Statutes | 10 GTBC ยง 109 | 2020
(a) The Director of AFS shall be responsible to recommend policies and procedures for internal operations and for interactions with other agencies to Tribal Council for approval. The Director may work in conjunction with other departments as needed to develop and present recommendations.
(b) The Director shall maintain a standard of criteria for foster care homes to satisfy in order to be licensed by the Department. The Director or a designee shall monitor licensed foster care homes to ensure compliance with the criteria.
(c) Tribal Council shall convene as a critical incident/lethality review board if a child under the care of AFS is permanently injured or killed. Tribal Council may also convene as a lethality review board to review the death of a minor tribal member residing in the sixcounty service area.
(1) AFS shall present a report documenting the procedural processes of all agencies involved in the event. If Tribal Council deems it necessary and appropriate, it may appoint an independent investigator to present a report on all agencies involved and to make recommendations for mitigation and prevention.
(2) Critical incident/lethality review boards shall be presented in a closed portion of a Tribal Council meeting.
(3) AFS or the independent investigator shall present the report within thirty (30) days of receiving notice of death or critical incident. Incidents of abuse within the GTB foster care system shall be reported as critical incidents.
History: Revised Children&rsquos Code, adopted by Tribal Council on January 13, 1999 as amended by Tribal Council October 1, 1999 and as amended by Tribal Act #0119.996, enacted by Tribal Council on May 16, 2001 as amended by Tribal Act #0220.1147, enacted by Tribal Council in Special Session on August 28, 2002 as amended by Tribal Act