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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 56.380 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. Article 5. Services Related to Placement and Supervision of a Placement. Rule 7 AAC 56.400. Preplacement services for a child 7 AAC 56.410. Services to parents 7 AAC 56.420. Services to foster, adoptive, and guardianship parents 7 AAC 56.430. Services and the community 7 AAC 56.440. Service plan reviews 7 AAC 56.450. Monitoring and supervision of services 7 AAC 56.460. Emergency removal and subsequent placement of a child 7 AAC 56.400. Preplacement services for a child. (a) A worker for a child shall become acquainted with the child and the child’s family before placement, except when a child is placed on an emergency basis. (b) A worker shall help a child one year of age or older to understand the reasons for placement and prepare the child for the new placement. A worker must have at least one talk with a child in the case of foster or residential placement and two talks with a child in the case of adoption or guardianship. The talks shall be of sufficient time to cover

(1) why the child is being removed from the child’s home, if applicable;

(2) where the child is going to live;

(3) how the child feels about these events;

(4) as applicable, the arrangements for visits with the child’s birth parent, siblings and extended family that have been made; and

(5) other issues significant for the child.