Subdivision 1. Scope; purpose. (a) For purposes of this section, "youth" means a person who is at least 14 years of age and under 23 years of age.
(b) This section pertains to a youth who:
(1) is in foster care and is 14 years of age or older, including a youth who is under the guardianship of the commissioner of human services;
(2) has a permanency disposition of permanent custody to the agency;
(3) will leave foster care when the youth is 18 years of age or older and under 21 years of age;
(4) has left foster care due to adoption when the youth was 16 years of age or older;
(5) has left foster care due to a transfer of permanent legal and physical custody to a relative, or Tribal equivalent, when the youth was 16 years of age or older; or
(6) was reunified with the youth's primary caretaker when the youth was 14 years of age or older and under 18 years of age.
(c) The purpose of this section is to provide support to each youth who is transitioning to adulthood by providing services to the youth in the areas of:
(1) education;
(2) employment;
(3) daily living skills such as financial literacy training and driving instruction, preventive health activities including promoting abstinence from substance use and smoking, and nutrition education and pregnancy prevention;
(4) forming meaningful, permanent connections with caring adults;
(5) engaging in age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate activities under section 260C.212, subdivision 14, and positive youth development;
(6) financial, housing, counseling, and other services to assist a youth over 18 years of age in achieving self-sufficiency and accepting personal responsibility for the transition from adolescence to adulthood; and
(7) making vouchers available for education and training.
(d) The responsible social services agency may provide support and case management services to a youth as defined in paragraph (a) until the youth reaches 23 years of age. According to section 260C.451, a youth's placement in a foster care setting will end when the youth reaches 21 years of age.
Subd. 1a. Case management services. Case management services include the responsibility for planning, coordinating, authorizing, monitoring, and evaluating services for a youth and shall be provided to a youth by the responsible social services agency or the contracted agency. Case management services include the out-of-home placement plan under section 260C.212, subdivision 1, when the youth is in out-of-home placement.
Subd. 2. Independent living plan. When the youth is 14 years of age or older and is receiving support from the responsible social services agency under this section, the responsible social services agency, in consultation with the youth, shall complete the youth's independent living plan according to section 260C.212, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), clause (12), regardless of the youth's current placement status.
Subd. 3. MS 2020 [Repealed by amendment, 2021 c 30 art 10 s 36]
Subd. 4. Administrative or court review of placements. (a) When the youth is 14 years of age or older, the court, in consultation with the youth, shall review the youth's independent living plan according to section 260C.203, paragraph (d).
(b) The responsible social services agency shall file a copy of the notification of foster care benefits for a youth who is 18 years of age or older according to section 260C.451, subdivision 1, with the court. If the responsible social services agency does not file the notice by the time the youth is 17-1/2 years of age, the court shall require the responsible social services agency to file the notice.
(c) When a youth is 18 years of age or older, the court shall ensure that the responsible social services agency assists the youth in obtaining the following documents before the youth leaves foster care: a Social Security card; an official or certified copy of the youth's birth certificate; a state identification card or driver's license, tribal enrollment identification card, green card, or school visa; health insurance information; the youth's school, medical, and dental records; a contact list of the youth's medical, dental, and mental health providers; and contact information for the youth's siblings, if the siblings are in foster care.
(d) For a youth who will be discharged from foster care at 18 years of age or older because the youth is not eligible for extended foster care benefits or chooses to leave foster care, the responsible social services agency must develop a personalized transition plan as directed by the youth during the 180-day period immediately prior to the expected date of discharge. The transition plan must be as detailed as the youth elects and include specific options, including but not limited to:
(1) affordable housing with necessary supports that does not include a homeless shelter;
(2) health insurance, including eligibility for medical assistance as defined in section 256B.055, subdivision 17;
(3) education, including application to the Education and Training Voucher Program;
(4) local opportunities for mentors and continuing support services;
(5) workforce supports and employment services;
(6) a copy of the youth's consumer credit report as defined in section 13C.001 and assistance in interpreting and resolving any inaccuracies in the report, at no cost to the youth;
(7) information on executing a health care directive under chapter 145C and on the importance of designating another individual to make health care decisions on behalf of the youth if the youth becomes unable to participate in decisions;
(8) appropriate contact information through 21 years of age if the youth needs information or help dealing with a crisis situation; and
(9) official documentation that the youth was previously in foster care.
Subd. 5. Notice of termination of social services. (a) Before a youth who is 18 years of age or older leaves foster care, the responsible social services agency shall give the youth written notice that foster care shall terminate 30 days from the date that the notice is sent by the agency according to section 260C.451, subdivision 8.
(b) Before case management services will end for a youth who is at least 18 years of age and under 23 years of age, the responsible social services agency shall give the youth: (1) written notice that case management services for the youth shall terminate; and (2) written notice that the youth has the right to appeal the termination of case management services under section 256.045, subdivision 3, by responding in writing within ten days of the date that the agency mailed the notice. The termination notice must include information about services for which the youth is eligible and how to access the services.
2016 c 189 art 15 s 13; 1Sp2019 c 9 art 1 s 32; 2021 c 30 art 10 s 36
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 245 - 267 — Public Welfare And Related Activities
Chapter 260C — Juvenile Safety And Placement
Section 260C.001 — Title, Intent, And Construction.
Section 260C.007 — Definitions.
