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Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.06.010 AS 47.10.080 Editor’s note: The substance of 7 AAC 53.330 was formerly contained in 7 AAC 50.760. With Register 179, October 2006 and under the authority of AS 44.62.125, the regulations attorney changed obsolete terminology concerning persons with disabilities in conformity with ch. 25, SLA 2006. 7 AAC 53.340. Prevention of out-of-home placement and reuniting families. (a) In order to maintain a child in the child’s own home or to return a child to the child’s own home, services or goods that may be authorized include

(1) repealed 4/13/2011;

(2) child care services;

(3) counseling;

(4) parent training;

(5) community services; and

(6) the services or goods described in 7 AAC 53.310, 7 AAC 53.320, and 7 AAC 53.330. (b) The department may authorize the services or goods if

(1) funding is available;

(2) one or more of the services or goods is essential to prevent the out-of-home placement of the child, or to return the child to the child’s own home;

(3) one or more of the services or goods are essential to prevent the out-of-home placement of a child not in custody who is temporarily residing with a designated adult caregiver under a provision of an out-of-home safety plan;

(4) the services or goods are consistent with the child’s risk assessment and plan of services;

(5) consideration has been given to the parent’s ability to pay for the necessary services or goods; and