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Page 4 P ROGF, AM NARRATIVE The Temporary Shelter Care will be staffed by North Carolius Lutheran Pamily Services to include a director and four child care workers at all times. It is tile responsibility of staff to provide supervision, care, school attendaace, problem solving, medical appointments, and implement behavior mod program with each resident. Staff assures that requirements for visitation, activities, and appointments are held as scheduled. Twenty-four hour care including food, clothing, shelter, supervision is provided by the home staff. Referrals for placement are accepted from commuoity agencies and tile biggest majority come from the Juvenile Court counselors. The couuselor notifies the Department of Social Services that a ch£1d needs placement and provides information regarding the child. Tile DSS social worker visits the child and family and assesses for placement at the home. Tile social worker and court counselor discuss 'the goals of placement and the program director agree os placement. All youths served in this and director of the home program will be under tile custody of and recommended by tile Cabarrus County Departmeut of Social Services. The decision for admitting a youth will be the responsibility of program manager in consultation with the director of the facility. Any youth may be admitted except those who are so emotionally handicapped that their iuclusion would possibly be harmful to the other youths or the staff. A youth may be adlaitted to tile program at any time through the day or night on any day of tile year. He may remain for a maximum of ninety days unless an extension is requested in writing by the program manager after consultatiou with tile director of the facility. A child remains in the program as long as there is a need not to exceed ninety days unless extension is granted. Child is terminated from the program when a long term placement is located; the child is returned to his natural home, or the child is admitted to some other facility including treatment for psychiatric problems. All children in the program will be responsible for maintaining their own laundry and keepitlg their room clean. Children will be assigned household chores and inspections will be held once a week. Ail children in the program attend public school and if they are on suspension, they follow a school schedule witll educational, materials in the home. Individual privileges and activities accordiug to the child's interests are given daily unless the child is on restriction. Gronp activities are plauned and the group decides on the activity particularly for weekends. Children are permitted to visit with family if approved by their social worker for the weekend. Group sessions for discussion are held regarding problems ill peer relationships or if there is a problem with the group interacting. Individual sessions are held by the director or residential coordinstor in working with behaviors of the individual child. Plan of care meetings are held every two~ weeks where tile child, parent, court counselor, and social worker from DSS meet with the staff of the borne and discuss progress towards goals with tile child both individual and family. Children are provided au allowance each week. All residents may participate iu the Boys Club and activities that the club provides £n the community. Holidays and birthdays are acknowledged with group parl. icipation and volunteers assisting with ih(c)