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Subcommittee streamlines child-placing agency regulations to align with foster-care and group-home rules
Summary
Regulation 5308 was approved to streamline and align rules across child placing agencies, foster homes and group-care providers; DSS said the goal is consistency and reduced duplication after many pages of older rules were consolidated.
The Health and Healthcare Industry Subcommittee approved Regulation 5308, a broad rewrite that consolidates and aligns requirements for child placing agencies, foster homes and group-care providers.
Colleen Connolly, presenting for the Department of Social Services, said the regulation had not been reviewed in 18 years and that the agency performed a “strike all and insert” to eliminate duplication and mirror foster care and group home regulations. She cited child-placing agencies such as Crosswell Children’s Home, Epworth and the Carolina Youth Development Center as examples of organizations that may operate across multiple program types and would benefit from a single regulatory framework.
The rewrite reduces separate regulatory tracks for foster homes, group care and child placing agencies and incorporates updated language for background checks and definitions. Connolly told members the changes remove redundant sections and maintain necessary safety standards, and that there would be no additional fiscal impact on the state for this rule.
The subcommittee approved the regulation by voice vote; the chair announced the motion carried.
Why it matters: The consolidation aims to reduce administrative complexity for providers that operate multiple program types and to bring older regulations into alignment with more recently updated rules.
