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Clarification on foster parent training requirements
1:29:46
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Council Member Rita Joseph seeks clarification on foster parent training requirements, particularly for married couples. Key points include:
- Uncertainty about whether both parents in a married couple must attend training
- ACS representative needs to verify expectations for certified foster parents
- Discussion of the importance of training all adults in the home, given the risk of trafficking by non-foster parents
Rita Joseph
1:29:46
So if it's a married couple, for example, both both parents are supposed to attend the training, not one.
Ina Mendez
1:29:53
I'll have to my understanding is I need to get back to you on that around the expectations depending on who is the actual certified foster parent.
Rita Joseph
1:30:02
So Because as a foster parent, right, you're supposed to list the families that are living in the home.
1:30:07
What if I did not list that person as as you heard earlier from Cheah Stevens?
1:30:13
The trafficking is happening among our young people, and sometimes it's not the foster parent, but it's someone who comes into the home.
1:30:19
Correct?