NAC424.500. Care and treatment of children: General requirements.

     1. A foster home shall provide care, training and guidance to the children in its care and assist those children in learning to control inappropriate patterns of behavior.

     2. The foster home shall not release a foster child to anyone for 24-hour care other than the agency from whom the child was received or a person specifically designated by that agency.

     3. The foster home shall plan activities that provide for and stimulate social relationships, creative activities and hobbies. Children must be afforded an opportunity to participate in neighborhood, school and other community groups appropriate to the age and needs of each child.

     4. Foster homes which care for adolescents shall seek to prepare them for successful independent living by offering “first-hand” experiences in tasks such as budgeting and saving money, obtaining transportation, preparing meals, washing clothes and solving problems.

     5. The foster home shall provide each child with an opportunity to earn money or receive an allowance appropriate to the child’s age and commensurate with reasonable peer-group standards. The child must be given guidance in the saving and spending of income.

     6. The foster parent shall be nonjudgmental regarding the child’s parents.

     7. The foster home shall see that each child observes curfew and all other requirements specified by law.

     8. Smoking is prohibited in the facilities of group homes.

     [Welfare Div., Req. for Foster Care part § 106.1, 10-7-88, eff. 1-1-89]—(NAC A by Div. of Child & Fam. Services, 11-14-97)