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42 U.S. Code § 675a. Additional case plan and case review system requirements
(a) Requirements for another planned permanent living arrangementIn the case of any child for whom another planned permanent living arrangement is the permanency plan determined for the child under section 675(5)(C) of this title, the following requirements shall apply for purposes of approving the case plan for the child and the case system review procedure for the child:
(1) Documentation of intensive, ongoing, unsuccessful efforts for family placement
At each permanency hearing held with respect to the child, the State agency documents the intensive, ongoing, and, as of the date of the hearing, unsuccessful efforts made by the State agency to return the child home or secure a placement for the child with a fit and willing relative (including adult siblings), a legal guardian, or an adoptive parent, including through efforts that utilize search technology (including social media) to find biological family members for the children.
(2) Redetermination of appropriateness of placement at each permanency hearingThe State agency shall implement procedures to ensure that, at each permanency hearing held with respect to the child, the court or administrative body appointed or approved by the court conducting the hearing on the permanency plan for the child does the following:
(A)
Ask the child about the desired permanency outcome for the child.
(B) Make a judicial determination explaining why, as of the date of the hearing, another planned permanent living arrangement is the best permanency plan for the child and provide compelling reasons why it continues to not be in the best interests of the child to—
(i)
return home;
(ii)
be placed for adoption;
(iii)
be placed with a legal guardian; or
(iv)
be placed with a fit and willing relative.
(3) Demonstration of support for engaging in age or developmentally-appropriate activities and social eventsAt each permanency hearing held with respect to the child, the State agency shall document the steps the State agency is taking to ensure that—
(A)
the child’s foster family home or child care institution is following the reasonable and prudent parent standard; and
(B)
the child has regular, ongoing opportunities to engage in age or developmentally appropriate activities (including by consulting with the child in an age-appropriate manner about the opportunities of the child to participate in the activities).