07.02.09, Kinship Care Program Standards – The primary purposes of the regulations are to prioritize and support out-of-home placement of children with relatives, kin, or other individuals close to a child in care or the child’s family; establish standards to license and compensate kinship caregivers for children in out-of-home placement; and reduce placement disruptions through  Read the Rest…

07.02.25, LDSS Resource Home Program Standards – COMAR 07.02.25 provides the requirements for licensing resource homes for children in need of out-of-home care. Chapter 25 is updated to align with SB708 (2024), Maryland’s kinship preference law. Please send public comments to DHS.governmentaffairs@maryland.gov. To mail public comments, please send them to 25 S Charles Street, Baltimore, MD  Read the Rest…

SCOPE These regulations have been revised to facilitate the establishment of classes of direct care and clinical care, the determination of rates for Residential Child Care (RCC) programs based on such classes, and an updated rate setting methodology. The revisions apply to residential services licensed by the Department of Human Services, Department of Juvenile Services,  Read the Rest…