CHILD WELFARE MANUAL

Section 6, Chapter 7 (Children’s Division’s Appeal Processes), Subsection 6, – (Alternative Care Review Board Hearing Summary Outline)

Revision Date: 1-13-2026

 

6.7.6 Alternative Care Review Board Hearing Summary Outline

This outline should be used to provide a summary of the pertinent information for ACRB Hearing. The summary, as well as a copy of relevant information from the child’s case record(s) and any other supporting documentation, must be sent to the Regional ACRB Liaison within five (5) working days of notification that the resource provider has requested an ACRB Hearing:

  1. Identifying Child Data: The child’s name and date of birth.
  2. Identifying Resource Parent(s) Data: The resource provider’s name, DVN, and family members involved in the grievance decision.
  3. Summary of the Child’s Placement in Alternative Care: Include a summary of the case, i.e., the reason for placement, a summary of all previous placement, the length of time in this placement, and describe the care provided in this home.
  4. Reason for the Alternative Care Review Board Hearing: Summarize the reason the resource parent(s) requested a hearing.
  5. Basis for Case Management Decision: Summarize the basis for the case management decision and cite the policy or rule on which the decision is based.
  6. Relationship of the Case Management Decision to the Child’s Treatment Plan: Describe how the case management decision in this case relates to the child’s treatment plan.
  7. Steps Taken at Informal Meeting to Remedy the Case. Include the summary of the informal meeting the reason a solution was not reached at the informal meeting.
  8. Case Plan and Family Support Team (FST) Recommendation(s): Summarize the child’s case plan and any FST recommendations(s) for the child, especially if the team’s recommendation(s) impacted the case management decision.