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birth parent has attached to the certificate. The agency shall inquire of a parent the parent’s willingness to consent to being located in the future or to allow the agency to serve as an intermediary between the child and parent. (Eff. 1/1/2001, Register 156) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 44.30.020 AS 47.32.030 Editor’s note: Effective July 1, 2022, Executive Order 121 split the former Department of Health and Social Services into the Department of Health and the Department of Family and Community Services. As of Register 242 (July 2022), the regulations attorney made conforming technical revisions under sec. 138, E.O. 121 and AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to the authority citation that follows 7 AAC 56.330 to substitute references to AS 44.30.020 and AS 47.32.030 for the references to AS 44.29.020 and AS 47.35.010. 7 AAC 56.340. Service planning requirements. (a) The agency shall develop a service plan upon completion of the intake evaluation and before to placement. The service plan must include

(1) the services to be provided for each child or sibling, if siblings will be placed into the same placement setting, and the child’s family to achieve reunification or an alternative permanent plan within the shortest possible period of time including information on alternatives to placement or types of placement, supportive family services, psychological and psychiatric services, medical, dental and ancillary services, educational and vocational services, and postplacement services;

(2) persons responsible to arrange the services identified; and

(3) the child’s need for services, both services in a placement setting and specialized services, and how the services are to be provided by the agency. (b) If the service plan prepared under (a) of this section is for the purpose of placement in foster or residential care, the plan must also include

(1) a description of services that will be provided to the child’s parent during the placement;

(2) a plan for the nature and frequency of parental, sibling, and extended family contacts and visits with the child, if appropriate; and