006.04 TEMPORARY ABSENCE DUE TO EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.

In emergency situations that deprive the child of a specified relative’s, guardian’s, or conservator’s care, temporary plans may be made to care for the child in the home of an individual or institution acting in the place of the specified relative, guardian, or conservator. The unit may continue to receive assistance for the period of the emergency or the time actually required to make new arrangements for care, but the assistance must not continue beyond 180 days unless the child is out of the home due to his or her hospitalization.