Statutes | 4 HCC § 3 Chapter IV § 16 | 2020
a. The following community-based shelter care facilities may be used to temporarily detain removed children:
(1) An approved placement home or a home otherwise authorized under the law to provide foster care, group care, or protective residence.
(2) A facility operated by a licensed child welfare services agency.
(3) Any other suitable place, other than a facility for the care that meets the standards for emergency shelter care facilities established by CFS.
b. A child may be placed with a Traditional Relative of the child who is willing to guarantee to the Court that the child will not be returned to the alleged abuser or neglectful parent(s), guardian(s), or custodian(s) without the prior approval of the Court.
c. A child alleged to be neglected or abused shall not be detained in a jail, nor other facility intended or used for the detention of alleged child abuse offenders.