ten (10) to twenty-one (21). Intake and Assessment Centers are short-term solutions for children and youth entering care until permanency may be achieved. No child shall remain in an Intake and Assessment Center for more than sixty (60) calendar days unless there are exceptional circumstances and the MDCPS Deputy Commissioner of Well-Being and Safety has granted express written approval and documented the need for the extension. Qualified Residential Treatment Programs (QRTP) are a specific category of a congregate care setting, for which agencies must meet detailed assessment, case planning, documentation, judicial determination and ongoing review and permanency hearing requirements for a child to be placed in and continue to receive title IV-E FCMP’s for the placement. The facility must also meet the definition of a CCI at sections 472(c)(2)(A) and (C) of the Social Security Act, including that it must be licensed (in accordance with section 471(a)(10) of the Act and that criminal record and child abuse and neglect registry checks must be completed in accordance with section 471(a)(20)(D) of the Social Security Act. Specialized Group Care for Minor Victims of Sex Trafficking (SGC) is a setting that is licensed to provide 24-hour care and supervision for children and youth identified to be involved in sex trafficking. Providers of this setting conduct services for commercially sexually exploited children (CSEC) (used synonymously with victims of human trafficking or victims at risk of human trafficking) and must meet the licensing requirements outlined in the Congregate Care Licensure Standards in addition to the program requirements outlined in this rule...