Section 260C.008 — Foster Care Sibling Bill Of Rights.
Section 260C.050 — Expert Assistance.
Section 260C.101 — Jurisdiction.
Section 260C.125 — Case Transfer Process.
Section 260C.139 — Give Life A Chance; Safe Place For Newborns.
Section 260C.143 — Procedure; Habitual Truants, Runaways, Offenders.
Section 260C.148 — Procedure; Domestic Child Abuse.
Section 260C.151 — Summons; Notice.
Section 260C.152 — Service Of Summons, Notice.
Section 260C.154 — Failure To Obey Summons Or Subpoena; Contempt, Arrest.
Section 260C.157 — Investigation; Physical And Mental Examination.
Section 260C.165 — Certain Out-of-court Statements Admissible.
Section 260C.175 — Taking Child Into Custody.
Section 260C.176 — Release Or Detention.
Section 260C.177 — Parental And Law Enforcement Notification.
Section 260C.178 — Emergency Removal Hearing.
Section 260C.181 — Place Of Temporary Custody; Shelter Care Facility.
Section 260C.188 — Children In Custody; Responsibility For Medical Care.
Section 260C.190 — Family-focused Residential Placement.
Section 260C.193 — Dispositions; General Provisions.
Section 260C.202 — Court Review Of Foster Care.
Section 260C.203 — Administrative Or Court Review Of Placements.
Section 260C.204 — Permanency Progress Review For Children In Foster Care For Six Months.
Section 260C.208 — Information For Child Placement.
Section 260C.209 — Background Checks.
Section 260C.212 — Children In Placement.
Section 260C.215 — Welfare Of Children.
Section 260C.219 — Agency Responsibilities For Parents And Children In Placement.
Section 260C.221 — Relative Search And Engagement; Placement Consideration.
Section 260C.223 — Concurrent Permanency Planning.
Section 260C.225 — County Responsibility For Transitional Services Plans.
Section 260C.227 — Voluntary Foster Care; Required Court Review.
Section 260C.228 — Voluntary Foster Care; Child Is Colocated With Parent In Treatment Program.
Section 260C.229 — Voluntary Foster Care For Children Over Age 18; Required Court Review.
Section 260C.301 — Termination Of Parental Rights.
Section 260C.307 — Procedures In Terminating Parental Rights.
Section 260C.312 — Disposition; Parental Rights Not Terminated.
Section 260C.317 — Termination Of Parental Rights; Effect.
Section 260C.328 — Change Of Guardian; Termination Of Guardianship.
Section 260C.329 — Reestablishment Of The Legal Parent And Child Relationship.
Section 260C.331 — Costs Of Care.
Section 260C.405 — Violation Of An Order For Protection.
Section 260C.411 — New Evidence.
Section 260C.425 — Criminal Jurisdiction For Contributing To Need For Protection Or Services.
Section 260C.4411 — Pre-northstar Care For Children Foster Care Program.
Section 260C.4412 — Payment For Residential Placements.
Section 260C.4413 — Initial Clothing Allowance.
Section 260C.446 — Distribution Of Funds Recovered For Assistance Furnished.
Section 260C.451 — Foster Care Benefits Past Age 18.
Section 260C.452 — Successful Transition To Adulthood.
Section 260C.503 — Permanency Proceedings.
Section 260C.507 — Admit-deny Hearing.
Section 260C.511 — Best Interests Of The Child.
Section 260C.513 — Permanency Dispositions When Child Cannot Return Home.
Section 260C.515 — Permanency Disposition Orders.
Section 260C.517 — Findings And Content Of Order For Permanency Disposition.
Section 260C.519 — Further Court Hearings.
Section 260C.521 — Court Reviews After Permanency Disposition Order.
Section 260C.601 — Adoption Of Children Under Guardianship Of Commissioner.
Section 260C.603 — Definitions.
Section 260C.605 — Reasonable Efforts To Finalize An Adoption.
Section 260C.607 — Review Of Progress Toward Adoption.
Section 260C.609 — Social And Medical History.
Section 260C.611 — Adoption Study Required.
Section 260C.613 — Social Services Agency As Commissioner's Agent.
Section 260C.615 — Duties Of Commissioner.
Section 260C.617 — Sibling Placement.
Section 260C.619 — Communication And Contact Agreements.
Section 260C.621 — Jurisdiction And Venue.
Section 260C.623 — Adoption Petition.
Section 260C.625 — Documents Filed By Social Services Agency.
Section 260C.627 — Notice Of Adoption Proceedings.
Section 260C.629 — Finalization Hearing.
Section 260C.631 — Judgment And Decree.
Section 260C.633 — Adoption Denied.
Section 260C.635 — Effect Of Adoption.
Section 260C.637 — Access To Original Birth Record Information.
Section 260C.702 — Requirements For Placements In Qualified Residential Treatment Programs.
Section 260C.706 — Family And Permanency Team Requirements.
Section 260C.71 — Court Approval Requirements.
Section 260C.712 — Ongoing Reviews And Permanency Hearing Requirements.
Section 260C.714 — Review Of Extended Qualified Residential Treatment Program Placements.
Section 260C.80 — Office Of The Foster Youth Ombudsperson; Board.
Section 260C.81 — Organization Of The Office Of The Foster Youth Ombudsperson.