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(c) The foster home may only exceed six children when one of the following circumstances applies:

(1) a parenting youth needs to remain with the youth’s child;

(2) siblings are to stay together;

(3) a child with a meaningful relationship with a family wants to stay with that family. (d) A general variance as described in 7 AAC 67.065(a) is required if more than six children are in a foster home. (Eff. 7/1/2022, Register 242) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 44.30.020 AS 47.32.010 AS 47.32.030 7 AAC 67.220. Placement of children who are receiving home and community-based waiver services. (a) If the Department of Health is providing home and community-based waiver services under 7 AAC 130 to children with complex medical, cognitive, and developmental delays that require intensive levels of care by a foster parent, the department may license a foster home, notwithstanding the provisions of 7 AAC 67.210, and place children who are receiving home and community-based waiver services in that home if

(1) the licensee’s training or experience qualifies the licensee to provide proper care to meet the child’s needs; and

(2) the licensee has a written plan on how to evacuate the children in case of fire or other emergency, as set out in 7 AAC 67.303. (b) The foster home capacity is limited to three children, inclusive of the licensee’s own biological or adoptive children, or any household member’s biological or adoptive children, when providing care for one or more children eligible for home and community-based waiver services. (c) At or before admission of a child receiving home and community-based waiver services, the licensee shall obtain the child’s person-centered support plan prepared under 7 AAC 130.217 and 7 AAC 130.218 and follow identified services, as set out in that plan.